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Coll 30/19 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait and Muscat, Persian Request for Service of Judicial Documents upon Persons Resident in' [‎78r] (155/172)

The record is made up of 1 file (84 folios). It was created in 10 Dec 1931-27 Oct 1933. It was written in English. 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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^ No. T 14944/ 3853/371
In any further communication on
this subject, please quote
and address,
not to any person by name,
Foreign Office.
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W. i.
s.w. i
+
9th December, 1931
Sir
I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to transmit
to you herewith, for the information of the Secretary of
State for India, a copy of a despatch from His Majesty*s
Minister at Tehran regarding the request which he has
received from the Persian Government for the service of a
judicial document upon the Sheikh of Kuwait in connexion
with the recovery of a debt owed to Ustad Evaz by Abdul
Karim Haji Uryan.
2* Subject to Sir Samuel Hoare f s concurrence Sir John
Simon proposes to approve of Mr. Hoare’s proposal to inform
the Persian Government that as the Sheikh is the Head of a
State he is unable to undertake the transmission of any
judicial document for service upon him.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under-Secretary of State
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. .
f
SECRET DEPT. T? > V
COPY SENT BY A'lR f
of 11 DEC 1951

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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the legality, political context and practicalities involved in the possible extradition of a number of individuals, primarily Persian subjects, from Kuwait and Muscat to Persia at request of the Government of Persia. As such, the file contains a number of English language translations of letters (and relevant court summons) from the Persian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In addition, the file also contains the following documents:

  • A memorandum related to legal summons issued by foreign countries and Britain's responsibility to respond to them (folios 55-56)
  • 'Memorandum as to the Obtaining of Evidence in England for Foreign Tribunals in Civil and Commercial Matters' (folios 57-60)
  • 'Memorandum as to the Obtaining of Evidence in Scotland and Northern Ireland for Foreign Tribunals in Civil and Commercial Matters' (folio 61).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (84 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 86; these numbers are written in pencil 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.

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