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Coll 25/14 'Orders in Council: Koweit: New Order'

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/12/3317

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This record is a file about the Coll 25/14 'Orders in Council: Koweit: New Order' dating from 15 Jul 1932-11 Sep 1947.

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Reference
IOR/L/PS/12/3317
Title
Coll 25/14 'Orders in Council: Koweit: New Order'
Date
15 Jul 1932-11 Sep 1947
Description

Correspondence (copies, drafts, and originals), memoranda, and notes concerning the drafting and issuing of The Kuwait Order in Council, 1935. The papers deal with the discussion of the need for a new order in 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, 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 in the Persian Gulf, Political Agent in Kuwait, and Shaikh Ahmed of Kuwait. Included in the file:. Extracts from The Ethiopia Order in Council, 1931, used as reference (folios 165-71); A certified copy of the new Kuwait Order in Council, 1935 (folios 35-50); Correspondence concerning the passing of the Kuwait Passport Regulation, 1947 (folios 3-11)

Arrangement

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

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
Coll 25/14
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 file (263 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
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 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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IOR/L/PS/12

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Coll 25/14 'Orders in Council: Koweit: New Order'