Coll 30/78 'Bahrein Nationality Law. Bahrein Property Law: Registration of certain foreigners in Bahrein by the Agency. Ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrein (King's Reg. No. 1 of 1937).'
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- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/78 'Bahrein Nationality Law. Bahrein Property Law: Registration of certain foreigners in Bahrein by the Agency. Ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrein (King's Reg. No. 1 of 1937).'
- Contributor:
- Foreign Office (correspondent)
Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
District Magistrate, Bahrain (correspondent) - Date:
- 1933/1947
- Description:
- The file concerns the drafting and publication of nationality and property laws for Bahrein [Bahrain].The relevant Order in Council and King's Regulations (copies of which are included) are as follows:The Bahrein (Amendment) Order in Council, 1937The Bahrein Law regarding Ownership of Immovable Property in Bahrein by Foreigners Regulation, 1937The Bahrein Property Law (Amending) Regulation, 1938Registration of Transfer of Immovable Property in Bahrein (Regulation 3 of 1947)The correspondence is mainly from the Foreign Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent, Bahrain.The papers include correspondence concerning the Government of Iran's response to the new laws, in view of Iran's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (folios 147-160); and a proposal by the Government of Bahrain to restrict the acquisition of land property in Bahrain by Iraqis and Saudi Arabians, in view of the fact that a great proportion of the most valuable land, especially in Manama, was owned by foreigners (folios 39-52).The French language content of the file consists of six folios of diplomatic correspondence from the Government of Iran; the Arabic language content of the file consists of notices (with English translations) issued by the Government of Bahrain.The file also contains copies of earlier correspondence dated 1902-09, and 1927. There are no papers in the file dated 1941-46.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 file (446 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. Folio 74 is the second and last page of a letter, the first page of which seems not to be present in the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 447; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-446; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
French
Arabic - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Registration of Transfer of Immovable Property in Bahrein (Regulation 3 of 1947)
The Bahrein Property Law (Amending) Regulation, 1938
The Bahrein (Amendment) Order in Council, 1937
The Bahrein Law regarding the ownership of Immovable Property in Bahrein by Foreigners Regulation, 1937
Property legislation
Nationality - Geographic region:
- Bahrein
- Extent:
- 1 file (446 folios)
- Rights:
- Public Domain
Unknown
Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00016a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00016a_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3795 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers