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File 951/1912 Pt 1 'Bahrein Order in Council' [‎5v] (19/424)

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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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your letter of the same date, that the (Indian) Pilgrim Ships Act (14 of 1805)
should be included m the Schedule of the Bahrein Order, I am to inform you
that, m fell- it,. 0rev s opinion, the better course would be to apply this Act by
a Kmg s Regulation. J
1 am, &c..
The Under Secretary of State
for India.
Lcuis Mallet.
ENCLOSURE No. 4
P. 438.
Sir,
- 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. to Foreign Office.
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. ,
w .o , , 18th February 1913.
With reference to your letter of the 3rd February 1913 No f 424 as to
the proposed Order m Council for Bahrein, I am directed to inform you that
tiie Maiquess of Crewe concurs in the proposal of the Secretary of State for
oreign Affairs to allow the Order to come into force as it stands, and to deal
it necessary, m a separate Order, with the question of slave trade jurisdiction.
" Dated 18th February 1913. Eopy of a telegram^' sent to the Viceroy
^ • r + . , on tlle subject is enclosed herewith for
nfoi ination. It will be seen that His Lordship is consulting the Govern-
letter. 0 ' ° U 6 P ° mtS raiseJ in tlie 4th, 5th, and 6th paragraphs of your
for 'whfolf Sir F 6 ib dian) Pi ?f rim Ships Act, I am to observe that the reasons
m which Sir L. Grey considers it preferable to apply this act by King’s
Regulation are not stated m your letter. Lord Crewe is advised that, from the
Indian point of view, its application by Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. would be the more
iom™w C0 4TV3 i W0 T U T iLf unle , ss , there are strou g reasons to the
( h .’ * Act U1 I pestion should be included in the schedule of the new
Older, as recommended m the Viceroy’s telegram of the 23rd January last.f
t Copy communicated to Foreign Office Pls Lordship is advised that such modifi-
23rd January 1913. ” ’ cations as may be required to adopt the
the Older m Council, and that no delay need therefore be incurred in
bringing the Order into operation.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
I am, Ac.,
T. W.
Holderness.
ENCLOSURE No. 5 -—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. .
No. £066. (Immediate.) ^ _
Sir foreign Office.
Ed 'y ard Grey totlmo’wfed^'the
m
receipt of your letter of the 18th ultimo, ’ reiXe tUthf BlhrefoOreL
ouncil, and to transmit to you herewith printed copies of that paper*’in tin
* Not printed. form m which it is proposed to put it into
T n . operation.
thecombUf°t3\h l 3L3‘ffUefouU^'aTtUT amende<l by the omission ol
raised by the GovernmeV of LTT tht r ,eSm‘Jelh 7? 7 ^77
a new sub-article (7) has been inserted at the end 3 the same articfe 8 *' 7
he words suggested in the Marquess of Crewe’s (lespahh \fo 4 Se
ttSst-teRKSr’ l,! ss:!
t. jb&rafhBSSifc wffi d’Koo?" 1 ” 1 fcl ; “f;™," 1 - ■"“irf"
the same telegram. 0t the Gove rnment of India expressed in
appeared^'throug^an ^roiy^ir/the draft oLth^OrdCT^ mid'" JJ C^m ” '4'°^
inserted after Sir E. Grey’s name in its last paragraph’. ’ JlaS bee “

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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.

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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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