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'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [75r] (164/534)
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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K 8413/3474/91.
> • Poreipn Office,
rs
V
s.w.i,
27 th au'Tjst, 1923.
Sir,
With reference to your letter No. 25067/23 of the ISth
instant, enclosing s copy of a letter to 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.
- r- •
relative to the proposed nromulpation of an
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
for
Koweit, I am directed by the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston to
invite the attention of the Duke of Devonshire to the second
naraPTsph of my Letter of the 11 th April 1922,
^^ ' ;ss pointed out therein thst the issue of an Order
in Council containing a provision for British jurisdiction over
foreigners in Koweit mi^ht be liable to evoke protests from
foreisn Powers, and it was su^prested that it would, therefore,
be well to obtain the formal consent of the United States, the
French, the Italian, the Portuguese and the Japanese
Governments to the opwfovrri before issuiniT the
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
.
3. T^e Secretary of State remains of opinion that, if it is
^ desired to rromul^ste the ^rder in Council as originally drafted
, and enclosed in
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 of the 12th May 1920, it
would be desirable to obtain the formal assent of the above
Powers. It is not, ifcexx however, considered that the present,
or indeed the near future, is a propitious time for approaching
these Powers with a proposal of this nature.
1 am, therefore, to suggest as an alternative, for His
^ Grace 1 s consideration, that article 8(2) of the draft Order
in Council be amended to read "Foreipners with respect to whom
Sheikh of Koweit and the gpvernments of
oJLAi£>i_ilLey. are nationals have a.qreed with His
" Majesty for, or consented to, the exercise of jurisdiction
H by His Majesty".
5. Thus amended the
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
can be nromul£rated as
soon as the Treaty of Lausanne shall have come into force, with
out it being necessary for His Majesty^ Government to approach
any foreign Power on the subject until such time as a national
of a foreieri Power commits some crime or misdemeanour
necessitating
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/R/15/1/303
- Title
- 'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:56v, 57v:130v, 131v:132v, 134r:254v, ii-r:vi-v, 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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