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'Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953' [‎65v] (135/222)

The record is made up of 1 volume (107 folios). It was created in c 1953. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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to the general public. In 1934 the Kuwait Government ^
Syrian doctor and after the war they sta appointed a British chief
completed and opened in 1949. In that ^ Rr ; t i s h doctors together with a British
Medical Officer, and since then a num ^ efficient medical service now exists
matron and nurses have been engage . , ^ | opmen t by the State of its own
and all treatment is free. In view of the d 7 e r S en / n D 1 y 949 and in 1951 the
medical service the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ^ xhe Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff are now provided
appointment of A g enc y; ur g% 0 " i/ uwa i t Government, but His Majesty's
with medical treatment tree of cha g Y ^ ^ j^ uwa i t ^ Hospital poor
Government make an annual donation 01 Ks. 1,
box.'T 3 )
213. Until 1951 the functions of Quarantine M . e ^ a l °5f^fouaraS
performed by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon undei the su n u | er a g r eed' to meet the
Medical Officer at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . In l949 the Ruler agreed to meet the
cost of the quarantine administration and at the end of 1 ^50 lit agreea to
over. He accepted the principles which His Majesty's
with regard to free service, compliance with Internationa^ Sanitary Re ulations
and supervisory control by His Majesty s GovernmenU ) The transfer wa
effected in March 1951 and in June of the same year the Chief Quarantine Medical
Officer reported that the Kuwait Government were maintaining an adequate and
satisfactory quarantine service and that they had taken material steps to improve
the organisation.( 47 ')
(/) Nationality and Passports
214. In 1933 the Iraqi Government asked t9 be informed of the date on which
the Kuwaiti and Bahraini nationalities were constituted.( 1 ") A reply was eventually
given to them, so far as Kuwait was concerned, in 1938, when the Iraqi Foreign
Minister had argued that Kuwait stood in relation to Iraq in the same position as
it had previously stood in relation to the Ottoman Empire, as follows : —
" The Shaikhdom of Kuwait was for a considerable period in an anomalous
state of semi-dependence on the Ottoman Empire; His Majesty's Government
have nevertheless been in treaty relations with the Shaikhs since 1841( 4 ") and
Kuwait finally became completely independent of Turkey and Kuwaiti
nationality finally came into existence on the same date as Iraq and Iraqi
nationality."( 47s )
This date appears to have been purposely left vague but cannot have been later
than that of the ratification of the Treaty of Lausanne, viz., August 6, 1924. Legal
opinion was that the moment when Iraq began to have an independent existence
could not be placed earlier than 1922.( 479 )
215. In 1948 the Ruler issued a Nationality Law. His Majesty's Government
suggested one amendment^ ls0 ) which was accepted and incorporated in the law in
1952 (Appendix R).
216. The Ruler has issued his own passports since 1936.C 81 ) A request from
the Kuwait Government for the printing of passports in London in 1951 led to the
preparation by the Richmond Herald of a design for a Coat of Arms for the
Ruleif 82 ) which involved the standardisation of the Kuwait flag. The design was
approved by the Ruler but work on the Coat of Arms had not been completed by the
end of 1953 nor had the flag been finally standardised. There is no Kuwait passport
law but all passport and immigration matters are dealt with by the Public Security
Department. In 1949 the Head of the Department issued a notification obliging
foreigners visiting or residing in Kuwait to register (Appendix S). Nationals of
the other Gulf Shaikhdoms, but not of Muscat, and of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the
( 473 ) F.O. to P.R. XS 10/91 K2/151 of February 12, 1951.
( 474 ) P.R. to F.O. 14/26/50 of October 19, 1950 (XS 10/91 K2/250 of 1950)
( 475 ) P.R. to F.O. Despatch 80 of June 12, 1951 (EA 1795/1 of 1951)
( 476 ) Bagdad to F.O. Despatch 736 of November 23, 1933 (E 7589/7589/91 of 1933)
r 7 ) In 1841 Kuwait adhered to the Maritime Truce for one year vide n 202 Aitchison Vol XI.
("•) Bagdad to F.O. Despatch 491 of October 6, 1938 (E 6185 mm of 1938
r 9 ) (E2499/13/91 of 1938). v oi ivjoj.
( 480 ) F.O. to P.R. EA 1601/1 of December 22, 1951.
r 1 ] I.O. to F.O. P.Z. 6672/36 of September 25, 1936 (T 14551 nmma icn^
O Kuwait to F.O. 218/18/52 of May 27, 1952 (EA 1622 /11 of 1952)

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The document provides historical information on the region during the period in question and, following a section on general matters, has separate sections on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Muscat

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1 volume (107 folios)
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There is a table of contents at the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 109 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The foliation sequence continues into the separate volume of appendices and genealogical tables - IOR/R/15/1/731(2).

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