Author
the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
to clarify the extent of British jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait
Publication Date
24 Jun 1932-6 Apr 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
223
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/294
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000149
Library Location
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.
Date
24 Jun 1932-6 Apr 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file is concerned with the introduction of a new
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
to clarify the extent of British jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, prompted by ongoing oil negotiations between Kuwait and the United States. The primary British concern being the removal of the requirement that Britain must obtain permission from foreign governments before assuming jurisdiction over their nationals. The file therefore includes discussion between British officials over the changes they desire to make to the
Kuwait
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
(1925). There is also some debate over how best to hide the nature of the amendments from other powers, and to what (if any) extent a request from the Iraq Government — asking the British Government to represent Iraqi subjects aboard — affects the situation at Kuwait.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Kuwait
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.
(Harold Richard Patrick Dickson and Ralph Watts); the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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.
(Trenchard Craven William Fowle and Percy Gordon Loch); the Foreign Department of the Government of India; the Secretary of State for India; and officials of 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.
The Arabic language content consists of an exchange (see folios 164-187) between the Kuwait
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.
and the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]. The subject matter is the Shaikh's formal acceptance of the new
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
. The correspondence is dated between 10 August to 3 October 1934, it includes English translations, and a copy of the proposed amendments in Arabic (see folios 167-173). A copy of the Shaikh's acceptance of the original
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
dated 3 November 1925 is also included.
Draft (and annotated) copies of the proposed replacement
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
can be found on folios 63-77 and 124-139. A comprehensive table of proposed alterations as of 15 December 1933 (folios 89-100), along with extracts from the
Ethiopian
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
(1931) – folios 101-8 – can also be found within. As can notes on a meeting between the Shaikh of Kuwait and Trenchard Fowle on 18 July 1934 (see folios 155-57).
The file also includes a draft copy of
The Foreign Jurisdiction (Probate)
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1934
designed to replace the 1908
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
on folios 200-08. The reasons for the introduction of a new
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
is explained, and notes outlining the court judgement which prompted it can be found on folios 211-17. The case in question is Case Number 62 of 1931 between ‘Crown Prosecutor Vs Clement Dwek & Other [Gabriel Shama]’ heard by the full Egyptian Court.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, the exceptions being enclosures which are often of an earlier date than their covering letters.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Second Series Files: 7/1 II
