'File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council' [32r] (63/400)
The record is made up of 1 file (198 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1938-18 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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7* T^e Courts are open to all, but no person shall be
forced to submit to a Court other than the court having
jurisdiction in his case except in accordance with law.
8. (1^ The rights of owenership shall be safeguarded,
and there shall be no forced loan or confiscation of movable
or immovable property except in accordance with the law.
The property of no person shall be expropriated
except for the purpose of public utility in circumstances
to be specified by the law, and on condition that
compensation is paid for it except in such cases as the law
may otherwise prescribe.
V
(2) No forced or compulsory labour shall be exacted
from any person*
Provided that provision may be made by laws
(a) for the exaction of work or service from any
person in case of emergency, that is to say, in the event
of war or the occurrence of threat of fire, flood, famine,
earthquake, violent epidemic or episootic disease,
invasion by andmal, insect or vegetable pest or any other
like calamity, or in any other circumstances which would
endanger the well being of the whole or part of the
population.
(b) for the exaction of work or service from any
person as a consequence of a conviction by a Court of
Law, such work or service being carried out under
the supervision and control of a public authority, and
the person convicted not being hired to, or placed at
the disposal of, any private individual, company or
association.
9* No taxation shall be imposed except by law, and
taxation shall be applied to all classes.
10, Islam shall be the religion of the State, and there
Sliall be insured to all dwellers in Tr ans, “J 0 rdan complete
freedom of belief and freedom to practice forms of worship
in accordance with their customs, unless detrimental to
public safety or order or contrary to morals.
11* All Trans-Jordanians shall be free to express and
publish their opinions an 1 to assemble together and to form
and be members of associations within the provisions of law.
12* Trans-Jordanian /.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait. Specifically it relates to the suppression of an oppositionist reform movement (the majlis movement) that had successfully pressured the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to establish an elected administrative council in the country The correspondence in the file covers the period immediately after this council was dissolved onwards and discusses the various repressive measures subsequently taken, including the imprisonment and exile of several of its members.
The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and 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. in Bushire, but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence with Shaikh Ahmad (in Arabic accompanied by English translations).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
- a copy of the Organic Law of Trans-Jordan (folios 31-49).
- a draft constitution of Kuwait (folios 52-59).
- an article regarding the constitution of Kuwait published in al-Alam al-Arabi in 1939 (folio 61).
- a list of Kuwaiti youths that were alleged by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait to be 'anti-Shaikh and anti-British' (folios 122-123).
- a petition (in Arabic original and translated into English) that was sent 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. from the wives of a number of political prisoners in Kuwait (folios 147-148).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (198 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 200; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel; 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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