Coll 25/14 'Orders in Council: Koweit: New Order' [‎11r] (21/545)

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Correspondence (copies, drafts, and originals), memoranda, and notes concerning the drafting and issuing of The Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1935. The papers deal with the discussion of the need for a new order in council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. because of the growth of the oil industry and the likely increase of foreigners in the country, the wording of the new document, and the effort to obtain the consent of the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmed [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ].

The correspondence is mostly inter-departmental in nature, exchanged between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Colonial Office, and Board of Trade (Companies Department), but the file also includes communications from the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. in Kuwait, and Shaikh Ahmed of Kuwait.

Included in the file:

• Extracts from The Ethiopia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1931, used as reference (folios 165-71)
• A certified copy of the new Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1935 (folios 35-50)
• Correspondence concerning the passing of the Kuwait Passport Regulation, 1947 (folios 3-11).

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1 file (263 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 264; 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 189-193; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English in Latin script

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