Author
Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson
Publication Date
16 Aug 1929-2 Oct 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
22
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/122
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000322
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
16 Aug 1929-2 Oct 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains papers describing customary, or 'desert' law, as practiced in Arab states and amongst Bedouin tribes. The papers were prepared in response to requests for information from the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
The papers include: notes on the subject by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait, covering (a) camel disputes, and (b) the custom of 'Arafa (recognition of animals by a former owner, when found in possession of another person or tribe), August 1929 (folios 5-9); notes compiled in response to Dickson's paper by Bertram Sidney Thomas, Finance Ministry, Muscat and Oman, describing customary law in Muscat and Oman (manuscript, and two typescript copies, folios 12-23), October 1929; and covering correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Kuwait, and Muscat.
The Arabic content of the papers is confined to letterheads in Bertram Thomas's correspondence.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Subject files: File 3/3
