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'F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil' [76r] (160/422)
The record is made up of 1 volume (207 folios). It was created in 1 May 1934-1 Jul 1934. It was written in English. 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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flonfideatial .
Ho:C /493-10/3. Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain,the 7th Maj 1934.
From:-
fo:-
Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Loch, I.A.,
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.
,
Bahrain.
The Officer Ooffiaanding,
Qatar Eeconnaissance Detachment,
203 (P.B) Squadron R.A.P.,
at Bahrain.
Sir,
I hare the honour to refer to Memorandua Io:S/l0840/l
dated the 38th April 1934 regarding the reconnaissance of Qatar
i and to enclose a copy of an extract (with sketch map) from "In
M
Unknown Arahia" hv Cheeseman.
t"
2. A launch has been sent with instructions to anchor
about two miles from the shore at lohat Salwa (in water sore
than a tall man's height in depth and to display (from dawn on
nine
the 9th lay) a white sheet sis feet wide on the deck along the
whole length of the launch.
3. 1 understand from a reliable source that Dohat Hamar
is an excellent anchorage in all winds and has plenty of depth
of water. I would suggest that this should he reconnoitred
(and possibly a descent made) on the way to Salwa.
4. At Salwa I would suggest that you should descend at
the launch, as 1 have arranged to send with it a nakhuda who
knows the bay and can help to pilot the Plying Boats in.
5. A copy of this letter has been sent to the Honourable
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 Air Officer
Oofflaanding, British Forces in 'Iraq, to the Officers Commanding
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence between 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 and 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. at Bushire, the 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. in London, the Shaikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, and the Foreign Office in regard to the southern borders of Qatar, the Qatar oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdom with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), King of Saudi Arabia. There is also correspondence regarding an air reconnaissance of Qatar to be carried out via RAF flying boats, which took place on 9 May 1934, including reports of the reconnaissance (folios 147-154).
Some of the documents in the volume are marked as secret or confidential.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (207 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 196-202). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is written in pencil, circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.The numbering begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 207.
There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.
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- IOR/R/15/1/629
- Title
- 'F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:90v, 91v:118v, 121r:168v, 169v, 172v, 174v, 175v:206v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence