'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [77r] (168/534)
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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Indis Office,
//hi teha II,
London, S#W»1.
P. 3109.
30th iurust, 1923*
Sir,
I fim directed bv the ^ecreterv of Stste to forward, to be laid
25057/
1923, before the Goverrmien t of India, cony of a letter from the Colonial
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17-8-
I
23^Office regardinp the promulgation of an v-rder in Council for Koweit.
The Secretary of State agrees with foe Secretary of Stste for the
Colonies that the framing of the administrative details of such a
measure should be entrusted to the Government of India, and I am to
request that, unless any objection is seen, the necessary modifications
may be made, in consultation with the Political ^Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, in the draft order forwarded by the ^ctin^ Civil
Commissioner in Mesopotamia with his letter to vou, No«38073, dated
the 22nd December, 1919, and that the revised draft may be forwarded
at as early a date as may be convenient, for the consideration of the
Foreign office and the Colonial Office*
/ The question raised in the Foreign Office letter dated -anril
11th, 19P2, is. Viscount Peel considers, for settlement between that
Dated
29th Office and the Colonial uffice. Similarly the final steps in the
h ^ust- l:)romu ^gr g |-^ on 0 f 0 urder should be taken by the Colonial Office
and not by the Government of India.
Cory of a letter to the Colonial Office is enclosed.
I have, etc.,
Sd.H.W.Garrett,
for Secretary, Political Department.
The Secretary to the Govt.
of India in the Foreien and Political Department.
True copy
e copy^
Superintend ent,
Foreign & Political Department.
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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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- '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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