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'File 22/4 I Trucial Coast Intrigues + Policy' [230r] (472/568)
The record is made up of 1 file (282 folios). It was created in 20 Oct 1934-24 Aug 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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that we should get what we wanted ( or some of it) straightaway
instead of after long and tedious negotiations.
(d) Ther?e is, however, no virtue whatever in a close
administration in itself over a desolate area such as the
Trueial Coast which would merely cost money and involve us in
fresh commitments. Such an administration over such an area is
a necessary evil, which is only justifiable if we cannot get our
objects by any other means, and if our objects in themselves are
sufficiently important.
(e) What are our objects on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
? Up to
some ten years ago they were as follows;
The protection of the lives and property of
British Indian subj eists.
(Z) The observance by the Shaikhs of our Treaties
v/ith them.
(f) Speaking generally, for a period of more than a
century these objects had been achieved and preserved by a policy
of what may be called tt non~intervention'**
(g) In about 1932, however, a new and extremely important
interest was added; the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
became a link in the
Imperial Ai** Route to India and beyond. The
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Shaikhs were openly suspicious and hostile of this development,
and it was only by prolonged negotiations that my predecessor
succeeded in overcoming this suspicion and hostility, and in
establishing the first air port at Sharjah. Once the ice was
thus broken it has not been too difficult for us to obtain the
further facilities needed though these also have been the subject
of lengthy negotiations. I daresay that if we had had a close
administration round about 1930 both the initial and the subse
quent negotiations would have been shortened, but the point is
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a number of specific incidents on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. as well as more general discussions concerning British Government policy and aims in the region.
The specific incidents discussed include unrest in Dubai caused by opposition to its ruler, Shaikh Said bin Maktum al Hashar (Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm) from within his own family; British concerns over the relationship between the Shaikhs of the region and Saudi Arabia and the movements of the California Arabian Standard Oil Company in the region.
The correspondence is primarily between the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent in Sharjah. Some of the correspondence is between British officials and local rulers, primarily the ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Said bin Maktum al Hashar. This correspondence is in Arabic with English translations.
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- 1 file (282 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 274; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner or top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 115-261; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The front and back covers, along with three leading and ending fly leafs have not been foliated.
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- IOR/R/15/2/2007
- Title
- 'File 22/4 I Trucial Coast Intrigues + Policy'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:35v, 36v:130v, 131v:133v, 134v:142v, 143v:144v, 145v:152v, 153v:195v, 196v:197v, 198v:274v, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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