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Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.' [‎5r] (9/217)

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The record is made up of 1 file (107 folios). It was created in 11 Jul 1939-21 Dec 1939. 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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This \8 an ORlGlS AL message sent by AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication more
expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to be treated,
on receipt, with the same expedition as if it hid been telegraphed. To save lime and to obviate
formalities it is drafted m the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.] Uffice Of th« Political Kesident
n/rtetz ^ in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
C/755 of 1S39. _ cwnp,Kuwait.
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- His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India,
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The Secretary to the Government of India,
External Affairs Department,
i^ew Delhi*
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. , Kuwait,
our 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*
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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. , Muscat*
Subject: Prize jurisdiction in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States*
Reference 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. telegram jmo* 2636, dated the 3lst
October 1939, and connected correspondence.
2« Grateful if copy of Prize Court Rules could be sent to me
and 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. , Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat*
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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. *
Attested•
for Secretary to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. *
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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.
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MFP—1374 S&P—-(M-2013)—15-1-36—10,000.

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The file concerns the application to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. of amended prize jurisdiction in the run-up to, and following the outbreak of, the Second World War. Prize law related to the capture of enemy ships and goods during wartime. The Prize Act, 1939 extended prize law to aircraft also.

The papers include: a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, 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. , concerning special measures in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the outbreak of war, April 1939, including comments on Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Muscat and Oman, and the states that would automatically be at war on the side of the United Kingdom (Kuwait, Bahrain, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ); copies of the Prize Act, 1939, and the Prize Courts Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939; 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. correspondence and minutes; correspondence from the Government of India; the special position of Muscat and Oman in terms of prize jurisdiction (e.g. folio 16); and a copy of the Reprisals Restricting German Commerce Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (107 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 109; 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.

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