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Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.' [15r] (29/217)
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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SECRET
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Allo t ted to Political D epartment^ o
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DECIPHER OP TELEGRA M
Got eminent of India, External Affairs Depto,
to Secretary of State for Indiar
Prom
Dated
Received 17 0 45 hours, 15th September, 1939c
Simla, 18ol5 hours, 15th
September, 1939 o
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1497o Addressed to Secretary of State for India,
repeated to Bushire* Your demi-official letter P=Zo4510/39,
August 32th* Prize jurisdictiono
2c So far as Bahrain, Koweit and
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
including
Qatar are concerned,we agree that the position is materially as for
the Indian States, and that the procedure to be followed will be as
indicated in paragraph No 0 6 of
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.
letter of July lithe
In these circumstances, it will be for the Gulf States to appoint
their own Detaining Officers as is the practice in the ndian States P
and it is presumed they will appoint their Political Agents a
5. No final bargain with Muscat has yet been concluded but
for the present we suggest that Muscat should be treated for
practical purposes in the same manner as the Gulf States and should
continue to be so treated unless in the course of negotiations with
the Sultan any different procedure is decided upon* We would
suggest, however, that until the position is clearer the taking of
prizes into Muscat Ports should if possible be avoided*
4* All the above is subject to any comments the Political
Resident may have to maker, It is suggested that the Sultan might
be asked to agree to the procedure described in paragraph Noo6 of
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.
letter of July llth, being applied matatis mutandis
to Muscat Ports p and to appoint 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.
as Detaining
Officer*
5* Please telegraph your concurrence to enable action to be
taken
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3925
- Title
- Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 8r:16v, 76r:108v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence