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'File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for' [90r] (179/370)
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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all Officers who ordinarily visit Bahrain (or Kuwait),
(with the exception of the Commander-in-Chief) and 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.
, whose salutes of 15 and 13 guns
respectively are more than those of the Rulers concerned,
i.e. 11 guns), should make the first call on the Shaikh.
At Muscat the first call on the Sultan (whose title is
"His Highness”) is made by all Officers including the
Commander-in-Ghief and 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.
, but the
Sultan*s salute is 21 guns.
^ With regard to paragraph 4 of Colonel Loch*s
letter. I agree that, for the reasons given, the title
should be dynastic. In addition to these reasons it
would obviously be embarrassing on the death of one of
the Rulers concerned for His Majesty*s Minister, Jedda,
to have to alter his title when mentioning the new
Ruler in correspondence with the Saudi Government.
1 appreciate the point raised by Colonel Loch in
his paragraph 5, buc I think it would be advisable to keep
the dynastic salute at 7 guns to enable the guns for the
new Ruler to be raised to 11 if his conduct proved satis
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. The anomaly which Colonel Loch refers to,
of the
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.
, with a salute of 11 guns, paying the
first call on the new Ruler with a lesser salute of 7 guns,
could, I think be disregarded.
Presumably from the point of view of the
Government of India there is no objection to the present
Rulers being accorded the style of ”His Highness” since
- vide Government of India letter No.l21-H, dated the
22nd September 1925 - those in India with 11 guns are
entitled to this style of address, and the slight exception to
this rule by which a new Ruler would only receive 7 guns
but still be styled ”His Highness" could doubtless be over
looked in the special circumstances ruling in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
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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