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'File A/9 II Bahrain Order in Council' [6r] (28/226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (84 folios). It was created in 2 Sep 1915-16 Jul 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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9
{i) A dispute over accounts between pearling masters and divers to the Salifah
Court for scrutiny and adjustment;
nor shall prevent the District Court, the Majlis-el-Urf, or the Salifah Court from referring
any matter in the progress of a suit which involves a point of Mahommedan Law to a Kazi
for decision, or from sending any party or witness, being a Mahommedan, to a Kazi for
the administration of an oath.
38. (1) The Foreign Jurisdiction (Admiralty)
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1910, shall apply to
Bahrein, and the Chief Court shall have the jurisdiction conferred by Article 4 of that
Order, and the District Court shall be deemed to be a Provincial Court, and the Registry
thereof a District Registry within the meaning of the said Order.
(2) Admiralty actions commenced in the said Registry shall be tried in the District
Court, unless the Chief Court is at the time sitting within the limits of this Order, or unless
all parties agree that the action shall be tried in the Chief Court sitting elsewhere than
within the limits of this Order.
(3) The duties of the Registrar and of the Marshal either of the Chief Court or of the
District Court under the said Order shall be performed by such officers as the Political
Resident shall direct,
39. (1) The District Court shall endeavour to obtain, as early as may be, notice of
the deaths of all British subjects or foreigners leaving property in any place within the
jurisdiction of the Court as prescribed by this Order, and all such information as may serve
to guide the Court with respect to the securing and administration of their property.
(2) On receiving notice of the death of such a person, the Court shall put up a notice
thereof at the Court-house, and shall keep the same there until probate or administration
is granted, or, where it appears to the Court that probate or administration will not be applied
for, or cannot be granted, for such time as it thinks fit.
(3) The Court shall, where the circumstances of the case appear so to require, as
soon as may be, take possession of the property left by the deceased in any place within
the jurisdiction of the Court as prescribed by this Order, or put it under its seal (in either
case, if the nature of the property or other circumstances so require, making an inventory),
and so keep it until it can be dealt with according to law; perishable articles being disposed
cf as the Court may consider best in the interests of the estate.
(4) All expenses incurred on behalf of the Court in so doing shall be the first charge
on the property of the deceased, and the Court shall, by sale of part of that property, or
otherwise, provide for the discharge of these expenses.
(5) When a British subject or foreigner dies i within the jurisdiction of the Court as
prescribed by this Order intestate, his property, or so much thereof as is within those
limits, shall, until administration is granted, vest in 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.
.
40. If a person to whom this Order applies be named executor in a will, and to the
establishment of whose title as such it is necessary to obtain probate of that will, take
possession of and administers, or otherwise deals with, any part of the property of the
deceased, and does not obtain probate within one month after the death or after the
termination of any proceeding respecting probate or administration, he shall be liable to pay
double the amount of any fees chargeable on obtaining probate, and he shall also be liable
to a fine which may extend to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
41. If any person to whom this Order applies, other than the person named executor,
or the administrator, or a person entitled to represent the deceased without obtaining pro
bate or letters of administration, or an officer of the Court, takes possession of and ad
ministers, or otherwise deals with any part of the property of the deceased, he shall, as
soon as practicable, notify the fact and the circumstances to the District Court, and shall
furnish to the Court all such information as the Court requires, and shall conform to any
direction of the Court in relation in the custody, disposal, or transmission of the property
or the proceeds thereof, and, in case of any contravention of this Article, he shall be
punished with fine which may extend to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
42. (1) When the peculiar circumstances of the case appear to the District Court so
to require, for reasons recorded in its proceedings, the Court may, if it thinks fit, of its own
motion or otherwise, grant letters of administration to an officer of the Court.
(2) The officer so appointed shall act under the direction of the Court, and shall be
indemnified thereby.
(3) He shall publish such notices, if any, as the Court thinks fit, in Bahrein, the
Persian Coast and Islands, Bombay, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.
(4) The Court shall require and compel him to file, in the proper office of the Court f
his accounts of his administration at intervals not exceeding three months, and shall forth
with examine them and report thereon to the Chief Court.
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the introduction of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. in Bahrain on 3 February 1919. A printed copy of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is included at the front of the volume (folios 2-9), and marked with red, blue and black pencil annotations, marking incorrect or important aspects of the text. The main correspondents in the volume are 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. , Captain Norman Bray, and the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah. Numerous letters were exchanged between the two men directly before and after the introduction of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. . Bray’s correspondence prior to this introduction seeks to smooth the way and seek Shaikh ‘Īsá’s full acceptance of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. . Correspondence after the introduction of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is largely comprised of negotiations over the Shaikh’s relinquishment of khidmah (a ten per cent judicial fee payable to the Sheikh of Bahrain's treasury), and expressions of thanks and mutual appreciation between the two men. Bray's letter to 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. at Bushire and the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, dated 14 February 1919, includes diaristic reports on the negotiations and meetings that took place between himself at Shaikh ‘Īsá during the introduction of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (folios 28-47). A English text of the notification of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , issued by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , is included on folio 18.
Folios 102 and 103 are loose pages containing office notes. The correspondence described in these two pages, which refer to the administration of the Majlis [al-Urfi], are annotated as dating from 17 March 1941 to 8 April 1942. It is likely, therefore, that these two pages were misplaced at a later date into the current volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (84 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume's content have been divided into two parts. The first part of the volume (running up to folio 60) is comprised of copies of inward and outward correspondence, arranged in approximate chronological order, starting with the earliest items first. The second part of the volume (from folio 61) is comprised of the handwritten drafts, translations and original Arabic correspondence that inform the correspondence in the first part of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence runs from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers positioned in the top-left corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Most of the foliation numbers are written in blue pencil. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a-1f. Folio 100 has been omitted or is missing.
The following folios are fold-outs: 34, 61, 62, 69-82, 84, 87, 89, 95, 97, 102, 103.
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- Title
- 'File A/9 II Bahrain Order in Council'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1fv, 2r:86v, 88r:89r, 90r:100v, 102r:105v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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