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'File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for' [102r] (203/370)
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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COireiDMiTTIAL.
Ho * D * 0 . G** 220 •
POLmCAL AQMG1,
KUWAIT.
The 19th June 1936.
Conferii^nt of the title of "Highness"
on the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait.
My dear Colonel, 4 o
Jr "J)k
#ould you please refer to my letter No.C-179
of the 21st May on the subject of the conferment of the
title "Highness" on the Shaikh of Kuwait.
2 . 1 would, on thinking the matter over, suggest
that the change of designation to Bmir, while desirable
for the reasons given, might be postponed.
3. My reasons for suggesting this are that the
double change at the same time might be rather "too strong
beer" for the Shaikh, and lead him into supposing that
serious alterations in our view of his grading had taken
place, entitling him to a much higher plane than we
contemplate putting him on.
4 . It is preferable too I think to retain in had
our favours, giving them out one by one. When the change
to Bmir is made, as it probably will have to be for the
reasons given in my letter, it might be made to coincide
with a moment when His Britannic Majesty’s Government
wish particularly to show their regard for the Shaikh.
Yours sincerely,
CS,jJ.) G. S. dc Gone?.
The Hon’ble Lt.-Colonel
T.C.Fowle, G.B.B.,Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
at KUWAIT .
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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