File 4487/1913 'Orders in Council: Muscat 1915'

Title:

File 4487/1913 'Orders in Council: Muscat 1915'

Date:

1913/1930

Description:

Abstract: Papers regarding the drafting and implementation of the Maskat [Muscat] Order in Council of 1915, and subsequent additional regulations.Papers dated 1913-1915 comprise correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Foreign Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent at Muscat. Also included are annotated drafts of the Order in Council, at folios 164-181, 195-213, and 218-236, plus the final text at folios 136-150.Papers dated 1916-1930 comprise reports by the Political Agent, Muscat, on the working of the Muscat Order in Council, for the years 1916-1929. The file also contains correspondence regarding: the possible introduction of a regulation to punish breaches of the Arms Traffic Regulations and other edicts of the Sultan of Muscat, committed by British subjects; Rules of Court relating to fees under the Order in Council; and the application of the Indian Succession Act of 1925. A copy of the Muscat Rules of Court can be found at folios 20-23.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 239; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Arms control
Muscat Order in Council
Courts

Geographic region:

Muscat

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00013e_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00013e_en
IOR/L/PS/10/423
IOR/L/PS/10/423

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