Author
the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh
Publication Date
19 Jan 1939-1 May 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
260
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/150
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000064
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
19 Jan 1939-1 May 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This volume is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/149. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding law suits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties. The papers discuss: the progress of the law suits, including appeals lodged against previous judgements; the Shaikh's legal representation, and options to replace the Shaikh's Basra lawyer (Abdul Jalil Partu) following an error in the wording of a surety document, and later following his conscription into the army; and the seizure of the Fao and Faddaghiyah estates by the Mudir of Fao on account of unpaid taxes, followed by the eviction and replacement of the Shaikh's tenants. The papers also concern the question of compensation to be paid to the shaikhs of Kuwait in respect of a) property potentially lost through litigation, and b) income lost through the imposition of
Istihlak
tax.
The volume primarily consists of correspondence between the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, the Foreign Office, the
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.
Political Department, 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, and HM Ambassador to Iraq. It also contains letters received from the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), the Shaikh's son and acting representative in Basra (Shaikh Muḥammad Āl Ṣabāḥ), and the Shaikh's lawyer, Abdul Jalil Partu, as well as copies of outgoing letters to them.
The volume also contains the following case and legal papers:
Legal papers plus correspondence between Abdul Jalil Partu and 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.
in Kuwait regarding the use of an inappropriate tense in the wording of a surety document, which led to an appeal being dismissed, ff 26-39.
Copies of the surety document, in English and Arabic, ff 32 and 36.
Note on a conversation held between Partu and Saiyid Yusuf al Kabir regarding the Faddaghiyah case, ff 69-71.
English and Arabic copies of a judgement passed by the Application Department of the Court of Revision on 11 November 1938, ff 91-93.
English and Arabic copies of petitions lodged at the Court of Appeal in Iraq regarding Case No. 373/932 by Abdul Jalil Partu, ff 155-169 and 173-179.
The file continues under reference IOR/R/15/5/151.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Second Series subject files: File 2/5 XI
