'File 18/55 II (C 102) The Bahrain Order in Council'

Title:

'File 18/55 II (C 102) The Bahrain Order in Council'

Contributor:

James Orton (correspondent)
Francis Warden (correspondent)

Date:

1916/1929

Description:

The papers relate to the introduction of The Bahrein Order in Council, 1913; the question of the levying by the Sheikh of Bahrain of Khidma[ Khidmah, Arabic 'service' - used to mean a percentage fee on legal cases] on court cases and the introduction of court fees by the British, 1916-1919, including reports of discussions of the matter with Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, February - March 1919; The Bahrein (Amendment) Order in Council, 1924(His Majesty's Stationery Office Press, 1924); King's Regulation under Article 70 of The Bahrein Order in Council, 1913('The Indian Court Fees Regulation 1924'), which provided for the application of the Indian Court Fees Act 1870 to Bahrain; and Rules of Court Under Article 61 (1) of The Bahrain Order in Council, 1913, dated 1927, setting out court fees. Includes a letter in Arabic from Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, 1923.1 volume (292 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation system in use starts at the title page, two folios after the front cover, and continues to the last page of file notes, three folios from the end cover. The foliation system appears written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. There is a second foliation sequence, also written in pencil, but not enclosed in circle, which appears in the same area of many of the folios, but is inconsistently applied.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Bahrain Order in Council (1913)
Legislation

Geographic region:

Būshehr

Extent:

1 volume (292 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000111_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000111_en
IOR/R/15/1/300

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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