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'Correspondence and Memoranda Respecting Consular Jurisdiction in Persia, 1873-74' [‎136r] (29/48)

The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in Jan 1875. 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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Remarks by Sir H. Rawlinson.
TWs is decidedly the preferable course.—
{See paragraph 15 of Report.)
1 doubt whether Persia would concede a
right of jurisdiction (by special convention)
to our Consuls, if such jurisdiction were
saddled with a right of appeal to a Foreign
Court at Constantinople or Bombay. Nor
would it be tair to Persian suitors pfose-
cuting I British subjects before a Consular
Court in Persia that the defendant, if cast,
should have the power of re-opening the
suit in Turkey or in India. By far the best
arrangement would be to have a special
Judge of Appeal for Persia and the Gulf
(as in paragraph 21) located in Bushire, but
going once a year on circuit to Teheran,
Kesht, and Tabriz to hear appeals, and I
rather think I British law would be preferable
to the Indian Penal Code, which in many
cases defers too much to Mahomedan feel-
ings, as, for instance, in making adultery a
misdemeanour.—(See paragraphs 18, 19,and
20 of Report.)
But compare paragraph 16. The Assistant
Resident could hardly be Consul invested
with judicial powers, and Judge of Appeal
also. He would have/ in fact, to hear ap
peals from his own decisions.— )See para
graph 21 of Report.)
In view of the probable employment of a
large number of British engineers and arti
ficers in Persia in connexion with the Renter
concession, this establishment of mixed
tribunals for adjudicating cases in which
British subjects or proteges are claimants
seems to be of great importance, and any
such proposals would, I think, be favourably
received by the Persian Government.— {See
paragraph 39 of Report.)
Reply of Sir A. Kemhall.
Article IX of Treaty of Peace between
Great Britain and Persia, dated 4th
March, 1857, Paris.
1 be High Contracting Parties engage,
that in the establishment and recognition of
Consuls-General, Consuls, Yice-Consuls, and
Consular Agents, each shall be placed in
the dominions of the other on the footing
of the most favoured nation, and that the
treatment of their respective subjects and
their trade shall also in every respect be
placed on the footing of the treatment of
the subjects and commerce of the most
favoured nation.
Article X of Treaty of Peace between
Russia and Persia, dated Turcomanchai,
10th (22nd) February, 1828.
Extract,
Sa Majeste le Schah de Perse reserve a
la Russie comme par le passe le droit de
nommer des Consuls on Agents coinmerciaux
partout ou le bien du commerce I'exigera,
et il s'engage a faire jouir ces Consuls,
&c., &c.
Article VI1 of Treaty of Commerce between
Russia and Persia, dated Turcomanchai,
10th (22nd) February, 1828.
Tons les procds et toutes affaires litigieuses
entre les sujets Russes seront soumis ex-
clusivement ^ 1'examination et la decision
de la Mission ou des Consuls de la Russie,
conformement aux lois et coutftmes de
T Empire de Russie, de meme que les dif-
ffoends et proems survenus entre les sujets
Russes et ceux d'une autre Puissance dans
le cas ou les partis y consentiront.
Lorsque il s'eleverades differends ou proems
entre les sujets Russes et les sujets Persans,
les dits proces ou differends seront portes par
devant le Hakim ou Gouverneur, et ne seront
examines ou juges qu'en presence du Dra
goman de la Mission ou du Consulat. Une
fois juridiquement termine de tels proces
ne pourront e*tre informes une seconde fois;
si toutefois les circonstances etaient de
nature d'exiger un second examen, &c.,
&c.
Article \ III. Ln cas de meurtre ou
d'autre crime commis entre sujets Russes,
I'examen et la decision du cas seront du
ressort exclusif du Ministre ou du Charge
d'Affaires ou du Consul de Russie, en veitu
de la juridiction qui leur est deferee sur
leurs nationaux. Si un sujet Russe se trouve
impliqu6 avec des individus d'une autre
nation dans un proces criminel il ne pourra
etre poursuivi ni inquiete d'aucune manidre.

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This confidential file is a collection of documents printed for the use of the Foreign Office in January 1875.

The collection contains letters and enclosed memoranda sent and received by Sir Lewis Pelly and other employees and representatives of the Government of India between 27 March 1873 and 4 November 1874, with some earlier letters in enclosure (27 December 1870- 30 September 1872), to prepare a draft of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. on the subject of British consular jurisdiction in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 122 and terminates at f 145, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the back cover; 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 present in parallel between ff 5-155; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the lower right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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