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11. IOR/L/PS/18/B15a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B15a
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary, Political Department
Scope & Content:
Printed copy of a letter which concerns the question of consular jurisdiction in Persia. Ross, in his capacity as Political Resident at Bushire, gives his opinion on papers he has read which regard consular jurisdiction in Persia: chiefly, the lack of need for a judge of appeal at Bushire, the l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1876
Extent:

1 folio

12. IOR/L/PS/18/B362

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B362
Title:
Middle East: the Judicial Systems of Mesopotamia and Palestine. Note by Major Marrs on Sir H. Samuel's Despatch No. 157, dated 29th November 1920.
Scope & Content:
A note by Major Robert Marrs, in which the author provides a comparison of the judicial systems in Mesopotamia and Palestine, followed by a number of points regarding jurisdiction over foreigners in those places.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1921
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/18/B422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B422
Title:
Exercise of Jurisdiction in Cases affecting Foreign Subjects in Bahrein by the British Political Authorities.
Scope & Content:
A summary of legal judgments, agreements and amendments to agreements between the British Government and the Shaikh of Bahrein between 1861 and 1930, concerning the exercise of jurisdiction by British political authorities over British subjects and foreigners in Bahrein. Written by John Gilbert ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1930
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/18/C93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C93
Title:
Report on the proposed Orders in Council for Persia and the States in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a report on British consular jurisdiction in Persia and the territories bordering the Persian Gulf by Sir P Francis, and Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball. It includes the following: treaty limitations on jurisdiction; civil and criminal jurisdiction in Persia; an assessment of d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sept 1873
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/1/289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/289
Title:
14/240 I B. 69. JURISDICTION IN THE TRUCIAL SHAIKHDOMS
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to jurisdiction in the Trucial Shaikhdoms. The main correspondents are the India Office, Foreign Office, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Bahrain. The correspondence discusses the creation of new Orders-in-Council for the Trucial Coas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1938-21 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 volume (217 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/93
Title:
File 1/19 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file is a chronological précis of official sources recording the assumption of British jurisdiction over foreigners in Bahrain. The sources fall into two groups: Persian Gulf Residency, Government of India, and British Government correspondence and memoranda dated 21 January 1905 - 27 March 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927?
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/150
Title:
File 1/A/24 I Persian Subjects in Bahrain and Registration of Foreigners in Bahrain with proposals for institution of Bahrain Nationality and Property Laws.
Scope & Content:
The early papers in the file relate to complaints by the Iranian Government over the treatment of Persian citizens in Bahrain; but the file mostly concerns the enactment of the Bahrain nationality and property laws, and the preparation of the Bahrain (Amendment) Order in Council (1937). The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 May 1933-17 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/156
Title:
File 1/A/35 I Limit of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
The file concerns issues arising from definitions of the limits of Iranian territorial waters. The papers consist of correspondence forwarded to the Political Agency, Bahrain by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and HM Representative at Tehran. Correspondence forwarded by the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1937-28 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/474
Title:
'Procedure re Claims against Hasawis. Correspondence with the Amir of Hasa'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns jurisdiction over residents of Nejd [Najd] and Hasa [al-Aḥsā’] at Bahrain in the Political Agent's courts, under provisions made by the Bahrain Order in Council. Reference is also made to punishments meted out by ‘Abdullāh bin Jilūwī at Hasa (folio 12). The correspondents in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1933-29 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/578
Title:
'File 18/9 Provost Personnel for Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the question of whether or not to use United States Army Provost personnel to police American workers at the Bahrein Petroleum Company [Bahrain Petroleum Company] (BAPCO) in Bahrain [also referred to as Bahrein], especially in view of an expected influx of Refinery constructi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1943-25 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (143 folios)