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File 4673/1919 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Bahrein Mission to England 1919. Political business of Mission’ [‎350v] (88/164)

The record is made up of 1 item (83 folios). It was created in 6 Aug 1919-12 Aug 1920. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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The Chief Court may, wliere it appears so expedient, by warrant
under the hand and seal of 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. , cause the
accused to he sent for trial to Bombay accordingly.
The warrant shall be sufficient authority to any person to whom
it is directed to receive and detain the person therein named, and
to carry him to and deliver him up at Bombay according to the
warrant.
Where any person is to be so sent to Bombay, the Court before
which he is charged shall take the preliminary examination, and
shall bind over such of the proper witnesses as are British subjects
in their own recognizances to appear and give evidence on the
trial.
IT.—(1) 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. may by General Order pre
scribe the manner in which, and the places at which, sentences
of imprisonment are to Ive carried into execution within the
limits of the Order.
(2) The Court may, in any case by warrant sealed with its
seal, cause an offender convicted and sentenced to imprisonment
before the Court to be removed to, and imprisoned in, any place
that shall he prescribed by 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. under the
authority provided for in subsection (1) of this Article.
18. Where an offender convicted before any Court under this
Order is sentenced to imprisonment, and 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.
proceeding under section T of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act,
1890, authority in that behalf being hereby given to him, con
siders it expedient that the sentence should be carried into effect
elsewhere than within the limits of this Order, and the offender
is accordingly sent for imprisonment to a place outside the limits
of this Order, the place shall be either a place in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of Bombay, or a place in some other part of His Majesty’s
dominions, the Government whereof consents that offenders may
be sent thither under this Article, or a place in which by Treaty,
grant, usage, sufferance or other lawful means His Majesty has
jurisdiction, provided that if a person is not a British subject
he shall only be sent under this Article to a place in His Majesty’s
dominions.
19. (1) In cases of murder or culpable homicide, if either the
death or the criminal act which wholly or partly caused the
death happened in Bahrein, a Court Jet in g under this Order shall
uue the like jurisdiction over any person to whom this Order
applies v ho is charged either as a principal offender or as an
a letto! as it both such criminal act and the death had happened
in Bahrein.
I 11 Ibe case of any offence committed on the high seas or
within the Admiralty jurisdiction by any person who at the time
u ‘°. nimit l 1 . n ^ SU( ‘h offence was on board a British ship, or bv any
J ritish subject on board a foreign ship to which he did not belong,
the Lourt shall, subject to the provisions of this Order, have juris-
^j 1011 ? uc . 1 ,l )ei ' s()11 as if the offence had been committed
within its jurisdiction.
JV 11 ( ,SeS i V ie(1 ,1 ! 1<ler -^Hicle no different sentence
Fiw l ^ 10111 ^ Ie which could be passed
England if the crime were tried there.
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This part contains papers relating to the visit of Mission (deputation) from Bahrein [Bahrain] to the United Kingdom in 1919. It includes correspondence regarding the reception of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein, and Abdullah’s son Muhammad-bin-Abdulla by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, on 6 August 1919.

Much of the correspondence also relates to the reception of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah by Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India, on 1 September 1919, and a subsequent letter from Abdullah to Hirtzel, in which Abdullah states that he has been instructed by his father to make four proposals to the British Government regarding Bahrein, and the response of the British Government to these proposals.

The main correspondents include: 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 Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (‘Political, Baghdad’); Shaikh Sir Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain; 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 Secretary to the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; 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. ; and the Deputy 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. .

The part includes a letter in Arabic from Sir Isa bin Ali al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, to King George V (folios 385 and 386), which has been translated into English.

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File 4673/1919 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Bahrein Mission to England 1919. Political business of Mission’ [‎350v] (88/164), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/850/3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074780349.0x000070> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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