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'File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for' [33r] (65/370)
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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P.Z. 3406/35
ilUPY SENT i 0 .
ITOIA OFFICE
LONDON, S.W.l.
let July 1935«
Sir, /
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to
refer to Admiralty letter of the 17th May, No* M* 223/35,
regarding a proposal to increase the salute of the Matasarif
of Basra from 7 to 9 guns*
Yhe Secretary of State agrees wittottee view taken by
Their Lordships that any action which might encourage demands
for a general Increase in the scale of salutes in the Persian
Gulf should be avoided and that it is undesirable to grade
Governors with Naval officers in these matters* He has
accordingly considered this proposal in its relation to the
salutes accorded to the local Sheikhs and Governors.
He observes that, although personal salutes ol 11
jruns have been granted to the Sheikhs of Bahrein and Koweit
| the permanent hereditary salute accorded to these Sheilchs ia
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7 guns and he considers that it would be most undesirable to
( accord a larger salute to the Mutasarif than to these
independent Eulers*
He fears, moreover, that an increase in the salute
of the Mutasarif would lead to a demand for corresponding
increases elsewhere. He feels that the Governors of Bunder
Abbas, Mohammerah and Abadan should be regarded on the same
footing as the Mutasarif, and that any requests from them
for a similar increase to that of the Putasarif would be
difficult to refuse.
The Secretary of the
Admiralty#
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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