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1. 'Proceedings of Captain Chiefalla, of the Greek Privateer "Hellas" – Proclamation issued, forbidding British subjects from serving under any foreign flag against the Turks in India or the Red Sea'
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay and the Government of Bengal. The item is chiefly concerned with proceedings against Captain Nicolo Chiefala of the Greek vessel Hellas, who is suspected of carrying out 'piratical' acts in the Red Sea by detaining and plundering several vessels which were under multiple foreign flags. In particular, the item relates to:Enquiries, mostly at Mocha and Bombay, into Chiefala's activities by a committee composed of the Superintendent of Marine, the Advocate General and the Senior Magistrate of PoliceEnquiries into claims that British subjects were employed on the Hellasand that multiple English vessels provided assistance and provisions to her, including the English ship Trois FrèresChiefala's claims that he had appropriate authorisations from the Greek and Mauritius Governments to purchase and arm a vessel for the purpose of molesting ships under Turkish control in the Red SeaAccounts and petitions from individuals whose ships were detained by Chiefala and individuals associated with the Hellas, such as the Commander of the Trois FrèresThe Government of Bombay's correspondence with multiple Governments in the Red Sea requesting further information and assistance in detaining Chiefala and his associates, Sailing Captain Samuel Lingard and Lieutenant DenhamA proclamation by the Government of Bombay forbidding British subjects from serving under foreign flags who intend to attack Turkish vessels; the Advocate General's opinions on the legality of this proclamation as well as the authority of the Government to make such a proclamation.Correspondents include: Governments of Bombay, Bengal and Madras; Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Marine, Bombay; Anthony Hammond, Advocate General, Bombay; J D Devitre [James D De Vitre], Senior Magistrate of Police; the Governments of Goa, Mocha, Mauritius and Demaum [Ad-Dammān]; the Imaum [Imam] of Senna [Sana'a]; Residents at Cutch [Kutch], Mocha and in the Persian Gulf; the Native Agent at Mocha; Jean-François Hodoul, Commander of the Trois Frères.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department No. 4', 'P.C. 980, Draft. 38. 1832' and 'Examiner's Offi-'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 157, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. 'File 6/17 II Proclamations and Public Notices issued by the Bahrain Government'
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- Abstract: The file contains proclamations and public notices issued by the Government of Bahrain. The notices are mostly in Arabic with brief or full translations in English given for many. They are concerned with a wide range of matters relating to boating, driving, trade and pricing (particularly the import of rice, tobacco, and ghee), customs, travel documents and restrictions, government office closures, public holidays, property registration and land regulation, health, government appointments, and numerous miscellaneous prohibitions. Some notices are issued by the Customs House and the Manama Municipality.The file also contains correspondence between the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Political Agent, Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel but irregular; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
3. 'File 6/17 III Proclamations and Public Notices issued by the Bahrain Government'
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- Abstract: The file contains proclamations and public notices issued by the Government of Bahrain. The notices are mostly in Arabic with brief or full translations in English given for many. They are concerned with a wide range of matters relating to boating, driving, trade and pricing, customs, travel documents and restrictions, government office closures, public holidays, property registration and land regulation, health, government appointments, municipal elections, applications for Bahrain citizenship, education, electricity, currency regulation, and numerous miscellaneous prohibitions. Some notices are issued by the Customs House and the Manama Municipality.The file also contains correspondence between the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Political Agent, Bahrain.Folios 172-94 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 195; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
4. ‘File 5/187 I – Proclamation prohibiting slave trade’
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- Abstract: The volume contains copies of covering letters sent with copies of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation, which was reissued on an annual basis. The letters were sent by Bushire Political Residency staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, Muscat, Trucial Coast, Consulates), representatives at the region’s telegraph stations (including Jask), and a representative of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Ganawah [Bandar Ganaveh]. The volume also contains numerous replies from recipients of the treaty, responding that they have posted or distributed it as requested.The volume also contains two copies of the treaty (folios 93 and 148). The treaty is printed in five languages (English, Arabic, Marathi, Gujarati and Kanarese). In a letter of 1926 to the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Prideaux), the Political Agent in Kuwait (James More) notes the poor quality of the Arabic translation of the treaty. In response, Prideaux arranges for an improved Arabic translation be sent to him by More, for use on future reprints of the treaty. The revised translation is distributed for the first time in 1929. The two copies of the treaty enclosed reflect the ‘before’ (folio 93) and ‘after’ (folio 148) versions of the Arabic treaty text.Physical description: Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to last folio, with small numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. Folio number 7 is omitted, and that there are some instances where the reverse side of pages are numbered if they are written or printed on.
