'File 18/55 I (C 101) Bahrain Order in Council'

Title:

'File 18/55 I (C 101) Bahrain Order in Council'

Date:

1912/1916

Description:

Abstract: Papers relating to the drafting, publication and implementation of The Bahrain Order in Council (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913). Includes papers relating to slave trade jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf, February - August 1913; the design of a notarial seal for sealing documents to be used by the Political Agent, Bahrain, January - February 1914; a draft slave trade treaty (including documents in Arabic), March-February 1915; difficulties over the implementation of the Order in Council, especially in view of the background of hostilities caused by the outbreak of World War One, 1914-1916; the legal powers of the Majlis in Bahrain under the terms of the Order in Council, May 1915; and fees to be charged under the Order in Council and the issue of the levying of Khidmah[Arabic 'service' - used to mean a percentage fee on legal cases] by the Sheikh of Bahrain, May 1915 - October 1916.Physical description: Foliation: the system in use starts at the title page and continues to the third folio from the rear of the volume. The foliation sequence appears in pencil, circled, in the top right hand corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: folio 86 is followed by folios 87A and 87B; folio 92 is followed by 93A, 93B and 93C. Folio 102 folds out slightly beyond the edge of the volume. A second sequence, written in pencil (uncircled) runs from folios 2-229, and appears only on those pages that contain text.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Bahrain Order in Council (1913)
Legislation

Geographic region:

Būshehr

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000110_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000110_en
IOR/R/15/1/299
IOR/R/15/1/299

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