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'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎66r] (146/534)

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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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F.O.
Hth
to C *0 •
April 1922.
-
71
' I raq
No. 305
Sir,
downing Street,
3 ^ay I
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I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your despatch Fo- 43 of the 16th of
January regarding the proposed promulgation of an
Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. for Koweit, and to trars'uit to
you for your information the accompanying copy
of a letter from the H'orei^n Office on that
subject with special reference to the question of
the exercise of jurisdiction over foreigners.
2. Apart from the difficulties arising
out of this particular clause, it appears useless
to proceed with the drafting of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
until a definite decision is reached regarding the
future control of political affairs at Koweit,
Under existing arjffiyf emente that control is to be
exercised by the High Commissioner for 'Iraq
but only so lorg as you personally hold the appoint*
ment; and 1 accordingly propose tj leave the
matter to be conuiered further when a final
#
decision on the mcin question has been reached.
' 1 have, etc.,
i>d/- Winston S, Churchill.
High Commissioner,
ajor General,
S|»r rercy Cox, G.C.i .G. # C.G.l.^., K.C.S.I.
& c. ac. &<c.
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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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