5. 'File A/3 J Miscellaneous proclamations issued by Bahrain Government'
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- Abstract: The file contains printed copies (all in Arabic, most with English translations) of public notices issued by the Government of Bahrain between July 1943 and October 1945. Most of the notices are signed by the British Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.The notices cover a wide range of issues pertaining to the day-to-day running of the government, including taxation of various types (pilgrims, cars, boats, radios), immigration and passports, import restrictions, quarantine fees, and property rights. Some notices allude to the impact of the Second World War upon Bahrain and its inhabitants, namely the rationing of foodstuffs (folio 33), black market goods (folio 35), and paper shortages (folio 26).Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation system begins on the front cover and runs to the inside back cover. It uses pencil numbers written in the top-right corner of each recto. Foliation errors: 1A, 1B.The legibility of many items in the file is poor, where double-sided printing has been used on thin paper.
6. 'File J/6 Proclamations Issued by the Municipalities'
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- Abstract: This file contains proclamations and public notices issued by the Manama Municipality. Most of them are municipal ordinances that cover a range of subjects from public sanitation to the regulation of the real estate market and traffic regulations.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 94; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-57; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
7. 'File No. E/14 V. O. Miscellaneous Proclamations Received from the Bahrain Government.'
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- Abstract: The file contains notices relating to the registration of houses sold by the Bahrain Political Agency and Joint Courts respectively. The Land Settlement Department would issue the notices before registering the property in the name of the purchaser. The notices were intended to establish whether there was any objection by any person with rights to the property, and to allow such person(s) to state their objection before the period given in the notice expired. Copies of the notices would be sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain for recordkeeping. The correspondence is mainly in Arabic. Most of the notices are issued by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, on behalf of the Government of Bahrain.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 118; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-90; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
8. 'File 6/17 I Bahrain Government Proclamations, Notices (Public), etc.'
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- Abstract: The file contains proclamations and public notices issued by the Government of Bahrain. The notices are mostly in Arabic with brief or full translations in English given for many. They are concerned with a wide range of matters relating to boating, driving, trade and pricing, customs, travel documents and restrictions, government office closures, public holidays, property registration and land regulation, health, government appointments, and numerous miscellaneous prohibitions.The file contains some correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 163; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 160-162; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. There are a large number of fold-outs as many of the folios are A3 in size and have been filed in a way which means they must be folded out to be viewed.
9. 'File 6/17 IV Proclamations and Public Notices issued by the Bahrain Government'
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- Abstract: The file contains proclamations and public notices issued by the Government of Bahrain. The notices are mostly in Arabic with brief or full translations in English given for many. They are concerned with a wide range of matters relating to boating, driving, trade and pricing, customs, travel documents and restrictions, government office closures, public holidays, property registration and land regulation, health, government appointments, municipal elections, applications for Bahrain citizenship, education, electricity, currency regulation, and numerous miscellaneous prohibitions. Some notices are issued by the Customs House and the Manama Municipality. Also included is correspondence from individuals and organisations seeking permission to hold sweepstakes and raffles following their prohibition by the government.The file also contains correspondence between the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Political Agent, Bahrain.Folios 213-228 are internal office notes.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 229; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-69, and ff 84-139; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
10. Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
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- Abstract: A copy of the proclamation written by General Napoleon Bonaparte after capturing Alexandria, dated 13 Messidor of Year VI of the French Revolution/Muharram 1213 (1 July 1798).The proclamation declares the end of the rule of the Mamelukes in Egypt and criticises the Mameluke rulers. It denies that Bonaparte came to Egypt to destroy Islam and claims that he came to ‘free’ Egyptians from ‘tyrants’, proclaiming respect for God, the Prophet Muhammad, and the Qur’an and describing the French as ‘pure Mahomedans’. It also exhorts Egyptians to support the French forces and not to support the Mamelukes against them.The proclamation is followed by six articles making demands on the Egyptian population:That a representative from each town within three leagues of the French camp come to make submission, stating that any town that refuses to make submission will be destroyedThat any town making submission must fly the French tricolour and the flag of the Great Lord [Sulṭān of the Ottoman Empire]That Egyptians are to go about their business as ordinary, pray for the continued greatness of the Sultan and the French army, and curse the MamelukesThat local chiefs are to put a seal on the houses and property of the Mamelukes.This copy was enclosed in the letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Baghdad, to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, dated 31 October 1798 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/43 and 44).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
11. File F/4 II 'Proclamations & Notifications Received from the Manama and Muharraq Municipality'
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- Abstract: This files contains public notices and proclamations from the Manama Municipality and the Government of Bahrain. Their subject matters range from the regulation of building material, particular trades, public sanitation and hygiene, to the regulation of public behaviour during Ramadan.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
12. File 4613/1919 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy (Tenure and Acquisition) (General file)'
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- Abstract: This item consists of part one of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and particularly relates to the sale, leasing or granting of land to persons other than domiciled inhabitants of the territories (e.g. British, British Indian, and European subjects). The part mostly consists of correspondence but also includes notifications, minutes and proclamations, including a copy of the Land Settlement Proclamation (1920). The notifications relate to restrictions imposed by the British on the alienation of immoveable property within the occupied territories to persons other than Arabs of the occupied territories.The principal correspondents are the Acting Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), and officials of the India Office and the Foreign Office.Physical description: 1 item (48 folios)