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'File 18/68 II (D 115) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎31r] (72/554)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (275 folios). It was created in 24 Jun 1932-8 Jul 1935. 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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E 6471/4036/91
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15th January, 1933
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I am directed by .^eoreiary Sir John Simon to
offer, for the oonaideratlon of oeoretary 3ir oamuel Hoare,
the following ohaervatione on India Offioe letter Ho.
' 6946/38 of the 6th Deoeober regarding jvu iediction
over foreigners in eCoaeit*
2. Sir John Simon, while thinking it unneaesaary to
suggest to the 3ieikh of Koaeit that he should cede to His
ilajesty's Government Jurisdiotion over Moslem foreigners
aithin his territory, is not satisfied, for the following
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reasons, that the consent to the exercise of Jurisdiotion
by His Majesty's Government over non-^osle» foreigners in
<oaeit, which was obtained from the Sheikh la 1925, can be
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held to cover the arrangement which it is now desired to
make •
3» The object of the correspondence of October-
November, 1926, between the Sheikh »nd the Political A^ent
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at Koweit, copiea of which were enclosed in the 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.
letter to the Foreign Office tfo. ?• 488 of the 17th February,
1926, was to obtain from the ohelkh his consent to the
delegation to His Majesty's Government of Jurisdiotion over
foreigners, as required by the Koweit Order-in-Gouncil of
19£;8« latter ^o« 341 of the 24th October 1925 from i^Jor store
to the Sheikh begin*' with a sumraary of section 1 of Article
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8 of that Order mentioning specifically the proviso that the
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The volume includes papers relating to the implications of the assumption by the British Government of jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, especially in view of the possibility of the influx of large numbers of non-Muslim foreigners (particularly Americans) to work in the Kuwaiti oil industry, June 1932 - March 1933; and papers relating to the discussion and drafting of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1935 (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1935), March 1933 - July 1935, which was designed to clarify the question of British jurisdiction over non-Muslim foreigners in Kuwait, including papers recording discussions of the matter between British officials and the Ruler of Kuwait [Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah], July 1934, which resulted in the Sheikh's acquiescing in the terms of the revised Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. .

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1 volume (275 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at the front cover of the volume and continues through to the back cover. The sequence appears written in pencil, circled, 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. Foliation anomalies: f.1 is followed by ff. 1A, 1B, 1C. A second numbering system also appears, starting at 1 on f.2 and continuing to 259 on f.257. This sequence is again written in pencil, but not circled, and appears in the top right hand corner of every page that bears text.

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