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'File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for' [87r] (173/370)
The record is made up of 1 file (183 folios). It was created in 29 May 1932-25 Apr 1949. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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2*
addressing the present Rulers of both these Arab
Principalities*
It. is implicit in ‘>ir Andrew Ryan's suggestion, as
made, that the proposed new style of address will emphasise
the independent sovereignty of the two Rulers* But the
Government of India, while on general grounds they support
this recommendation, as endorsed by 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.
,
must make it clear that in so doing they are actuated rather
by the consideration that the new style of address, so far
from emphasising the independence of these Shaikhs, will in
fact tend to bring them more into line with Ruling Chiefs
in India who are under the suzerainty of the Crown. They
have also iiimind that the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait, beirg
juridically independent sovereigns in special treaty
relations with His Majesty's Government and the Government
of India, might, should they so desire, take to themselves
the title of His Majesty on the lines adopted by King Ibn
Saud. Such a claim can perhaps be most easily
forestalled by adoption of the present proposal. But it
should be understood that this proposal, while it will no
doubt enhance the position of the Shaikhs both in the
eyes of their subjects and of all other Rulers in Arabia, is
in reality not one to confer on them a new title, but
merely to address them as 'His Highness' instead of 'His
Excellency' as a style more appropriate to their positions.
4* It may be objected that the use of the title 'His
Highness' will encourage a demand on the part of the Trucial
Coast Rulers and in particular from the Shaikh of Qatar for a
similar dignity. Tofthis the Government of India would
reply that none of the Trucial Shaikhs are entitled to a gun
salute which under the orders of 1925 would carry with it
the title of 'His Highness*, while in local estimation no
one of them, even including the Shaikh of Qatar, can be said
to/
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning issues related to the number of official gun salutes that the British Government assigned to rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as well as the titles that should be used for them in official correspondence.
Specifically, the majority of the correspondence in the file relates to two main issues:
- Britain's decision to increase the official gun salute of the rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait from seven to eleven in 1933.
- Britain's decision to grant the rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait the title of 'His Excellency' in 1937.
The file contains two lists of all the region's rulers and their respective gun salutes/titles, one from 1936 (folios 73-75) and another from 1949 (folio 183).
The main correspondents in the file are British officials from 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 Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait and the Admiralty. It also contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, some of which is in Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (183 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 185; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-184; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/183
- Title
- 'File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 16r:18v, 21r:24v, 26r:141v, 144r:152v, 155r:159v, 161r:184v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence