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'File 18/68 II (D 115) Kuwait Order in Council' [32r] (74/554)
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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foreigners oyer whom Hla Majesty s Government ere to
exerolse jurladlotion in Kowelt ere those r »lth respeot
w to whom the Stete, King, Jhlef or aovernment whose
M eubJeots or protected persons they are# have agreed to
"the exeroiee of Jurlsdlotlon by His Majesty"• The
remainder of the oorresponcienoe is for the most part an
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explanation of this article, regarding which the iielkh
desired further pertlculars*
4* It Is true that. In not expressly mentioning
the necessity for obtaining the consent of foreign
i% GoTernments to tt>e exercise of jurisdiction by His kiajesty 9 8
I'lV
^ v Government, the sheikh seems to have been ready to ^rant
more than His Majesty 's Government desired to ask at that
ft-
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time. Nevertheless Sir John Simon does not consider that,
strictly speaking, he could on that account be held to
have agreed to the exercise of jurisdiction without the
consent of the other Oovernnients concerned, should any dispute
arise on this point*
6. It is not clear from the telegram from the
iff Government of India No. 2660 of the 16th November, a copy of
which was enclosed in your letter No. P.Z. 6946/52 of the
17th siovember, whether they would see difficulty in
obtaining from the Sheikh a further written consent to
the exercise of jurisdiction by His Majesty*6 Government
over non-koslem foreigners only- I am therefore to enquire
whether Sir aamuel Hoare would see objection to this course.
The obeikh^ communication could be couched in general
terms, perhaps simply in the form of concurrence in the new
draft Order-in- Council. His ^jesty^s Government would not
then
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/304
- Title
- 'File 18/68 II (D 115) Kuwait Order in Council'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1cv, 2r:49v, 64v:77v, 92v:140v, 156v:192v, 208v:212v, 220v, 236v:240v, 256v:271v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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