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'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎26r] (66/534)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (264 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1919-20 Dec 1928. 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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protectorate in the case of Bahrain, Again would it not
be better to keep the portiondjof which are British protect
orates distinct from Hasa and Katif, which presuTiably will
^e administered by Great Britain as Mandatory of the League
of Nations?.
For these reasons I would suggest it wo^ld be better
to let the Orders in Muscat and Bahrain remain as they are^
the Resident, Persian dulf, being the principal political
authority, a ne* one on the lines suggested being introduced
for Koweit.
The Bahrain Order-in-Council might poaalbly be extended
to Katr, and a new and very simple Order being introduced
later for the r ^ucial Coast, Later taxpK on perhaps when a
special political officer is appointed another Order could
be introduced for Central Arabia, and Hasa and Katif with
the High Commissioner at Baghdad as Chief Political authority.
Perhaps this question has been definitely settled already,
if so i must apologize for wasting time with ray suggestions,
Lieut-Colonel,
Deputy 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
P. S.
The above Me^o was originally drafted by w^en on boari
the "Lawrence" early in December but wan accidentally hunr ut?
ae it was mixed up with the panere connected wlt^ the ,f uecat
King's Regulations on which I had also written a letter^Mc^
I iecided not to issue on receiot of your telegram T7o .l4 Q 10
dated 12th December 1919,
The letter was subsequently faired and would have l««ue^
had the mails been more repular, but before it actually ill
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issue your memo No.'.^114 dated 32nd Dece^er was receive!
on the 7th January, This disposes of the matter as far
as the draft Koweit Order In Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. le concerned, but as
my

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Papers relating to the composition, drafting and publication of The Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1925 (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925). The volume includes papers relating to initial objections and subsequent agreement on the part of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah], the ruler of Kuwait, to the exercise by the representative of the British Government of jurisdiction over the subjects and protected persons of all non-Muslim foreign governments in Kuwait, including a letter of agreement from the Sheikh written in Arabic, November - December 1925; Rules of Court relating to fees, October 1926; papers relating to the registration of British subjects in Kuwait, November 1925 - December 1926; and papers relating to the regularisation of the position of American missionaries in Kuwait, so that, if the need arose, they would be entitled to British protection, February - December 1928.

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1 volume (264 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximately chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences on the title page and continues to the last folio that bears any text (seven folios from the end of the volume). The sequence appears written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, in the top right hand recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: folio 1 is followed by folios 1A, 1B and 1C. Folio 186 needs to be folded out in order to be read. A second sequence also appears, again written in pencil in the top right hand corner of most of the folios, but not enclosed within a circle. This appears to start at [3] on folio 4 and continues to 287 on folio 254. This sequence marks all pages bearing text.

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