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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [38v] (76/292)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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66
The Judge has ordered the said (state whether ship, aircraft, cargo, or
part of cargo, as the case may be) to be restored to the claimant
for the use of the owners thereof (or as the case may be, following the
words of the order):
Now We do hereby command you to release the said (ship, &c., as above)
from your custody, possession, or control, and to deliver and restore the
same unto the said (insert name of claimant) for the use of
the owners thereof (or otherwise, according to terms of order).
Witness, &c. (as in No. 2).
Release
Taken out by
(ii) From Arrest.
(Commencement and recital as in No. (i) and continue as follows :—)
We did command you to arrest the said (ship, aircraft, cargo, part of
cargo, cS-c.) and to keep the same under safe arrest until you should receive
further orders from Us.
Now We do hereby command you to release the said (ship, frc., as above)
from the arrest effected by virtue of Our warrant in the said cause, upon
payment being made to you of all costs, charges, and expenses attending
the care and custody of the property whilst under arrest in that cause.
Witness, &c. (as in No. 2).
Release
Taken out by
No. 33.
o, xiu. r , 8 . Certificate of Release.
On the day of 19 the ship, aircraft,
was released [absolutely] [on bail in the sum of £
[on payment into Court of the sum of £ in lieu of bail].
(Signed)
Marshal.
&c.
]
No. 34.
Notice for Caveat Release.
(Fleading and Title as in No. 1.)
Take notice that I, C.D. (description of applicant) in a cause instituted
on behalf of (state name, <S-c., of claimant, < 5 rc.) against the (state name and
nature of property), apply for a caveat against the release of (state name
and nature of property).
(If the person applying for the caveat is not a party to the cause, he must
also state his address and an address for service within three miles of the
Registry.)
Dated this day of
(Signed)
C.D.
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- Content
The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to his Agents, dated 16 November 1939, that, ‘as Kuwait, Bahrain, 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. are on the side of Great Britain the Crown has the right to exercise prize jurisdiction in these States’ (ff 2-3).
The file includes:
- two printed copies of a booklet entitled Provisional Rules and Orders, 1939: Prize Courts: Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. dated September 2, 1939. Made under Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 39) (ff 6-59, ff 61-114);
- a printed copy of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. entitled Reprisals for restricting German Commerce , dated 27 November 1939 (ff 117-118), and a press statement, issued by the Press Section of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, dated 28 November 1939, relating to the issue of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (f 120);
- correspondence relating to a Danish tanker, the Eleonora Maersk (also spelt Elonora Maersk and Eleanora Mearsk ) which arrived in Bahrain from Iran, in April 1940. In a letter to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) stated that the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has received instructions from the East Indies Commander-in-Chief that the vessel should be sent to Karachi, presumably as prize (ff 121-124);
- a Department of Commerce notification, dated 31 August 1940, stating that measures taken against German shipping can now be applied to Italian shipping (f 131);
- communications relating to prize procedure in respect of Finland, Hungary, Rumania [Romania] and Japan (ff 139-142).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (144 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 144-145) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 146; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-6, f 60, and ff 119-143, the intermediate folios being skipped; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not 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.
Pagination: two printed booklets are present in the file (see ff 6-59 and ff 61-114); these booklets each have their own original printed pagination sequence. The file notes at the back of the file (144-145) have also been paginated using pencil.
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- IOR/R/15/2/675
- Title
- ‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:121v, 123r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence