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'File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for' [60r] (119/370)
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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2 .
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addressing the present Rulers of buth these
Arab Prlnci lalities.
3. It is implicit in .ilr Andrew Ryan’s
suggestion, as wade, that the proposed new
style of address svill ainphasise the independent
sovereignty of the two Rulers. But the Govern
ment of India, while on general grounds they
sup >ort this r e c os; mend a ti on, ns endorsed by the
Political Res id ent, taust in; kt it clear th- t in
so doing they are actuated rather by the con
sideration that the new style of address» so
far from emphasising the independence of these
Shaikhs, will in fact tend to bring then more
into line with Ruling Chiefs in Indio who are
under the suzerainty of the Crown. They have
also in mind that the iheikhs of Bahrain and
Kuwait, being juridically independent cove eigne
in special treaty relations with His Majesty’s
Government and the Government of India, might,
should they no desire, take to themselves the
title of His Majesty on the lines adopted by
King Ibn Baud. Gush a claim can perhaps be
most easily forestalled by adoption of the
present proposal. But it should be understood
that this proposal, while it will no doubt
enhance the position of the Shaikhs both in the
eyes of their subjects and of all other Rulers
in Arabia, is In reality not one to confer on
them a new title, but merely to address the©
as *Hi« Highness* instead of ‘His Excellency'
•as a style more appropriate to their positions.
4. It may be objected tin t the use of the
title 'His JUi ■ demand on
I
> the part of the True ini Coast rulers and in
r '
particular from the chaikh of ,*atar for a
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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.
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- 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