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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 371/127007

The Ruling family of Kuwait, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Question of the succession in Kuwait and whether HMG should take any action with regard to it (1, 3) Proposal that further invitations be extended to senior members of the Kuwaiti Ruling Family to visit the UK (2, 5) Suggestions of military exercises that the Commander-in-Chief of the Kuwait Army Sheikh Abdulla Al Mubarak Al Sabah might attend, in particular an exercise of the British Army of the Rhine (4, 7, 10) Account by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows of his conversation with the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh
FO 371/148911

Internal Political Situation: Kuwait, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible changes in the reshuffle of positions in the Kuwait Government (15) Increase in membership of the Supreme Council.
FO 371/127004

Visits abroad by Ruler of Kuwait and members of his family, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sheikh Fahad Al Salem's world tour and Britain's relations with Kuwait's Ruling Family (1) Sheikh Badir Mohammad Al Sabah's purchase of a pistol from Cogswell & Harrison Limited in London (2) Sheikh Fahad's visit to Baghdad.