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File 951/1912 Pt 1 'Bahrein Order in Council' [‎5r] (18/424)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1911-19 Jan 1915. 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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ENCLOSURES.
ENCLOSURE No. ’2 :—India Office to Foreign O ffice.
P. 4974/12. 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. ,
^ ir ’ . 7th January 1913.
\Y ith reference to previous correspondence ending with your letter of
the 26th October 1912, No. o/,592, as to tne proposed Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. for
Bahrein, I am directed to enclose, to be laid before the Secretary of State for
* Dated28th Dec. 1912. foreign Affairs, copy of a telegram' 1 ' from
the V iceroy on the subject, and to inform
you that the Marquess of Crewe concurs in the terms of the revised draft Order,
subject to the insertion, as desired b}^ the Government of India, of the words
suggested in paragraph 3 of His Lordship’s Secret Despatch No. 41, dated
4 . n t ^ the 15th November 1912t, as a newsub-
T Copy communicated to Foreign Office , • i , .-i n pa,--, 0
22nd Nov. 1912. article at the end of Article 8.
As regards the question raised bv the
Government of India of the substitution of the word “ prescribed ” for u pre-*
sented in Article 56, Lord Crewe is content to leave the point for Sir E. Grey’s
decision.
I am, &c.,
4 he Under Secretary of State, T. Y\ . Holderness.
Foreign Office.
ENCLOSURE No,
No. 1424.
Foreign Office to 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. .
Foreign Office,
3rd February 1913
Sir,
I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 10th ultimo, asking for his observations on a proposal of
His Majesty’s Consul-General at Bushire that, in view of a recent incident, a
clause should be included in the new Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. to empower
him to act as a British Slave Court under Slave Trade Acts of 1873 and 1879.
2. I am to observe in reply that, in Sir E. Grey’s opinion, a preferable
course would be to allow the Bahrein Order to come into force as it stands, and
to deal, if necessary in a separate Order, with the question of whether the
Court under that Order should be given slave trade jurisdiction.
3. Sir E. Grey is aware that the Muscat Order of 1867 contains such a
provision, but I am to call your attention to the fact that that Order is one of
an obsolete type and that no clause of the kind appears in any modern Order
promulgated under the Foreign Jurisaiction Act.
4. It further appears to Sir E. Grey anomalous that Sir P. Cox should be
given slave trade jurisdiction in Bahrein when he does not possess it under the
Persian Coasts and Islands Order, and I am accordingly to suggest that if an
amending Order, such as that alluded to above is issued, it should be made to
apply to that and to the Muscat Order as well as to the Bahrein Order.
5. I am to state, however, that Sir E. Grey is not satisfied that any need
exists for the issue of such an Order, and that he would be glad, before
considering the question more closely, to receive fuller information as to the
incident which prompted Sir P. Cox’s suggestion.
G. I am accordingly to propose that he should be instructed to furnish the
necessary details by mail.
7. With reference to the further suggestion contained in the telegram from
the Government of India of the 23rd ultimo, copy of which was enclosed in
I. 29*. B
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The volume concerns proposals for, and the drafting and publication of the Bahrein [Bahrain] Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913.

The correspondence is mainly between 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox), the Viceroy of India (Lord Hardinge of Penshurst), and senior officials of the Government of India, the Foreign Office and the 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. . The volume also contains draft and published copies of the Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , and a copy of the (Indian) Pilgrim Ships Act, 1895.

Topics discussed in the correspondence include the judicial powers to be granted to 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 proposal that 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 be empowered to act as a British Slave-Court under the Slave Trade Acts of 1873 and 1879; the application to the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. of the Pilgrim Ships Act, 1895 by King's Regulation rather than by inclusion in the schedule to the Order; publication of the Order in the Gazette of India ; and the need to bring the Order into operation without delay.

The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents and notes in the volume. The covering dates of the Political and Secret Department minute sheets are 1911-14.

Extent and format
1 volume (205 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 951 (Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/248-249. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 207; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 111-206; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.

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