‘Consular jurisdiction in Persia.’

Title:

‘Consular jurisdiction in Persia.’

Creator:

Author: India Office, Assistant Secretary to the Political and Secret Department,

Date:

1877/1877

Description:

Abstract: Report written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary in the Political Secret Department of the India Office, and dated 14 February 1877. The report, which deals with the question of British consular jurisdiction in Persia and the Persian Gulf, was written in order to close a matter that had been the subject of correspondence for over ten years. The report is a narrative of Government of India correspondence dating from 1866 to 1876 on the subject, and covers matters such as: questions over the extent of the territory over which jurisdiction may be exercised; the extent of jurisdictive powers held by the Political Resident, his Assistant, and other officials; implementation of jurisdictive powers; tribunals; legal procedure; civil and criminal law; the slave trade. An appendix to the report (folios 17-18) contains extracts from treatises (most in French) held between Persia and Great Britain (dated 4 March 1857), Persia and Russia (22 February 1828), and Persia and Germany (21 June 1873).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Jurisdiction

Geographic region:

Persian Gulf
Persia

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003d5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003d5_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B15
IOR/L/PS/18/B15

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