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'File 1/A/43 II Defence Measures in the Persian Gulf.' [106r] (211/282)
The record is made up of 1 file (139 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1939-12 Nov 1941. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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2 . —(i) The Board of Trade, in any case where it appears to
them to be expedient to do so, may by order vest in the
Custodian such enemy property as may be prescribed or the
right to transfer such other enemy property as may be pre
scribed. Any order so made by the Board of Trade is herein-
flUer referred to as " Vesting Order
(ii) The Custodian shall, except in so far as may be other
wise prescribed by the Vesting Order, have such powers with
regard to the enemy property or the right to transfer enemy
property vested in him by a Vesting Order as are prescribed
by this Order.
(iii) A Vesting Order as respects property of any description
shall be of the like purport and effect as a vesting order as
respects property of the same description made by the High
Court under the Trustee Act, 1925( a ), and shall be sufficient to
vest in the Custodian any property or the right to transfer any
property as provided by the Vesting Order without the necessity
of any further conveyance, assurance or document.
(iv) If the benefit of an application made by or on behalf or
for the benefit of an enemy or enemy subject for any patent is
by an order made under the Act vested in the Custodian, the
patent may be granted to the Custodian as patentee and may,
notwithstanding anything in Section 12 of the Patents and
Designs Act, 1907 ( b ), be sealed accordingly by the Comp
troller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, and any
patent so granted to the Custodian shall be deemed to be
property vested in him by such order as aforesaid.
3 . — (i) The Custodian shall, subject to the provisions of the
next succeeding paragraph and except in so far as the Board
of Trade either generally or in any specific case may otherwise
direct or order, hold any money paid to him under this Order
and any property or the right to transfer any property vested
in him under any Vesting Order until the termination of the
present war, and shall thereafter deal with the same in such
manner as the Board of Trade shall direct.
(ii) The Custodian, acting under a general or special direc
tion of the Board of Trade, may at any time pay over any
particular money paid to him under this Order or transfer any
particular property in respect of which a Vesting Order has been
made to or for the benefit of the person who would have been
entitled thereto but for the operation of the Act or any Order
made thereunder or to any person appearing to the Custodian to
be authorised by such person to receive the same.
(a) 15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 19.
(b) 7 Edw. 7. c. 29.
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The file concerns the implementation of defence measures during the Second World War (1939-45) in the area governed by 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. generally, and more specifically in Bahrain.
The main correspondents are 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. , Bahrain; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Government of India; and the Foreign Office.
The papers cover: correspondence 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. noting the poor security and deteriorating quality of wireless communication at Bahrain (folios 3-5, 54-56); the publication and distribution at Bahrain of Board of Trade 'Trading with the Enemy' regulations and orders (folios 6-21); copy of Emergency Powers (Defence) general regulations, 1939 (folios 23-38); papers concerning the pre-emption (commandeering) of stocks of Hasa oil at Bahrain (folios 44-45, 53, 57-60); copy of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States defence regulations, 1939 (folios 61-63); correspondence between 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. , Bahrain and the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] concerning the issue by the Government of Bahrain of a public notice ( alan ) against Italy, including a copies of the notice in English and Arabic (folios 72-77); correspondence concerning modifications of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. defence regulations in the light of experience gained from their operation (folios 82-92); and copies of Board of Trade 'Trading with the Enemy' regulations, 1939, 1945 (folios 93-126).
The Arabic language content of the papers consists of four folios.
The date range gives the main covering dates of the papers; however there is one document (a copy of Board of Trade 'Trading with the Enemy' regulations), dated 1945 (folios 113-126).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (139 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminate in five copies of statutory rules and orders (folios 93-126), and a set of notes (folios 127-140). Serial numbers in red ink, which occur occasionally in the correspondence, refer to entries in the notes.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 141; 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 2-91; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/166
- Title
- 'File 1/A/43 II Defence Measures in the Persian Gulf.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:72v, 74r:76v, 78r:140v, 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