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Coll 30/128 'Persian Gulf. Style of address of the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait' [62r] (123/173)
The record is made up of 1 file (84 folios). It was created in 12 Mar 1936-14 Jul 1937. 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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• In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
/■vno. E 2085/2085/91.
and address—
not to any person by name
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
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J Foreign Office.
S.W.l.
7th May, 1936.
Sir,
I am directed by J^r. Secretary Eden to
request you to inform the Secretary of State for India
that he has had under consideration your letter No.
P.Z. 1693/36 of the 17th April, regarding the proposal
that the Sheikhs of Bahrain and Koweit should in future
be addressed as ,, Highness ,, instead of "Excellency", and
to state that, in deference to the views expressed by
the Government of India, and subject to the following
observations, Mr. Eden does not wish to raise further
objection to this proposal.
2. Mr. Eden observes, hov/ever, that in paragraph 4
of your letter No. P.Z. 1693/36 of the 17th April, it is
implied that these Arab rulers are not under the
suzerainty of the Crown. Furthermore in the correspondence
forming the enclosures in your letter under reply,
reference is made by the Government of India, and by 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.
, to the
"juridical independence", and 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.
at
Koweit to the "independence", of these rulers. Mr. Eden
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a decision to raise the official status and personal address of the rulers of Kuwait and Bahrain from 'His Excellency' to 'His Highness'. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Political 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. , the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, 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.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains a printed list entitled 'Table of Salutes to certain Rulers and Officials in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folio 82).
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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 86; 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.
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- Coll 30/128 'Persian Gulf. Style of address of the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait'
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- front, front-i, 2r:86v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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