‘File 7/5 Appointment of Judicial Adviser to the Political Resident’
IOR/R/15/5/302
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The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1948-14 Dec 1949. It was written in English. 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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The file is concerned with the appointment of a Judicial Assistant — Summer Hayes (also spelt Haines) — 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. for the purpose of providing relief to subordinate Political Agents in their judicial work. It also contains an incomplete copy (on folios 2-7) of the Kuwait Air Navigation Regulation, 1949 and a copy (on folio 8) of a notice, dated 22 May 1936, for the introduction of the superseded 1936 regulation.
The file is mostly made up of telegrams, and the odd letter, 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. (Herbert George Jakins), 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. (William Rupert Hay), and the Foreign Office. The creation date range covers the main run of this correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (19 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers at the front of the file (folios 2-8) are concerned with the Kuwait Air Navigation Regulation , while the papers at the back of the file (folios 9-19) are concerned with the appointment of a Judicial Assistant, and are arranged in reverse chronological order.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 21; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/5/302
- Former external reference(s)
- Second Series Files: 7/5
- Date(s)
- 31 Dec 1948-14 Dec 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Kuwait Air Navigation RegulationJudicial appointments
- People & organisations
- Political Resident, Persian GulfForeign Office
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- IOR/R/15/5/302
- Title
- ‘File 7/5 Appointment of Judicial Adviser to the Political Resident’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:20v, 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