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'File 18/143 I (D 87) Service of Iraqi judicial documents in Kuwait' [1r] (24/238)
The record is made up of 1 volume (114 folios). It was created in 25 Apr 1930-6 Feb 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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No. 2E2,
From
GOHBTDENTI
-SUSHIRE Agsncy, K'U.w&l't*
B h , Ba4;l(i the E5tli April 1930
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Eieutenant-Colonel H.H.P.Diclcson, C.I.
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,
To
The Hon'ble the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian G-ulf, Bus hire.
Sir,
I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter
No . 4183 dated 17th April 1930 which I have received from
S
H .S. the High Commissioner's office Baghdad, and which
speaks for itself. As I do not quite know how to answer
it, I an, writing to ask if you could kindly give me
instructions in the matter,
E, It has, I understand, been the practice here in
the past to serve summonses and other documents such as
judgement notices etc emanating from the 'Iraq Courts,
and received through the office of H.E. the High Commis
sioner on individuals residing in Kuwait (whether 'Iraq
subjects, or Kuwaitis having property in 'Iraq). . Sueh
documents according to their nature have either been
served by this office or through the Shaikh,
3. During my time here two such documents only were
served, the second of them, being on a relative of the
Ruler residing in Zubair who was on a visit to Kuwait t . and
Es 5/- was remitted to me in each case.
4. While not wishing in any way to appear discourteou
to 'Iraq, my point in referring the matter is to obtain
a ruling, as to whether 'Iraq has any actual right to
ask this office to serve such documents, seeing that
Kuwait for all intents and purposes is an Independant
i -. « ■
State,'. 'A
5. While the Shaikh has not raised the question in
anyway, I happen to know that he did not like my passing
on the summon ses to his relative recently. I "squared"
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The papers are mainly dated April 1930 - September 1931, with a few papers at the rear of the file dated January-February 1935. The file relates to the custom of serving summonses and other legal documents emanating from the Iraq courts on individuals residing in Kuwait (whether Iraqi subjects or Kuwaitis having property in Iraq). The papers are mainly in the form of correspondence between 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 [Lieutenant Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson], who reports the views of the Sheikh of Kuwait [Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah], the Secretariat of the High Commissioner for Iraq, which reports the views of the Government of Iraq, and the office of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file also includes discussion of a request by the Sheikh of Kuwait for the creation of a reciprocal arrangement for the service of judicial documents between the two states, and the issue of the charging by Kuwait of a fee of five rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for the service of such documents. Dickson states in a letter, which raises the whole issue, to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. dated 25 April 1930 that the 'Iraq Nationalist party appears bent on slowly but surely working for the gradual incorporation of Kuwait into Iraq, or at least bringing Kuwait under Iraq's influence'. Includes two letters in Arabic from the Sheikh of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (114 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
There is a short table of contents near the front of the volume (which lists just two topics), with page references.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the system in use starts at the first document in the volume, and continues through to the end of the file notes, which are the last document in the volume. The foliation system appears as a sequence written in pencil, enclosed within a circle, 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. Some text, in the form of a short table of contents, also appears on the sixth folio in from the front cover, in an area of the volume that has not been foliated. ff.38 and 43 need to be folded out to be read. Another foliation sequence, also written in pencil but not enclosed in a circle and numbered 45-89, also appears on ff.44-88 of the volume.
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- IOR/R/15/1/309
- Title
- 'File 18/143 I (D 87) Service of Iraqi judicial documents in Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:viii-v, 1r:37v, 39r:43r, 43r, 43r:100v, ix-r:xiii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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