File 951/1912 Pt 1 'Bahrein Order in Council'

Title:

File 951/1912 Pt 1 'Bahrein Order in Council'

Date:

1911/1915

Description:

Abstract: The volume concerns proposals for, and the drafting and publication of the Bahrein [Bahrain] Order in Council, 1913.The correspondence is mainly between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox), the Viceroy of India (Lord Hardinge of Penshurst), and senior officials of the Government of India, the Foreign Office and the India Office. The volume also contains draft and published copies of the Bahrain Order in Council, and a copy of the (Indian) Pilgrim Ships Act, 1895.Topics discussed in the correspondence include the judicial powers to be granted to the Political Agent, Bahrain; the proposal that the Political Agent, Bahrain be empowered to act as a British Slave-Court under the Slave Trade Acts of 1873 and 1879; the application to the Order in Council of the Pilgrim Ships Act, 1895 by King's Regulation rather than by inclusion in the schedule to the Order; publication of the Order in the Gazette of India; and the need to bring the Order into operation without delay.The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents and notes in the volume. The covering dates of the Political and Secret Department minute sheets are 1911-14.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 207; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 111-206; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Bahrain Order in Council (1913)

Geographic region:

Bahrein

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00008d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00008d_en
IOR/L/PS/10/248
IOR/L/PS/10/248

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