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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [‎90r] (179/292)

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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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refot^) me * n or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents
orv ( '\vell and truly paid, the same being the highest sum which was bid by
mo .i at a public auction held on the day of
sait one thousand , and the receipt of which sum I
va ] t «lo hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained, sold, assigned, and set
c ( over, unto the said executors, administrators, and
er tta 53 '# 115 * tbe entirety of the foreign ship called the ,
id v"t°? et ber with the appurtenances thereto belonging as specified in the in-
:o pa' ventor y herewith, now lying : To have and hold
ate (the sa id foreign ship called the and the said appurtenances
nd junto the said executors,
•administrators, and assigns, to , their own use and uses, and
vas their own proper goods and chattels, from henceforth for
fever. And I, the said , Marshal of the said
ourt, do hereby covenant, promise, and agree, to and with the
id executors, administrators and assigns in manner fol-
; ye( ] L ,lowing; that is to say, that at the time of ensealing and delivery hereof,
T have, in and by the Commission aforesaid, good right, full power, and
g^-Jawful authority to grant, bargain, sell, assign, and set over the hereby-
Targained premises unto the said executors, administrators,
and assigns, in manner and form aforesaid. And that the said hereby-
bargained premises, and every part thereof, now are and so from hence
forth for ever shall be, remain and continue unto the said
executors, administrators, and assigns.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set mv hand and seal this
f:
day of
in tl
sion
, at
■of
, in the year of our Lord one thousand
Marshal,
in the presence
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the said
ed ai
ppra:
(ii) Of British Ship.
:ordi: Know all men by these presents that I, Marshal of
the {here fill in the name of the Prize Court), in obedience to and by virtue
naroof a Commission to me directed under the seal of the said Court, bearing
:hs, date the day of , and for an in consideration of the sum
at tof pounds of lawful money of Great Britain {or as the case
may be), to me in hand at or before the ensealing and delivery of these
^presents well and truly paid, the same being the highest sum which was
t>id by at a public auction held on the
day of one thousand , and the receipt
of which sum I do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained, sold,
assigned, and set over, and by these presents do fully, freely, and abso-
n widutely grant, bargain, sell, assign, and set over unto the said
*executors, administrators, and assigns, sixty-four sixty-fourth parts or
shares, being the entirety of the ship called the now
lying , together with the appurtenances thereto
belonging as specified in the inventory herewith, which said ship is more
particularly mentioned and described as follows: —
and.
Official No.
1 of t-
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bear
i of t
use n —
Name of Ship. Number, Date, and Port of Registry.

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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).

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1 file (144 folios)
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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.

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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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