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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [89v] (178/292)
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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XI. r. 5.
O. XI. r. 2.
The Judge has ordered the said {state whether ship (aircraft) cargo t
part of cargo, as the case may he) to be appraised and sold. We therefor '
hereby authorize and command you to reduce into writing an inventory c u (
the said (ship (aircraft), &>c., as above) and, having chosen one or mor
experienced person or persons, to swear him or them to appraise the sair.^ ^
according to the true value thereof, and, upon a certificate of such valt
having been reduced into writing, to cause the said (ship, (S-c., er ’
above) to be sold by public auction for the highest price, not under
appraised value thereof, that can be obtained for the same. And v < ' L ' ,
further command you, immediately upon the sale being completed, to pa' 1 11 1
the proceeds arising therefrom into Court, and to file the certificate (i |u ‘ Si
appraisement signed by you and the appraiser or appraisers, and junto
account of the sale signed by you, together with this Commission. admir
Witness, &c. {as in No. 2).
Commission of appraisement and sale,
Taken out by
{Where appraisement or sale only is ordered the words not required',^
the above form must be omitted.) lawful
{Where the order is for removal, survey, safe custody, or otherw,i -i )aT p !l :
the above form must be adapted accordingly.) anc j g
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Certificate of Appraisement.
{Heading and Title as in No. 1.)
I > , Marshal of the {here fill in h
name of the Prize Court), do certify that, by virtue of a Commission ^ fc ‘
dated the day of » 19 » ai
issued in this cause, I have chosen of
an d of who are {or who, I am informed a:
believe, are) two experienced persons and have sworn them to appra:
the (ship, aircraft, cargo, part of cargo, (S-c., as the case may be) accordi: Kn<
to the true value thereof. "*h e (/;
And we the said and whose nanjof a (
are hereunto subscribed, do certify that by virtue of our said oaths, date t
have faithfully and justly appraised the said (ship, &c., as above) at tcf
sum of ' •
In witness whereof we have hereunto respectively set out hands
day of , 19 • day o
(Signatures of Marshal and 0 £ w £
Appraisers.) assign
[Where there are more or less than tivo appraisers the above form wilutely
be altered accordingly.) fexecu
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lying
belong
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Bills of Sale by Marshal.
(i) Of Foreign Ship.
Know all men by these presents that I, Marshal of t
{here fill in the name of the Prize Court), in obedience to and by virt
of a Commission to me directed under the seal of the said Court, bean
date the > an d f° r an d i n consideration of t
sum of pounds of lawful money of Great Britain {or as the case ml
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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