Yazar
the Shaikh of Kuwait
Basım Tarihi
8 Dec 1932-26 Mar 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Tür
Belge
Dil
ara,eng
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı
225
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IOR/R/15/5/137
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100000000831.0x000054
Lokasyon
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.
Tarih
8 Dec 1932-26 Mar 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. A particular taxation system called
Istihlak
(consumption) tax has been imposed by the Iraqi Government on the produce of the gardens. British Officials discuss payment of export duty on garden produce from the Shaikh of Kuwait’s gardens in Iraq, and the allegations made by the Shaikh of Kuwait against the customs authorities at Faw.
The British Ambassador in Baghdad reports that because of the enforcement of the new tax law, the Iraqi Government is no longer able to make exempt from taxes the Shaikh‘s gardens' produce that has been exported from Iraq for the personal use of the Shaikh.
The volume includes a copy of minutes of a conference on the Shaikh’s date gardens held in Baghdad and minutes of an interdepartmental meeting held in London in regards to the gardens issue.
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.
, Kuwait, asks the Shaikh of Kuwait to provide full and detailed statements showing all payments and losses resulting from the imposition of Istihlak tax by the Iraqi Government. The Shaikh in turn provides six statements (ff 194-221):
Statement I. Showing the amount levied as
Istihlak
tax from merchants purchasing and exporting dates in 1932.
Statement II. Showing the amount levied as
Istihlak
tax from merchants purchasing and exporting dates in 1933.
Statement III. Showing the amount levied from the Shaikh as
Istihlak
tax and under the heading 'Customs duties' on articles exported for the Shaikh’s private consumption.
Statement IV. Showing the quantities of dates which the Shaikh was obliged to surrender from his own share to the
fellaheen
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
(peasants) working in his gardens under the
Istihlak
tax.
Statement V. Showing the losses sustained by the Shaikh as a result of the disobedience of the
fellaheen
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
due to the introduction of the
Istihlak
tax.
Statement VI. Showing the grand total of the above lists.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Second Series subject files: file 2/4 III
