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1. IOR/R/15/5/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/293
Title:
‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of the Kuwait Order in Council (1925) and the subsequent issue of supporting King‘s Regulations by the Persian Gulf Political Resident: The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation (1926) and Indian Succession Regulation (1927). It therefore contains drafts pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1919-15 Aug 1927
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/294
Title:
‘File 7/1 II Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of a new Order in Council to clarify the extent of British jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, prompted by ongoing oil negotiations between Kuwait and the United States. The primary British concern being the removal of the requirement that Britain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1932-6 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/295
Title:
‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is primarily concerned with the issue of King's Regulations to mandate specific penalties for breaches of air navigation regulations issued under the Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat Orders in Councils. The file therefore contains exchanges between British officials on the sort of penalties ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1935-20 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/296
Title:
‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of King's Regulations under the Kuwait Order in Council. It is concerned with two regulations in particular: the Kuwait Passport Regulation, 1947 to introduce penalties for arriving at Kuwait without a visa, and the Special Police Officers Regulation, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1945-5 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/297
Title:
‘File 7/1 IV General correspondence regarding Kuwait Order in Council (1949) and King's Regulations made under the Kuwait Order in Council’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with general correspondence sent between the Kuwait Political Agent (Gordon Noel Jackson and Herbert George Jakins) and the Persian Gulf Political Resident (Sir Rupert Hay) respecting the Kuwait Order in Council. Topics covered include the status of Lebanese subjects in Kuw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1949-25 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (118 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/298
Title:
‘File 7/1 (a) Intelligence Report of the Chief Special Police Officer, KOC’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of monthly reports from March to December 1949 by the Chief Special Police Officer at Ahmali (F J McLintic and J H W O'Hare), outlining investigations into criminal offences committed by or against those subject to British jurisdiction as per the Kuwait Order in Council; primar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1949-18 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/299
Title:
‘File 7/2 II Service of Summonses, Documents, etc, in Kuwait Vol. 2’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with two extradition requests from the Persian Government for two individuals believed to be residing in Kuwait: Saiyid Abdul Aziz Behbahani and Abdulla Safar. The principal correspondents being the Kuwait Political Agent, the Persian Gulf Political Resident (Gordon Loch), t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1933-14 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/300
Title:
‘File 7/3 Representations by Foreign Powers on behalf of their Subjects’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with representations made to the Kuwait Political Agency by foreign powers, requesting that the British investigate complaints made by their subjects against the ruling authorities of Kuwait; it should be noted that the nationality of complainants is sometimes disputed. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1934-21 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/301
Title:
‘File 7/4 Registration of Companies under Art 69 of Kuwait Order-in-Council, 1949’
Scope & Content:
The file contains applications and supporting documentation from companies applying for registration with the Kuwait Political Agency, a requirement for companies subject to British jurisdiction under the Kuwait Order in Council. The companies in question are Cable and Wireless; the Eastern Oil ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1 Aug 1936-6 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/302

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/302
Title:
‘File 7/5 Appointment of Judicial Adviser to the Political Resident’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the appointment of a Judicial Assistant — Summer Hayes (also spelt Haines) — to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf for the purpose of providing relief to subordinate Political Agents in their judicial work. It also contains an incomplete copy (on folios 2-7) of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1948-14 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)