IOR/L/PS/12/3306

Annual reports on the workings of the Bahrain Order-in-Council, 1913 for the years 1927-46. The reports contain information on the civil and criminal cases tried and the numbers of British subjects and British protected persons registered during each year. The reports were written by the Political Agent, Bahrain, and are sent as enclosures from the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, to the India Office, London.

In addition to the reports is correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and the Foreign Office concerning the following matters:

• The effort, with associated regulations, to confer more powerful judiciary powers on the Political Agent and the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain
• The definitions of British Subjects and British Protected Persons as used in connection with the Order-in-Council, and the question of how and to what extent they should be registered in Bahrain
• Procedural questions relating to the death sentence and execution
• Notices given by the Political Agent, Bahrain, to the Government of India of various prohibitions and deportations
• An enquiry from the American Consul, Dhahran, about the extent of jurisdiction the United Kingdom has in the Trucial States [United Arab Emirates].

Also contained in the file are copies of the Bahrain Order in Council, 1919 (folios 159-71), and the Bahrain (Amendment) Order in Council, 1922 (folio 157).