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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 1016/213

Protection of Sheikh of Kuwait's date gardens at Fao, 1952

This file relates to the question of the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah’s date gardens at Fao [Al Faw] and a court case involving it in Iraq.

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 1016/171

Ruler of Kuwait's land at Fao, 1952

This file relates to the question of the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah’s date gardens at Fao [Al Faw] and a court case involving it in Iraq.

FO 371/163034

Economic development, 1962

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning: Plans to develop Abu Dhabi from a village to an oil town.

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