Author
the members of the Al Zuhair family
Publication Date
26 Nov 1916-2 Jun 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place
It appears as though this unnumbered file may have been used to store copies of legal documents, to be referred to by the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor -
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
229
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/157
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00006b
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
26 Nov 1916-2 Jun 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Emir of Kuwait) by the members of the Al Zuhair family, regarding the ownership of garden properties in Basra.
The file contains a small amount of correspondence dated 1916-1918 regarding the division of the property at Fao amongst the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak, and complaints made by Shaikh Nasir al Mubarak Al Sabah against the treatment he has received from his brother Shaikh Jabir al Mubarak Al Sabah.
The majority of the file consists of copies of legal documents made between the parties to the lawsuits and lodged at the Court of Instance in Basra. The following documents are included, and there are often several copies of the documents scattered throughout the file (in English unless otherwise stated):
Text of Agreement (in Arabic) between the heirs of Mubarak Al Sabah and the Al Zuhair family, made 1904, ff 16-25.
Case note by Attorney Abdul Jalil Partu regarding the case brought against the male heirs of Shaikh Mubarak, dated 27 January 1938, ff 37-43.
Reply to the Plaintiff's Memorandum regarding the jurisdiction of the Court, ff 26-36.
Introductory notes to the case, written by the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Kuwait, ff 44-45.
Preliminary agreement made between Mubarak Al Sabah and Abdul Wahab bin Qirtas regarding the Faddaghiyah Estates, made 4 Thi al Haji or 27 December 1908, ff 46-51.
Petition filed by Abdulla bin Issa
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Al Zuhair, before the Court of Instance, against the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, ff 52-57.
Complete list of date gardens properties in the possession of Shaikh Mubarak in 1914, plus notes on exempted estates, ff 60-74.
Deed between Mubarak and Abdul Wahab Kirstas relating to the purchase of the Faddahiyay property, ff 90-93.
Representation made by Abdul Partu on behalf of the Al Sabah family to the Basra Court of Instance, ff 131-158.
Statement by Ahmed Rushdi Bey, lodged in reply to the Plaintiff, ff 165-175.
English and Arabic copies of the counter-plea lodged by the Plaintiff's attorney, ff 210-213, 216-217.
