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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [60r] (119/292)
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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7471 Wt 23481/P 215 2000 8.38
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.
,
Political
Department.
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
(N.B.—This is an original message, sent by air mail to save telegraphic
expense, but intended to be treated on receipt with the same expedition as
if it had been telegraphed. It has beoti drafted as if it were so despatched.)
From Secretary of State. 5 L4|
To
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 thK^JIsian Gulf,repeated to Government of
India, External Affairs Department, Political Agents at
j ^ n Koweit, Bahrein and Muscat.
Dated 19 th December 1939.
No. P.Z.7681/39.
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Prize juri
in the Indian States.
Reference your express letter of the loth November,
No.C/755.
.
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2. A copy of the prize Court Rules was sent to you
and to the Political Agents at Koweit, Bahrein and Muscat
on the 29th September by air mail. An additional cooy is
V I
enclosed herewith. x
3. A copy is also enclosed, for your information and
guidance, (a) of a further letter dated 25th October,
No.P.Y. 2355/3’9, to the Political Department in continuation
of the correspondence referred to in
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.
demi-
/
/
/ official letter to the External Affairs Department
No.P.Z.4510/39, dated 12th August, a copy of which was sent
to you at the time, and (b) of the
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
dated
~h ID
the 27th November 1939, framing reprisals for restricting
further the commerce of Germany, in respect of cases arising
under which Order the law and practice in Prize will be
followed, so far as applicable. A copy of a letter dated
--'4' 'IV'
2nd December a .ressed to the Commerce Department of the
Government of India relative to this Order is also enclosed
herewith.
NO.E.& 0. ICO 50/39 )'
(with 2nd enclosure) )
The issue of the above has been duly authorised
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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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- 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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