![‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [‎22v] (44/292)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000044/IOR_R_15_2_675_0044.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [‎22v] (44/292)")
‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [22v] (44/292)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943. It was written in English. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
34
ORDER XXXVI.
Notices from the Registry. I ^
Any notice from the Registry may be either left at, or sent by post to, P*
the address for service of the party to whom notice is to be given; and the
time at which the notice if posted would be delivered in the ordinary course m
shall be considered the time of service thereof. w
tb
ORDER XXXVII.
Filing.
1. Documents shall be filed by leaving the same in the Registry, with a oi
minute stating the nature of the document, and the date of filing it. A b
form of minute on filing documents will be found in Appendix A, No. 59. tl
2. Any number of documents in the same cause may be filed with one u
and the same minute.
3. Save as otherwise provided by these Rules, before any document, ex
cept affidavits as to ship papers, aircraft papers, bail bonds, documents
issued from the Registry and minutes, is filed, a copy thereof shall be
delivered to or served on the adverse party, if any, and no document, except
as aforesaid, shall be filed without a certificate endorsed thereon, signed by ^
the party filing the same, that a copy thereof has been so delivered or c
served upon such adverse party, if any. f
ORDER XXXVIII.
Time: Enlargement and Abridgment.
1. In all matters in regard to the time for doing any act or taking any
proceeding, the ordinary procedure in regard to time in force in the High
Court, or, in the case of a Court other than the High Court, the procedure
in regard to time in force in that Court in the exercise of its ordinary
jurisdiction, shall prevail.
2. The Judge may, on the application of either party, enlarge or abridge
the time prescribed by these Rules or forms, or by any order made under
them, for doing any act or taking any proceeding, upon such terms as to
him shall seem fit, and any such enlargement may be ordered, although the
application for the same is not made until after the expiration of the time
prescribed.
ORDER XXXIX.
Marshal.
For the performance of any of his duties the marshal may appoint
or employ competent persons as his substitutes.
2. The marshal shall execute all instruments issued from the Court
which are addressed to him, and shall make returns thereof.
3. Whenever in respect of any place within the jurisdiction at which ^
ship or aircraft taken as prize may be there is no person appointed or
(mployed to act as substitute of the marshal, then for the purposes of
the execution and service of warrants and other instruments, the custody
of prize and for such other purposes as the President may direct,
(a) in a cause relating to a ship, the principal officer of Customs at
such place, and
About this item
- Content
The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from 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. to his Agents, dated 16 November 1939, that, ‘as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. are on the side of Great Britain the Crown has the right to exercise prize jurisdiction in these States’ (ff 2-3).
The file includes:
- two printed copies of a booklet entitled Provisional Rules and Orders, 1939: Prize Courts: Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. dated September 2, 1939. Made under Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 39) (ff 6-59, ff 61-114);
- a printed copy of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. entitled Reprisals for restricting German Commerce , dated 27 November 1939 (ff 117-118), and a press statement, issued by the Press Section of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, dated 28 November 1939, relating to the issue of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (f 120);
- correspondence relating to a Danish tanker, the Eleonora Maersk (also spelt Elonora Maersk and Eleanora Mearsk ) which arrived in Bahrain from Iran, in April 1940. In a letter to 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) 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. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) stated that the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has received instructions from the East Indies Commander-in-Chief that the vessel should be sent to Karachi, presumably as prize (ff 121-124);
- a Department of Commerce notification, dated 31 August 1940, stating that measures taken against German shipping can now be applied to Italian shipping (f 131);
- communications relating to prize procedure in respect of Finland, Hungary, Rumania [Romania] and Japan (ff 139-142).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (144 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 144-145) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 146; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-6, f 60, and ff 119-143, the intermediate folios being skipped; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: two printed booklets are present in the file (see ff 6-59 and ff 61-114); these booklets each have their own original printed pagination sequence. The file notes at the back of the file (144-145) have also been paginated using pencil.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [22v] (44/292), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/675, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100025289612.0x00002d> [accessed 6 June 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025289612.0x00002d
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025289612.0x00002d">‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [‎22v] (44/292)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025289612.0x00002d"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000044/IOR_R_15_2_675_0044.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000044/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/675
- Title
- ‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:121v, 123r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence