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'File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for' [162r] (323/370)
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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Office of tne Sernior Haval Officer
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
No.452
4th December 1939;
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that insofaras
it is expedient, it is customary in time of war to modify
the regulations concerning the firing of salutes.
2. The Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station has
ordered that all salutes between Naval Authorities and on
fixed anniversaries such as the Birthdays of the Royal
Family, shall be discontinued during the present period of
hostilities.
^ 3. It would conform to general principles, therefore,
if personal and other salutes could be appropriately modified
in the territories under your aegis and with which I am
closely concerned.
4. I should be grateful, therefore, if you would advise
me as to the desirability or otherwise of such suspension of
salutes in so far as Political Officers and the various
Arabian Dignitaries are concerned, and whether it might be
expedient to continue the salute in any special cases.
5. Other courtesies such as official calls should of
surse be '.espected, except that by common consent the occasions
might be reduced and d^agg may be less formal than that which
is appropriate under pacific conditions.
6. On receipt of your reply I propose that mutually an
instruction should be issued on this subject, generally.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sd.) CosmM. Graham
Captain
Senior Naval Officer
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
The Hon. 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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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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