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'File 18/56 I (B 70) The Trucial Coast Order in Council; File 18/51 I (B 70) The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910; File 18/131 I (B 70)The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council, 1927' [79r] (172/250)
The record is made up of 1 volume (122 folios). It was created in 6 Nov 1910-7 Dec 1943. 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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No. 2970, dated Bushire, the 6th (received 15th) November 1910.
From—L ieutexant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C.I.E.,
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.
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To~The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
I think the following will be of interest to the Government of India, and
therefore have the honour to report it.
2. Early in August last, the Agents of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at
Mohammerah had some trouble with a large gang of British Indians whom
they had engaged in Bombay as rivetters for fheir pipe line, and who, on
arrival at Mohammerah, refused to go on to the Oil "Works.
When pressed to go on board the Karun steamer for Ahwaz, they turned on
the Oil Company's European representatives, and one of the latter, Mr. Soane,
was severely mauled. After the fracas they all absconded in different
directions, some 15 taking refuge in Basrah.
3. The foregoing are the preliminary facts leading up to the correspond
ence, of which I now enclose copies and request perusal. The points of it, as
I understand them, appear to be these.
The British Crown having extra-territorial jurisdiction in Turkey, Hi 9
Majesty's Consul, Basrah, vis-a-vis the Vali, was entitled to arrest and deal
with the accused. Properly speaking no question of extradition was involved.
The Yali's assistance having been asked, the latter ignores the capitulations and
refuses to co-operate because there is no extradition treaty with the British
Government.
4. Apparently at first His Majesty's Ambassador thought {vide his tele
gram of 20th August) that the Vaii could be obliged to make a surrender in
the usual way ; but from His Excellency's later telegram to Sir George Barclay
it would seem that the usual practice is now held not to apply to this case.
5. I do not know enough of the law or usage on the subject to understand
how it is, seeing that we have extra-territorial jurisdiction in Turkey, the Porte
is entitled to go behind the right of His Majesty's Consul at Basrah under the
Capitulations to have certain British subjects arrested. But, assuming that it
is so entitled, then we are confronted with a very inconvenient situation which
is sufficiently explained in Lieutenant Wilson's last communication (Enclosure
No. 8).
6. I can do no more than respectfully express the hope that the point now
at issue will not be finally conceded without full examination by the Law
Officers of the Crown, and that, if it is held that surrender in such cases cannot
be insisted on under present provisions, some means of getting round the
difficulty may be sought. I am venturing to suggest the following procedure
for the consideration of His Majesty's Minister in case it be held to be at all
workable : —
(i) That all contracts made by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company with
their employes should be registered in the Consulate at Basrah,
^ as well as at Mohammerah, and that the Company should keep
an agent in Basrah :
(ii) That then, in such cases as the present. His Majesty's Consul
Basrah, on the complaint of the Company's Basrah Agent, should
issue direct warrants himself. He would then, I suggest, not
be under the necessity of furnishing the Turkish authorities with
^ information of the nature of that referring to Mohammerah
which he had to communicate to Yali Sulaiman Kazif Bey in his
letter No. 48, dated 9th August (Enclosure No. 4). If, it would
assist matters, there would seem to be nothing to prevent the
said employes being registered at our Basrah Consulate as British
subjects, as well as at Mohammerah.
I am forwarding r a copy of this letter to His Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
1661 F. D.
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The volume consists of three files, which have been brought together to form a single volume. The first file ('File 18/56 I, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ') runs mostly from May 1911 - July 1912, then contains three documents and two pages of file notes dated December 1943 - January 1944. The file consists of papers relating to the judicial powers that could be exercised by the British on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in the light of various incidents dating back to 1909 (including two documents in Arabic), draft order in council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , and associated papers, May 1911-July 1912; and papers relating to a request by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Government of India to forward a copy of Government of India, Foreign Department Notification No 202-E.P. of 6 October 1881 relating to the judicial powers of officers of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , December 1943 - January 1944.
The second file ('File 18/51 I The Ottoman Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ') includes printed correspondence relating to British extra-territorial jurisdiction in Turkey in the light of the arrest of certain British Indian subjects at Basra,1910; a copy of the Ottoman Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , dated 1910; and associated correspondence including records of the order's forwarding to and display in various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate General, Bushire, dated March - August 1911.
The third file ('File 18/131 I The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ) includes two copies of the relevant Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , dated April 1927, and associated correspondence of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate General, Bushire relating to the order's forwarding to and display in various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, dated May-July 1927.
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- 1 volume (122 folios)
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The papers are divided between each of the original three files that make up the volume and are arranged within each file in chronological order running from the front toward the back of the volume. The second file begins on f. 78; the third file begins on f.103.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use starts on the first page of the volume and continues to the end of the volume. The foliation appears in pencil in a sequence of circled numbers in the top right hand corner of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: folio 1 is followed by folios 1A and 1B; folio 77 is followed by 77A and 77B; folio 102 is followed by 102A and 102B; instead of folio 107 there appear folios 107A and 107B. A second foliation sequence of uncircled numbers starts at 1 on folio 3, then reverts again to 1 on folio 33 and continues to folio 76. Additional uncircled pagination starts at 1 on folio 83 and continues to folio 99.
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