Legal Cases Dealt with by Political Officers in the Persian Gulf

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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.

The papers include correspondence dated 1870-71 concerning the legal claims of British subjects, chiefs, and others, dealt with by the Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major Sidney Smith) during the cruise of HM Steamer Quantung along the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in December 1870. The claims are listed on folios 651-654. There is also a memorandum concerning a case dated 1856-59, which explains the need for intervention 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. in the Gulf in such cases, on folio 655.

The Enclosures are dated 30 September - 13 December 1871.

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1 item (11 folios)

It is part of

Secret Letters and Enclosures from the Government of India

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/268

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 648-658

Former external reference(s)

Political No. 218 of 1871

History of this record

Date(s)

30 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Legal procedure

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