Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council'

Content

Correspondence relating to the revision of the five Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and The Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The revision was a result of Indian Independence and the transfer of power in the Gulf from the Government of India to HM Government of the United Kingdom. The papers consist of interdepartmental discussion over the amendments to the five orders in council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , principally between officials at the Commonwealth Relations Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Copies of the finalised orders are contained in the file, as follows:

• Folios 14-25: The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
• Folios 26-38: The Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
• Folios 39-52: The Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
• Folios 53-65: The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
• Folios 66-78: The Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949

Also included in the file is a letter, dated 15 December 1948, from Edward Evans & Co., Consulting Engineers and Chartered Patent Agents, enquiring about patent in protection in Bahrain (folio 84).

Folios 2-10 are internal office notes.

Extent and format

1 file (189 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 191; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/3341

Former external reference(s)

Coll 25/36

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Feb 1948-2 Jan 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Kuwait Order in CouncilBahrain Order in Council (1913)Muscat Order in CouncilQatar Order in CouncilTrucial Coast Order in Council

People & organisations

Persian Gulf Political ResidencyForeign OfficeColonial Office

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