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'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎248r] (510/534)

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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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Original on 64/1^-IV (D-48).
Telegram , Q/fP)
^rom f ■* Political A^ent, Kuwait.
To Political "Resident, Bushire,
No. 160. f
Dated and received 25th February 1923.
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American missionaries tell me that tLey
v .ant to regularise their position here undar the Ku. ait
Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. so as to hj entitled to our protection
if the worst came to the worst.
They are requesting the 'U:erican Consul at
Bafehaad to take necessary action officially. I oanti.ne
to ease their" minds I have agreed to asjc you for authority
*
Iraq., to promise them protection in the present crisis in anti-
-cipation of the Uniied States Oovernment's request.
Repeated hy Political Eesident to Govt,
of India, No. 232, Colonial Office, No.
45 and Baghdad, lo. 232, dated 25th
February 19 28.
Telegram
From
To
No. ^30.
Dated 23th February 19 28.
P.
Poliuic.il -^esiuent, Bush
Political A^ent, Kuwait.
Lire,
Your telegram No. 160.
v 3houl$ occasion arise you ..ill ^.rotect
U.ericans and <',.ny other Europeans as if the; -ere British
sul w ects.
Repeated "by Political Hesident. to G-ovt.
of Inaia, No. 232, Colonial Office No.
4o and ^aghaad No. 232, datea 25th
Feoruary 1928.
, No later correspondence has taken place^-w-.
V'/

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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