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IOR/R/15/6/122
- Record Id:
- 040-000242613
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000322
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055158047.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/122
- Title:
- File 3/3 BOOKS ETC: ARAB DESERT LAW
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains papers describing customary, or 'desert' law, as practiced in Arab states and amongst Bedouin tribes. The papers were prepared in response to requests for information from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
The papers include: notes on the subject by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Political Agent, Kuwait, covering (a) camel disputes, and (b) the custom of 'Arafa (recognition of animals by a former owner, when found in possession of another person or tribe), August 1929 (folios 5-9); notes compiled in response to Dickson's paper by Bertram Sidney Thomas, Finance Ministry, Muscat and Oman, describing customary law in Muscat and Oman (manuscript, and two typescript copies, folios 12-23), October 1929; and covering correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Kuwait, and Muscat.
The Arabic content of the papers is confined to letterheads in Bertram Thomas's correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242557
038-000242612
040-000242613 - 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/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/70-472 : Muscat Agency, Subject Files
IOR/R/15/6/122-127 : File 3 Books and Publications
IOR/R/15/6/122 : File 3/3 BOOKS ETC: ARAB DESERT LAW - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0003]/038-000242612[0001]/040-000242613
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (22 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000322
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1929
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 16 Aug 1929-2 Oct 1929
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-23; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Subject files: File 3/3
- 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)