'File 19/2 III The Honourable the Political Resident's tours'

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The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of 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. to Bahrain, Tehran, Kuwait, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , between 1934 and 1937.

The file contains programmes of the visits, seating plans for official dinners, minutes of speeches, and arrangements for meetings with ruling families.

The principal correspondents are: Yusuf Ahmed Kanoo; Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, and members of the ruling family: Shaikh Mohammad bin Isa al Khalifa and Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa al Khalifah; Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Ruler of Qatar; Sultan bin Sagar al Qasem, Ruler of Sharjah; Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi; Sayed bin Maktoom al Kashar, Ruler of Dubai; Shaikh Sultan bin Salim al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah; Shaikh Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Ruler of Um al Qaiwain; Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Ruler of Ajman; 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 at Sharjah; 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. ; and the 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. at Bahrain.

Some of the correspondence with 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. Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Sharjah and with local rulers is in English and Arabic.

Extent and format

1 file (289 folios)

Arrangement

The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 262-290. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a number in blue and red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 291; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Four additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-228, ff 207-214, ff 229-262, and ff 262-282; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1653

Former external reference(s)

English office Files: 19/2 III

History of this record

Date(s)

11 Jun 1934-19 Mar 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Adviser to the Government of BahrainKing of BahrainEmir of Abu Dhabi, Āl Nahyān dynastyEmir of QatarPolitical Resident, Persian GulfEmir of Dubai, Āl Maktūm dynastyEmir of Sharjah, Āl Qāsimī dynastyEmir of Ra's al-Khaymah, Āl Qāsimī dynastyEmir of Ajman, Āl Nu'aymī dynastyYusuf Bin Ahmed KanooEmir of Umm al-Qaywayn, Āl Mu'allā dynastyShaikh 'Abdullāh bin 'Īsá Āl KhalīfahShaikh Muḥammad bin ̔Īsá Āl Khalifah

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