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‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’ [‎74r] (147/226)

The record is made up of 1 file (111 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1935-20 Feb 1938. 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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Confidential.
rv>»£o*U6- » of 1936.
The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
Bush ire, the 13 th February 1956.
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Cauld you please refer t© the last tee^eentermes of
paragraph 1 of your desii^cff iciel letter He. i . .4*7,
dated the 14th October ItSi, n the juridical position of
subjects of the Arab Htates of the Per si an Oulf rls~ft-»9f«
the ulers of other similar i tetes.
2. The position can be eummriaed ms follows*-
A. Bahrain.
(1) Subjects of other Arab States in the half are
juridically treated as British protected persons,
i.e* they come under the Political kgm% not the
.iimiklu it would appear that when the Political
Agent issued the notice referred to in paragraph
2 of 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 Fo.F,£.7185 corering all
foreign subjects, it should presumably only bars
covered Qhtar is and Ksjdls ( Baud i «ufej acts} •
But, as in practice, jurisdiction over foreign
subjects and British protected persons has been
exercised for many years by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
without any objection from the present haikh,
there would hardly seem any necessity now to
raise the question of our right to this juris-
4iction*
(2) Subjects of Kuwait, Unseat, ^tar, and Trucial
Shaikhdoae are not registered as British protect
ed persons, because for the purposes of registra
tion, as opposed to jurisdict ion, they have not
been /
[* J# Claus on Esquire,
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. ,
London.

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The file is primarily concerned with the issue of King's Regulations to mandate specific penalties for breaches of air navigation regulations issued under the Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat Orders in Councils. The file therefore contains exchanges between British officials on the sort of penalties that should be enforced. Another related subject is the extent that the subjects of the Gulf states — in special treaty relations with Britain — are considered to be British Protected Persons at courts in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat respectively; the answer to this question is summarised as part of an office notice on folio 98. Also discussed is the extent of the Kuwait Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's authority to solemnise Christian marriages in Kuwait (see folios 101-8) under the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. .

The main correspondents in the file are as follows: the Kuwait Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. (Harold Richard Dickson and Gerald Simpson de Gaury); the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and officials of 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. and the Foreign Office.

The Arabic language content consists of a few brief letters exchanged between the Kuwait 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. and either the Shaikh of Kuwait or the Deputy Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and Shaikh `Abdulla as-Salim as-Sabah respectively. It concerns the transmission of copies of new regulations and notifications of when they will come into force.

A copy of the Kuwait Air Navigation Regulation (1936) can be found on folio 85, while a draft copy titled Breach of Air Navigation Regulation dated 1935 can be found on folios 46-47; a list of regulations issued under the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. can be found on folio 90. A draft of the equivalent Muscat regulations can be found on folio 68.

The creation date range reflects the inclusion of enclosures of an earlier date than their respective covering letters. The main run of correspondence commences from 29 April 1935.

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1 file (111 folios)
Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, the exceptions being enclosures which are often of an earlier date than their covering letters.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 113; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-111; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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