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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [26r] (51/818)
The record is made up of 1 file (407 folios). It was created in 27 May 1929-8 Aug 1939. 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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denotes in effect e demonstration of power), a reasonable sura
of money to reward services rendered and to buy information,
•nd more effective local representation. I still adhere to
these views, though when we are dealing with the hinterland,
the show of strength must obviously be in the air and not on
the sea. This doas not necessarily mean that T went to drop
bombs on Shaikh X or Iheikh Y or machine-jun them from the air,
but I should like them to realise that if we thought it necessary
nothing could be simpler for us to do. (a are, after all, still
concerned in the main with ihnikhs of settled — as opposed to
nomad — tribes).
6. The consideration© which led to the last paragraph of my
demi-official letter Ho. C/794 dated the 23rd lecember were theses*
(A) * party sent out to prospect in Baraimi and beyond by
a company known to nave the auprwrt of His Majesty's Government,
and accompanied by a Political Officer, was Ignoninously turned
out by a bunch of impotent i^im and A1 3u ihamis Shaikhs.
(B) h ;go tiations to enable the same party to enter ^eni ^itab
country were rendered unavailing mainly as a result of intrigue
on the part of Jawasimi Shaikhs on the Coast.
The repetition of such incidents - and worse - can certain
ly be obviatec by the mildest of threatening gestures, for, as
you have said, these people are not formidable like the Pathane.
7. It seems to me it is not good for our prestige to accept
these people at thair own estimation. Let them have their bar
gains by all means and let us help them to get a square deal
from the Gil Companies and so on. hit let us make it oerfectly
clear that when we say wa want a thing we are going to get it
at something approaching a reasonable price and without undue
delay; and that obstructive tactics do not pay. e cane Into
this Gulf for trade and are still here for its commercial
possibilities and for the protection of our Imperial communica
tions. (We do not like gun-running or slavery, but these are
minor/-
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British Government policy on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Specifically, this includes discussions concerning the possibility of appointing an Assistant 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. to the region, incorporating it into civil air routes and whether or not Britain should take more formal control of the area. The correspondence is primarily between officials at 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 External Affairs Department of the Government of India, 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. , the Air Ministry and the Foreign Office.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains the following:
- Minutes from several meetings of the 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East' (folios 103-131, 149-174, 353-354)
- 1929 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. memorandum entitled 'Future Policy on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' (folios 333-337)
- 1929 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. memorandum entitled 'Question of British Interference in the Administration of Bahrain' (folios 342-345)
- 1928 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. memorandum 'The Trucial Chiefs, 1908-1928' (folios 401-404)
- 1928 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. memorandum 'El Katr [Qatar], 1908-16' (folio 406)
- a series of ten small photographic portraits of tribal leaders from the region (folios 28-32).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (407 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 409; these numbers are written in pencil 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-382; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs'
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- front, front-i, 2r:27v, 33r:295v, 298r:313v, 315r:408v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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