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Coll 25/24 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: King's Regulation No. 2 of 1937; Bahrain...

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/12/3329

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This record is a file about the Coll 25/24 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: King's Regulation No. 2 of 1937; Bahrain... dating from 9 Mar 1937-18 Oct 1937.

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IOR/L/PS/12/3329
Title
Coll 25/24 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: King's Regulation No. 2 of 1937; Bahrain Passport Regulations, 1937'
Date
9 Mar 1937-18 Oct 1937
Description

Correspondence, drafts, and minute papers relating to the passing of The Bahrain Passport Regulation, 1937'. The regulation was seen as necessary for addressing the large numbers of people entering Bahrain without valid passports or visas. The interdepartmental consultation over the drafting and issue of the legislation includes exchanges between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Government of India (External Affairs Department), and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The file includes draft and final copies of the regulation and an extract from Intelligence Summary of the Political Agent, Bahrain, for the period 16-30 April 1938, in which the effects of the new regulation are reported (folio 3).

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
Coll 25/24
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 file (56 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 57; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/0a179ae5-e725-4fb3-acd3-19857ac34769/

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IOR/L/PS/12

Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections

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Political (External) Collection 25: HM Orders in Council

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Coll 25/24 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: King's Regulation No. 2 of 1937; Bahrain Passport Regulations, 1937'