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File 4673/1919 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Bahrein Mission to England 1919. Political business of Mission’ [‎357r] (101/164)

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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(,) b'or applying', amending, modifying, or repealing with
respect to Bahrein any Acts or enactments which
apply, or are made applicable or have been brought
into operation m Bahrein by or under an\ of the
provisions of Article 11 of this Order.
(</) For regulating or preventing the importation or exporta
tion in British ships or by any person to whom this
Order applies of arms or munitions of war, or any
parts or ingredients thereof, and for giving effect to
any Treaty relating to the importation or exportation
of the same.
(e) For requiring Returns to be made of the natuie,
quantity, and value of articles exported from or im
ported into Bahrein, by or on account of any person
to whom this Order applies or in any British ship,
and for prescribing the times and manner at or m
which, and the persons by whom, such Returns are
to be made.
(/’) For the governance, visitation, care, and superintendance
of prisons.
71. (1) Any Regulations made under the preceding Article
may provide for forfeiture of any goods, receptacles, or things
in relation to which, or to the contents of which, any breach is
committed of such Regulations, or of any Treaty or any name
or local law or custom, the observance of which is pioM ec
by such Regulations. . ‘
* (2) Any person to whom this Order applies committing a
breach of any such Regulations shall, in addition to any or-
feiture prescribed thereby, be liable, on conviction, to imprison
ment for a period not exceeding three months, oi o <i ne, oi
b °(d) Any fine imposed for a breach of Regulation sliall not
exceed 1,500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. : provided that m the case ot an\ Ineath o
any native or local law relating to customs law, or nnder which
the importation or exportation of any goods is pio 11 1 e
restricted, the fine may extend to a sum eqima en o ic
value of the goods in relation to which the bieat i is (omm
72. —(1) King’s Regulations shall not take effect until they
are allowed by a .Secretary of State, or, with ^s pi^viGUs
or subsequent assent, by the Governor-General of lmlia
Council: provided that in case of urgency i e< am 111 1 •
such Regulations, the same shall take eftect before ch
allowance, and shall continue to have effect unless and +h ^
are disallowed by the Secretary of State, or. with his P ie ^™
subsequent assent, by the Governor-General o m u in , ’
and until notification of such disallowance is menei a i _
lished 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. , and such disaHowance shal ^
without prejudice to anything done or suffem un< ei sin
lations in the meantime. „ ,
(2) All King’s Regulations shall be published by il,e 1 0,1 V * 1 ,
Resident in such manner and at such places as ie may
proper.

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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’ [‎357r] (101/164), 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_100074780349.0x00007d> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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