Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to jurisdiction in the Trucial Shaikhdoms. The main correspondents are the India Office, Foreign Office, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Bahrain.The correspondence discusses the creation of new Orders-in-Council for the Trucial Coast and whether this is needed before Petroleum Concessions progresses its oil discoveries. The file contains the Draft Trucial Coast Order in Council. Letters discuss whether war-time contingencies require new legal measures to deal with hostile persons. Also discussed are measures to contain the possibility of post-war attempts at penetration by foreigners including the American oil company and how to reply to a letter from the American Embassy. The file also includes letters from Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, ruler of Ras al Khaimah and Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan bin Zayid, ruler of Abu Dhabi. There is a printed report of the External Affairs Department Trucial States Order-in-Council 1946.Physical description: Foliation: Foliation starts on front cover of file, in pencil in uncircled (later circled) numbers in top right corner of the recto of each folio, and continues to the end of the file. A former pagination sequence starts on the verso of folio 128 with 132. Foliation anomaly: 1A and 1B.
Abstract: The file relates to proposals for, and the drafting of The Trucial States Order in Council, 1950. The file includes correspondence from the Residency Agent, Sharjah; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; the Foreign Office; and rulers of the Trucial States (also referred to as the Trucial Coast and Trucial States of Oman) and Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein).The papers include:correspondence with individual rulers of the Trucial States on the question of their agreement to the legal cession to the British Government of jurisdiction in their territories over British subjects and foreigners, July-August 1945;papers concerning the preparation by the Government of India of a draft version of the Order in Council based on the Qatar Order in Council, 1939, November-December 1945;papers relating to the status of Persians domiciled on the Trucial Coast, May 1946;papers relating to a request by the United States Consul, Saudi Arabia for details of the treaties and agreements that underlay the British Government's claim to be entitled to hold jurisdiction within the territories of the Trucial States, June-September 1947;correspondence concerning the rejection by Sheikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain of a proposal by Cornelius James Pelly, the Political Agent, Bahrain that prisoners sentenced for offences within the Trucial States be allowed to serve their sentences in the Bahrain Government gaol, July-August 1948;papers concerning amendments to the final draft of the Trucial States Order in Council, 1950, October 1950.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 212 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second foliation sequence, numbered 1-180, is present between ff. 2-183. These numbers are written in a combination of pencil (not circled) and blue ink, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. There are also three printed pagination sequences in the file. They can be found between ff. 61-76, ff. 106-117, and ff. 152-166.The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 194-206, ff. 208-210.
Abstract: The file contains a series of bi-monthly news summaries about events in Trucial Oman, for the years 1935 and 1936, compiled by the Residency Agent, Sharjah and sent to the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The news summaries are also referred to in the correspondence as the Residency Agent’s fortnightly diaries. They cover several topics including: air and sea traffic, kidnapping and raids by Bedouin, the diving and pearl trade, public health, theft and other crimes, relations between the ruling shaikhs, ceremonial visits and occasions in the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms. Particular attention is paid to the actions of the Trucial shaikhs with regard to the maintenance of law and order in their territories, such as the peaceful resolution of tribal conflicts, the protection of their subjects and the dispensation of justice.There are also letters from the Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain reporting cases of assault, murder and other incidents. The news summaries and letters from the Residency Agent, Sharjah are in both Arabic and English.In addition, there is protracted correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident about the protection of British Indian subjects from punishment according to Sharia Law, for an infringement of local laws in the Trucial States, by the creation of a Trucial Coast Order in Council, so that such offences would be prosecuted under Indian law by British authorities.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 420; 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 between ff 2-383, and ff 385-418; 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.
Abstract: The volume consists of three files, which have been brought together to form a single volume. The first file ('File 18/56 I, Trucial Coast Order in Council') runs mostly from May 1911 - July 1912, then contains three documents and two pages of file notes dated December 1943 - January 1944. The file consists of papers relating to the judicial powers that could be exercised by the British on the Trucial Coast in the light of various incidents dating back to 1909 (including two documents in Arabic), draft order in council, and associated papers, May 1911-July 1912; and papers relating to a request by the British Residency in the Persian Gulf to the Government of India to forward a copy of
Government of India, Foreign Department Notification No 202-E.P.of 6 October 1881 relating to the judicial powers of officers of the British Residency in the Persian Gulf, December 1943 - January 1944.The second file ('File 18/51 I The Ottoman Order in Council') includes printed correspondence relating to British extra-territorial jurisdiction in Turkey in the light of the arrest of certain British Indian subjects at Basra,1910; a copy of the
Ottoman Order in Council, dated 1910; and associated correspondence including records of the order's forwarding to and display in various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf region by the British Residency and Consulate General, Bushire, dated March - August 1911.The third file ('File 18/131 I The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council) includes two copies of the relevant Order in Council, dated April 1927, and associated correspondence of the British Residency and Consulate General, Bushire relating to the order's forwarding to and display in various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf region, dated May-July 1927.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use starts on the first page of the volume and continues to the end of the volume. The foliation appears in pencil in a sequence of circled numbers in the top right hand corner of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: folio 1 is followed by folios 1A and 1B; folio 77 is followed by 77A and 77B; folio 102 is followed by 102A and 102B; instead of folio 107 there appear folios 107A and 107B. A second foliation sequence of uncircled numbers starts at 1 on folio 3, then reverts again to 1 on folio 33 and continues to folio 76. Additional uncircled pagination starts at 1 on folio 83 and continues to folio 99.
Abstract: Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and notes concerning the drafting of The Trucial States Order in Council. The majority of the file relates to the discussion between officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Foreign Office, Political Agency in Bahrain, India Office, and Government of India (External Affairs Department) over the need for and wording of an order for the Trucial States. A copy of The Trucial States Order in Council, 1946, is included (folios 216-227).Further correspondence concerning amendments to other Orders in Council for the region (Kuwait, Qatar, Muscat) and the question of a general Persian Gulf order is contained in the file.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 335; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.