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1. IOR/R/15/2/1941

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1941
Title:
File No. G/6 V. O. Appointment of Qadhis.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and memoranda regarding the appointment of a third Shia Qadi at the Shia Court in Bahrain. Concerns were raised regarding the local Shia Qadis who had been quarrelling with one another and allowing their personal animosity to influence thei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1935-20 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

2. Or 7525

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7525
Title:
Bizzat ul-hukkam - بظاعة الحكام
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a handbook for judges including extracts from Arabic juristic works that are then explained in Ottoman Turkish, as well as sukuk. It can be divided into the following sections: (I) ff 1v-4r : A list of the various kaza dated from 1109 AH (1697-98 CE), followed by a list of...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:

4 texts, 250 ff

3. Or 8602

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8602
Title:
Kanunname - قانوننامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an extract copied from a book of regulations (possibly the Memurin ceza kanunu) printed at İstanbul in 1254 AH (1838-39 CE). These regulations concern the duties of Kadılar and their Naipler. The manuscript was likely copied in the 19th century CE.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 9 ff

4. Or 13702

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13702
Title:
[Register of Ottoman ulema]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a register of the ulema holding various official appointments in the Ottoman Empire from Şeyh-ül-İslam down to medrese professor. This is perhaps the reference copy of some private individual or institution. In the first section of the work, some names have been embellishe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 147 ff

5. Photo 1279(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1279(1)
Title:
Portrait of Sir Albert Sortain Romer Macklin, High Court Judge, Bombay. Photographer: Hamilton Studios Ltd
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed by studio and sitter on mount. Head-and-shoulders full-face studio portrait, in robe and wig, of Sir Albert Sortain Romer Macklin (1890-1976), Indian Civil Service (Bombay) 1913-47, Pusine Judge in the High Court, Bombay 1935-47. With three small envelopes (empty) dated 185...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1935-1940
Extent:
1 item