'File 14/201 I B 32 Trucial Coast Miscellaneous'

Content

This file contains miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The main correspondents are 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Secretary of State for India, London; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; 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; Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah.

Topics included in the file are:

• Family trees of the ruling families of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Dubai.
• Printed summaries by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, on the state of affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
• 'Precis of the treaties and engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .'
• Correspondence discusses disturbances in Dubai due to the removal of the ruling shaikh and the need to dispatch a British warship, H.M.S. Lupin to protect British subjects in case fighting breaks out. A letter 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. to the rulers of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman and Ras al Khaimah advising non-recognition of shaikhs who have gained their position by killing their brothers.
• further correspondence records arrangements for visiting geologists from the Anglo-Persian Oil company in the context of interest from French and American oil companies.

Extent and format

1 volume (106 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers in the top right hand corner of each folio. The file also bears a former foliation system which begins on folio 10 with the number 17.

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/15/1/280

Former external reference(s)

Confidential Series: B 32 A Series: 14/20 I

History of this record

Date(s)

15 Apr 1927-28 May 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Senior Naval Officer in the Persian GulfEmir of Umm al-Qaywayn, Āl Mu'allā dynastyAnglo-Iranian Oil Company LimitedEmir of Ajman, Āl Nu'aymī dynasty

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