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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council'
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/12/3341
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3341
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Title (The name of the record)
- Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council'
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Date (When the record was created)
- 27 Feb 1948-2 Jan 1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence relating to the revision of the five Orders in Council in the Persian Gulf: Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and The Trucial States. The revision was a result of Indian Independence and the transfer of power in the Gulf from the Government of India to HM Government of the United Kingdom. The papers consist of interdepartmental discussion over the amendments to the five orders in council, principally between officials at the Commonwealth Relations Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. Copies of the finalised orders are contained in the file, as follows:. Folios 14-25: The Bahrein Order in Council, 1949; Folios 26-38: The Kuwait Order in Council, 1949; Folios 39-52: The Muscat Order in Council, 1949; Folios 53-65: The Qatar Order in Council, 1949; Folios 66-78: The Trucial States Order in Council, 1949; Also included in the file is a letter, dated 15 December 1948, from Edward Evans & Co., Consulting Engineers and Chartered Patent Agents, enquiring about patent in protection in Bahrain (folio 84). Folios 2-10 are internal office notes.
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Coll 25/36
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file (189 folios)
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Unrestricted
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- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 191; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has two foliation anomaly, f 19a, 19b.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/085e53d7-94aa-47fb-82a6-265506522743/
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IOR/L/PS/12
Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/L/PS
Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/12
Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
Within the sub-series: IOR/L/PS/12/3304-3341
Political (External) Collection 25: HM Orders in Council
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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council'