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'File 53/52 I (D 161) Kuwait Succession' [91r] (190/282)
The record is made up of 1 volume (138 folios). It was created in 5 Apr 1914-30 Jul 1940. 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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53/5V
7o
©
Telegram R.
From Political, Kmwttit.
To High Gomraissioner,Baghdad.
Repeated Bushire.
No. 49/C
Dated 26th r©c©iv®d 27th February 1921,
-«
Prior ity.
My telegram 47/C. Following is gist of
.document signed by all mourning inhabitants and handed by thera
to Subah family on February 24th begins. V.e the undersigned
have agreed and bound ourselved as follows: Firstly to
prevent any quarrelling between Subah in regard to Succession©
Secondly Ahmad al Jabir, Hamad al Mubarak and Abdullah as Salim
are eligible© Thirdly we will accept anyone ofthese three
subject to the approval of His Majesty's Government® Sheikh
appointed will be President of the Council ( w Rais Majlis Ashshural
Fifthly fixed number of Councillors will be elected from among
Subah and^ inhabitants. Ends*
Proposal is tha Majliss consisting of 6 members
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2 Subah and 4 merchants, all elected for one year. It is
proposed to insist on new Sheikh undertaking beforehand that
should he favour policy not in accordaace with the wishes of the
jliss he will be guided by advice of His Majesty's Government^
On his return from Kejd provided that ho agrees
to these conditions Ahmad will certainly become SheikhJ but
nothing will be decided till then® ileanwhile Abdullah a
assumption of temporary power has not been recognized by either
Subah or people and should occasion arise I propose asking Subah
family whom they have appointed to officiate pending the return
^ Alamad. Abdulla is trying to get family Treasure fu<wn
^•reliant to whom Salim had entrusted it, but latter is procrastin
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the succession of various rulers of Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the following:
- The death of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the succession of his eldest son, Shaikh Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ
- The death of Shaikh Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and the succession of his brother, Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ.
- The death of Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the succession of his nephew, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.
- Possible successors to Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.
The correspondence at the beginning of the file discusses Shaikh Mubārak's desire to visit India, Cairo and London (ff. 6-18).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (138 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's main foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. There is an unfoliated folio (f 29) between folios 29 and 30.
Three other separate foliation sequences are also present in this volume between ff 6-18, ff 20-109 and ff 131-133; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/1/513
- Title
- 'File 53/52 I (D 161) Kuwait Succession'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:29v, 29ar:29av, 30r:136v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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