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'File A 1/J I Correspondence of the Adviser' [62r] (123/204)
The record is made up of 1 file (102 folios). It was created in 20 Mar 1935-31 Dec 1945. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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No. <3y^ p.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain,
The 11th December, 1944.
To
The Adviser to the Bahrain Government
Bahrain.
Memorandum
Reference your memorandum No.2152-6A dated the 22nd
November, 1944.
2
I enclose an extract from a note which has been com
piled by the Indian Assistant from which you will see that
Mohamed Noor bin Abdul Ghafoor nas sued in the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and
Joint Courts as a foreigner between the years 1931 and 1937.
I am informed that cases 2 to 7 noted on the enclosure were
decided by the Joint Court.
It would thus appear that the individual concerned has
up till the present time been considered as a foreigner and
as such subject to the jurisdiction of this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. From the
fact that certain of his cases were tried by the Joint Court
it is reasonable to assume that the Bahrain Government
acquiesced in the view that he was not a subject of His Highness
the Shaikh. This being so it is difficult to agree that the
decision of His Highness 1 Court in the recent case should stand
as it would appear to me that unless the individual concerned
has recently acquired Bahrain nationality the Bahrain Courts
were acting ultra vires.
3. That Mohamed Noor bin Abdul Ghafoor was aware that he
should have applied for the transfer of his case to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Courts is probable although it is possible that be may have
conceived the idea that suits of that particular natare were
only triable by the Bahrain Courts.
4. I shall be very glad if you can consider this question
again as although I have not the least desire to disturb the
working of the Bahrain Courts I cannot but uphold the view that
as they did not appear to have had jurisdiction then their
decision cannot be considered to be •
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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.
, Bahrain.
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The file contains papers and correspondence sent between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) between 1935 and 1945, relating to civil and criminal court cases in Bahrain. The cases raised include property theft (folios 26-29), disputes over land ownership (folio 59), inheritance (folios 13-19), accidential death (folio 48), and liability for the dangerous condition of roads (folios 33-34).
Correspondence between 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. and Belgrave in early 1945 relates to a court case involving an Iranian complainant. The case had proceeded through the Bahrain (domestic) courts for a number of years, on the presumption that the man was a native Bahraini. 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. (Cornelius James Pelly) and Belgrave discuss the implications of the man's revelation that he is Iranian, and whether the case should now be transferred to 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. 's court, which has jurisdiction over non-Bahraini subjects (see folios 55-74, and office notes at folios 99-101). The case leads to the republishing of a Government proclamation, stating that no cases may be transferred from the Bahrain Court to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court on claims of nationality, unless the claim is made at the first hearing (folio 74).
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- 1 file (102 folios)
- Arrangement
Correspondence in the file has been arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest at the front of the file to the latest at the end. There are office notes located at the end of the file (ff 93-104), which relate to some cases in the correspondence, and mirror the chronological sequence of the correspondence.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 102; 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 2-101; 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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- IOR/R/15/2/1824
- Title
- 'File A 1/J I Correspondence of the Adviser'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 5r:5v, 7r:8v, 10r:10v, 12r:21v, 23r:23v, 27r:31v, 34r:42v, 45r:45v, 51r:52v, 56r:60v, 62r:62v, 64r:64v, 66r:67v, 69r:69v, 75r:75v, 77r:79v, 81r:83v, 85r:86v, 89r:90v, 92r:101v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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