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

Title:

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

Date:

1932/1947

Description:

Abstract: 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).Physical description: 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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Kuwait Order in Council

Geographic region:

Kuwait

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000602.0x000363_ar
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x000363_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3317
IOR/L/PS/12/3317

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