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'File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council'

Title	'File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council'
Author	an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date:	22 Dec 1938-18 Apr 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	198
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/5/206
Record ID	vdc_100000000831.0x0000c9
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	22 Dec 1938-18 Apr 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait. Specifically it relates to the suppression of an oppositionist reform movement (the majlis movement) that had successfully pressured the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to establish an elected administrative council in the country The correspondence in the file covers the period immediately after this council was dissolved onwards and discusses the various repressive measures subsequently taken, including the imprisonment and exile of several of its members. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and 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. in Bushire, but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence with Shaikh Ahmad (in Arabic accompanied by English translations). In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following: a copy of the Organic Law of Trans-Jordan (folios 31-49). a draft constitution of Kuwait (folios 52-59). an article regarding the constitution of Kuwait published in al-Alam al-Arabi in 1939 (folio 61). a list of Kuwaiti youths that were alleged by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait to be 'anti-Shaikh and anti-British' (folios 122-123). a petition (in Arabic original and translated into English) that was sent to 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. from the wives of a number of political prisoners in Kuwait (folios 147-148).
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	File 4/20 II

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'File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council'

Author an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and

Publication Date 22 Dec 1938-18 Apr 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 198

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/5/206

Record ID vdc_100000000831.0x0000c9

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 22 Dec 1938-18 Apr 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait. Specifically it relates to the suppression of an oppositionist reform movement (the majlis movement) that had successfully pressured the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to establish an elected administrative council in the country The correspondence in the file covers the period immediately after this council was dissolved onwards and discusses the various repressive measures subsequently taken, including the imprisonment and exile of several of its members. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and 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. in Bushire, but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence with Shaikh Ahmad (in Arabic accompanied by English translations). In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following: a copy of the Organic Law of Trans-Jordan (folios 31-49). a draft constitution of Kuwait (folios 52-59). an article regarding the constitution of Kuwait published in al-Alam al-Arabi in 1939 (folio 61). a list of Kuwaiti youths that were alleged by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait to be 'anti-Shaikh and anti-British' (folios 122-123). a petition (in Arabic original and translated into English) that was sent to 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. from the wives of a number of political prisoners in Kuwait (folios 147-148).

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) File 4/20 II