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File 18 Judicial

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/573-587

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This record is about the File 18 Judicial dating from 1933-1950.

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/573-587
Title
File 18 Judicial
Date
1933-1950
Description

The Judicial files each relate to a separate issue. The main categories are:. Penal matters (IOR/R/15/2/573, IOR/R/15/2/587); the framing, application and interpretation of judicial legislation governing a variety of matters, including the question of British jurisdiction over American nationals in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/578) and the Trucial Coast (IOR/R/15/2/580); jurisdiction concerning oil spillages in Bahrain waters (IOR/R/15/2/583); marriage (IOR/R/15/2/574 and IOR/R/15/2/577), legal controls on the proliferation of arms in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/575); the grant of United Kingdom citizenship to certain Indian and Pakistani residents in the Persian Gulf following Indian Independence (IOR/R/15/2/586), and the preparation and drafting of the Trucial Coast Order in Council, 1950 (IOR/R/15/2/576); files relating to individual legal cases (IOR/R/15/2/579, IOR/R/15/2/581, IOR/R/15/2/582, IOR/R/15/2/584, IOR/R/15/2/585)

Arrangement

The Judicial Files of the Political Agency, Bahrain are arranged by file and part number, wherein for instance the reference 18/6 II consists of the subject (18 - Judicial), the file number (6) and the part number (II). The surviving references indicate likely gaps in the series.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English; Spanish
Physical description
15 files (824 folios).
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f2a07c04-9339-405a-bddc-b9a640c9032d/

Series information

IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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India Office Records transferred later through official channels

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Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15

Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf

2,250 records

Within the series: IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

910 records

Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/139-916

Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files

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File 18 Judicial