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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Court administration Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/G/29/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/26
Title:
Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia: copies of his letters and enclosures to the Governor-General, Fort William
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and enclosures from Captain John Malcolm, British Envoy at Abusheher [Bushehr, various spellings appear in the volume] to the Earl of Mornington, Governor-General, Fort William (Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess, Wellesley, spelled Marquis in the volume). Letters were a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1799-31 Jul 1801
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1147

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1147
Title:
File P 1477/1925 Pt 1 ‘Persia: Capitulations: Denunciation of treaties granting extra- territorial privileges.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the Persian Government’s denunciation of treaties with foreign countries in which capitulatory rights of foreign nationals in Persia [Iran] were embodied. The treaties with Persia that secure extra-territorial rights for foreign nationals fall into t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
6 Apr 1925-21 Aug 1930
Extent:
1 volume (541 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1148
Title:
File P 1477/1925 Pt 2 ‘Persia: Capitulations: Abolition of:’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the abolition of capitulations in Persia [Iran]. The main issues covered in the volume are: The institution of an international air route in south PersiaThe customs tariffThe protesting of bills of exchange in connection with the abolition of capit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1928-6 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1149
Title:
File P 1477/1925 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Abolition of Capitulations. Personal Status Cases.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the future position of foreign nationals in Persia [Iran], both Muslims and non-Muslims [also spelled in the volume as Moslems], in relation to Persian religious law, after the abolition of capitulations in Persia. The main issues covered in the vo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Oct 1927-16 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 volume (447 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/203
Title:
PZ 4329/36 Arabia: proposed execution at Hodeida, Yemen, of a Letter of Request issued by a court in India
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning the proposed execution at Hodeida, Yemen, of a Letter of Request issued by a court in Surat, India. It discusses the procedure for serving the summons to the King of Yemen, Imam Yahya bin Muhammad bin Hamid Ud Din [Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Yaḥyā Muḥammad], and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1936-29 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3308
Title:
Coll 25/5 'Orders in Council: China (Kashgar); Court fees in civil appeal cases relating to Kashgar'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the payment of court fees within the limits of the China (Kashgar) Order in Council, 1920. The correspondence is between officials at the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Foreign Office, the Governments of Bombay and Punjab, the Consul General at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1931-6 Jul 1939
Extent:

1 file (142 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/810

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/810
Title:
File 31/11 (6/21) SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFAH
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al Khalifah, mainly from the 1930s. The main topic is the work of Shaikh Salman in the Bahrain Court and the payment of a small extra subsidy when Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government, was on leave in England. The m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1934-3 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1162
Title:
File 4/54 COURT FEE STAMPS.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and administrative records relating to the use of court fee stamps by the Political Agency, Bahrain. The stamps were used in the levying of fees and fines in Agency Courts. The correspondence is between the Political Agency, Bahrain; the Political Residency, Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1948-12 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1952

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1952
Title:
File J/31 P.A's Instructions and Orders re I.A's Court
Scope & Content:
This file contains instructions and orders from the Political Agent on the organisation and daily functions of the Indian Assistant's Court. They include detailed information on the kind of cases to be heard in the Indian Assistant's court as well as inspections of the registers and bookkeeping m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1940-17 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1963

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1963
Title:
File K/6 Wakils and Agents in the Agency Courts
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed paperwork and correspondence pertaining to the appointment of wakils or representatives/court clerks at the joint courts and Agency Court. The file also contains documentation on the initiation of court proceedings by plaintiffs, usually foreign subjects, against vario...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1927-10 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)