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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [39v] (78/292)
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. .
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68
No. 39.
Caveat Warrant.
o. xiv. r. 5. (Heading and Title as in No. i.j
Caveat entered this day of against the issue
of any warrant for the arrest of (state name and nature of property) with
out notice being first given to (state name and address of person to whom,
and address at which, notice is to be given), who has undertaken to appear
and to give bail in any cause for prize salvage which may have been or
may Jdc instituted against the said property in this Court.
On withdrawal of caveat, add: Caveat withdrawn this dav
of
No. 40.
Notice of Withdrawal of Caveat.
(Heading and Title as in No. 1.) ^
Take notice that I withdraw the caveat (warrant, release, or payment
as the case may be) entered by me in this cause.
Dated this day of
(Signed) C.D.
No. 41.
0. xv. r. 11. Commission to Examine Witnesses.
(Heading and Title as in No. 1.)
George the Fifth, &c. (as in No. 2).
To (state name and address of examiner or commissioner appointed),
Greeting.
Whereas in a cause for commenced in Our said Court
on behalf of against (ship or cargo, &>c.,
or as the case may be) the Judge has ordered a commission to be issued for
the examination of witnesses concerning the truth of the matters at issue
in the said cause.
* '
Witness, <&c. (as in No. 2).
Commission to examine
Taken out by
We therefore hereby authorize you upon the day of
I 9 . at , i n the presence of the parties, their
counsel or solicitors, or in the presence of their or either of their lawfully
appointed substitutes, or otherwise notwithstanding the absence of either
of them, to swear the witnesses who shall be produced before you for
examination in the said cause, and cause them to be examined, and their
depositions to be reduced into writing. We further authorize you to
adjourn, if necessary, the said examinations from time to time and from
place to place, as you may find expedient. And We command you, upon
the examinations being completed, to transmit the depositions and the
whole proceedings had and done before you, together with this commission,
to the Registry of Our said Court.
witnesses.
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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.
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- 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
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- Open Government Licence