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Coll 30/128 'Persian Gulf. Style of address of the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait' [68r] (135/173)
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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Minute Paper.
P.Z.1693/36
Department.
5000 7/35
please see paragraph 7 of Sir Andrew Ryan’s
Despatch No,352 of the 10th December. Sir Andrew
suggested that it would facilitate his intercourse
on matters affecting Bahrein and Koweit with the Saudi
Government if he could refer to them as ’His Highness'
and not 'His Excellency'. The Foreign Office were at
first disposed to throw cold water on this suggestion
and the deleted portion of paragraph of the Secretary
of State's telegram to India dated 11th January at
P.Z.266/36* summarise^ their reaction. They were
afraid that the grant of improved title might tend to
emphasise the independence of the Sheikhs and be at
variance with the policy of tightening control over
them. secondly they felt the difficulty of competition
from other sheikhdoms 4 e.g. Q,atar or the Trucial
. if' aKU.
Sheikhdoms^ for this honour if^given to Bahrein and
Koweit.
2. The letter from the G*of I. dated 20th February
which is now submitted with its enclosures covers these
points and shows that both the G.of 1. and the Local
political Authorities are in favour of the proposal.
While not necessarily agreeing with all the G.of I.'s
roq^oenTo- (e.g. it seems hardly appropriate to make a
comparison with the Indian States), it certainly seems
that there is a reasonable case for supporting the
proposal of the G.of l.
3. While one cannot obviously make too much use
of the argument^it should be borne in mind that we have,
in fact, not been able to do very much as yet in the
way of implementing our various obligations to the
Sheikh of Koweit (in regard to his Date Gardens
Blockade /
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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