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FO 1016/321

Fao date gardens: claim against Ruler of Kuwait, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to:A claim by Qasim Abdul Baqi Al Zuhair on behalf of the heirs of Ali Pasha Al Zuhair against the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Saleem Al Sabah concerning the yield from the latter's date gardens in the tract of land known as Bashiyyah and located in Faddaqiyyah. It includes letters from Al Zuhair to C J Pelly and Sheikh Abdulla, dispatched from BasraThe postponement of the case until July 1954, reported in the Basra Monthly Summary.

FO 1016/515

Fresh water supplies from Iraq and Umm Qasr Agreement, 1956

This file relates to the water supply in Kuwait, and the Shatt Al Arab and Umm Qasr agreements.
FO 1016/237

Fao date gardens owned by Ruler of Kuwait, 1953

This file relates to the ongoing legal dispute over the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah's date garden at Fao [Al Faw], Iraq. It has previously been heard at the Court of Cassation, which effectively deprived the Al Sabah family of these lands and is awaiting a hearing at the Basra Court of Appeal.
FO 1016/364

Iraq-Kuwait frontier incidents, 1954

This file relates to an incident at the Kuwait-Iraq frontier, near the Umm Qasr customs post, on the night of 20-21 May 1954, in which the Iraqi Corporal in charge of the Camel Corps Fahad Sharida was killed and others injured.
FO 1016/117

Protection of the Sheikh of Kuwait's date garden at Fao, 1949 Nov 24-1950 Oct 9

This file relates to a dispute over the Ruler of Kuwait's date garden at Fao [Faw], Iraq, being heard at the Court of Cassation. It details a dispute between an absentee landlord and the tenants.
FO 371/174553

Omani rebel activity, 1964

This file relates to rebel activity in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/109908

Request by Ruler of Kuwait for revision of basis of calculation of Kuwait Oil Company's revenue payments to him, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah and Mr Southwell of the Kuwait Oil Company Limited (KOC) regarding talks about increases to oil prices between the Governments of Iraq and Saudi Arabia and their respective oil companies (1, 8) Hopes of the KOC to drill a well 15 miles from the not-yet-demarcated border of Kuwait and Iraq, allegations that the Basra Oil Company (BOC) are digging 11 miles from the frontier, and the potential effect of both on the prospect of reaching an agreement (2) Conversation wi
FO 1016/40

Protection of the Sheikh of Kuwait's date garden at Fao, 1951 Feb 10-Nov 26

This file relates to the date gardens at Fao [Al Faw]. It contains: Correspondence on the judgement of the Al Faw lands by the Court of Cassation and some legal flaws President's dissenting opinion Note on the case of Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah of Kuwait's estate at Al Faw Existence of oil beneath the Kuwait-Iraqi frontier Suggestion that a settlement should be obtained by diplomatic means as part of a general agreement between Iraq and Kuwait Court of Cassation to refer part of the case to the Basra Court of Appeal for reconsideration