Legal Cases Dealt with by Political Officers in the Persian Gulf
Date:
1871/1872
Description:
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The papers include correspondence dated 1870-71 concerning the legal claims of British subjects, chiefs, and others, dealt with by the Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf (Major Sidney Smith) during the cruise of HM Steamer
Quantungalong the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf in December 1870. The claims are listed on folios 651-654. There is also a memorandum concerning a case dated 1856-59, which explains the need for intervention by the Political Resident in the Gulf in such cases, on folio 655.The Enclosures are dated 30 September - 13 December 1871.Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)