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File 3104/1915 Pt 8 ‘Mesopotamia – Trade; Prize Court Proceedings re s.s. "Albistan" &c’ [152r] (312/334)
The record is made up of 1 volume (163 folios). It was created in 3 Apr 1917-18 Dec 1919. 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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documents attached representing 30 Bales of Goat
Gkins and 92 Bales of Sheep Skins per S/8 "Albisten".
It was forwarded by our Bagdad Branch to London and
was received in London on 2nd December 1914, i.e.
after the- outbreak of war with Turkey.
The goods represented by the bill were seized
as Prize and iessrs. l. . Samuel & Company, consequently
declined to accept"the bill. Prize Court proceed
ings are now pending and are expected to come on
this month, and we are advised that the goods will be
condemned. They have been meantime released on bail.
Our legal advisers have requested the Treasury
Solicitor to agree to a postponement of the hearing
for a reasonable time to enable our representative in
the hast (who hopes shortly to obtain the consent of
the English Military Authorities to re-open the
Branch at Bagdad) to search among the records of the
Bagdad Branch to see if any further information can
be derived from them in regard to the shipment. The
Treasury solicitor, however, states that he is
unable to agree to the postponement.
If the goods are condemned the result will be
that.an English concern who made an advance to an
alien against goods shipped in an English ship to an
English firm in England will lose the amount of the
Bail Bond into.which they have entered for obtaining
the release of the goods, owing to the provisions
of the Prize Law.
;ie venture to submit to you that this is a
particularly unfortunate result.
In/
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the Prize Court proceedings of the SS Albistan and SS Avristan. Most of the papers relate to the case of the Albistan, which sailed from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in October 1914 (prior to war being declared between Britain and the Ottoman Empire), arriving in London in December 1914. In January 1915 the Albistan’s cargo, consisting of goods shipped from Baghdad, was seized by the Admiralty as enemy property. The file comprises correspondence between government officials, including the Foreign Office and HM’s Procurator General (Prize Department) at the Treasury, and some of the key claimants and their legal representatives in the case. These include the firms M Samuel & Company and Frederick Huth & Company, both of which were represented by Waltons & Company. The file includes details of the proceedings, as reported in Lloyd’s List on 27 February 1917 (ff 160-161), and a copy of the judgement made at the High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, dated 17 May 1918 (ff 51-54).
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (163 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3104 (German War: conquered territory, Mesopotamia: trade) consists of 9 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/564-572. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 to 8 comprising one volume each, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the last volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 161; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 8 ‘Mesopotamia – Trade; Prize Court Proceedings re s.s. "Albistan" &c’
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- 151r:153v, 75r:75v
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