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'File 32/2 Cases before Foreign Judicial Courts' [8r] (16/755)
The record is made up of 1 file (379 folios). It was created in 4 Feb 1905-13 Sep 1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Turkish. 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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Cop z/ of a letter dated 19th May 1905, Jr am H B M Legation
and Consulate-General, Bangkok, to His Britannic Majesty's
Consul-General, Bushire
* •
With reference to your despatch Ho 24rl of February
19th last concerning the claims of one Turki bin Brahimhn
Hamadil Agayli f I have the honour to inform you that re -
searches in the records of this ojfice and enquiries in
stituted amongst the Indian Community in Bangkok have been
productive of little or no enlightenment. The statement
made by the Petitioner is too meagre and lacking in detail,
to enable me to identify the actual land claimed or the
personality of Ali Bhai % T gather moreover from the petition
that Turki bin Brahim was not a person enpitled to British
Cc6 cuSu,Ljtcr.
protection and was not registered^during his visit to this
country, Tior does it appear that his jather was so register- ’
In view of these circumstances I am compelled to report
that I have been able to ascertain practically nothing
likely to be of service to him in recovering the alleged
estate of his deceased father % That there is some founda-
-tion in fact Jor the petitioner's statements appears to
be clear from the concluding paragraph of a report-copy
of which I have the honour to enclose- made to me by an
official attached to His Britannic Majesty's Court here.
The gist of tie paragraph in question coincides with the
concluding paragraph of Turki bin Brahim's petition but
owing to the lapse of time and lack oj detail it seems
impossible to proceed further,
The only method of pursuing this claim which would
offer the slightest prospect of success would be for the
claimant himself to come to Bangkok and here identify both
the land and the so called All Bhai and to enter an action
for recovery against the lc.tter or anyoiie in possession
of the land Such action woula have to be taken in the
Court of the nationality of the party sued, but unless the
strongest proofs were forthcoming I fear that the jallure
of the claimant to press his claims for so many years woula
seriously
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The file contains correspondence, witness statements, marine (or sea) protests, and other documents related to legal cases involving subjects or residents of Kuwait tried before foreign courts.
Documents relating to the first thirteen cases have been indexed (folios 2-3), and include claims of debt, marine protests, witness statements, powers of attorney, certificates, and bills of landing.
The remainder of the file includes documentation relating to similar types of case and also to stolen property, suspected and attempted murder, fugitive and small causes cases. Papers also include arrangements for 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. , Kuwait, to collect evidence and for police personnel to travel to the relevant countries for investigations. The correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , several political and judicial offices in the places where cases were being heard (including Bangkok, North Kanara, Mohammerah [Korramshahr], Karachi, Basra, Baghdad, and Gwadur), and a number of individuals and companies involved in the cases. Some of this correspondence included discussion over regional legal matters and the interpretation of certain laws.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (379 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in rough chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 381; 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 present in parallel between ff 5-130; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and Turkish in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/87
- Title
- 'File 32/2 Cases before Foreign Judicial Courts'
- Pages
- front, back, front-i, 2r:51r, 52r:58v, 60r:69v, 70v:83v, 84v:86r, 87r:91v, 93r:110v, 112r:112v, 114r:153v, 156r:167r, 168r:182v, 184r:186v, 188r:189v, 191r:197v, 199r:208v, 210r:218r, 219v:225v, 227r:231v, 234r:248v, 249v:252v, 254r:270v, 272r:293v, 294v:295v, 296v:302v, 304r:309v, 310v:337v, 339r:339v, 341r:343v, 344v:349v, 353r:358v, 360v:361v, 363v:380v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence