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IOR/R/15/2/818
- Record Id:
- 040-000229118
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000f5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025656433.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/818
- Title:
- File 32/9 (4/17) Codification of Bahrain Laws
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding efforts to implement a codification of law in Bahrain. The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Major Reginald George Evelin Alban, Political Agent in Bahrain; and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
The correspondence discusses possible models that could be used as a template for Bahrain (such as the Penal Code of Sudan). Also discussed is from where an individual with the necessary skills needed to draft Bahrain's legal code could be hired; suggestions made include India, Yemen and Zanzibar.
The file contains a letter to Belgrave from Judge H I Lloyd regarding his potential involvement in the drafting of Bahrain's legal code and a possible visit to Bahrain (ff 5-6).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000229113
040-000229118 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/814-830 : File 32: Bahrain State
IOR/R/15/2/818 : File 32/9 (4/17) Codification of Bahrain Laws - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0037]/038-000229113[0005]/040-000229118
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (30 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000f5
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- 23 Apr 1940-26 Feb 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Files: 32/9
File no: 4/17 - Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)