Coll 30/56 'Persian Gulf. Visit of 1st Destroyer Flotilla to: 1933. Durbar of Trucial Sheikhs at Debai [Dubai]. Reaffirmation of Lord Curzon's Statement of Policy in 1903'

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Two letters from the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department to the Secretary of State for India concerning the wording of an address regarding historical agreements between the British Government and local rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to be given by the Secretary in 1935 (folios 3-6).

Correspondence exchanged between the Foreign Office and the British Legation in Jeddah in 1935 regarding a query that had been raised by Ibn Saud's adviser, Fuad Bey Hamza, about historical agreements between the British Government and local rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 7-16).

Correspondence between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. and 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. regarding a British naval flotilla tour of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that took place in September 1933 (folios 17-79). In addition to correspondence on this topic, the file also contains the following related documents:

• A first-hand account of the British naval flotilla tour of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in September 1933 written by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Officiating 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. (folios 22-31)
• 'Programme of a Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). of the Trucial Chiefs to be held on board H.M.S. Shoreham at Dibai [Dubai] on 23rd September, 1933' (folio 32)
• 'Address by 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. to the Trucial Chiefs, at Dibai [Dubai] on the 23rd September 1933' (folios 33-35)
• 'Address by His Excellency the Viceroy at a Public Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). held on board H.M.S "Argonaut" on the 21st November 1903 at Shargah for the Arab Chiefs of the littoral' (folios 76-79).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (79 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 80; 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.

Written in

English in Latin 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/L/PS/12/3773

Former external reference(s)

Coll 30/56

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Sep 1933-28 Aug 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Dubai

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Coll 30/56 'Persian Gulf. Visit of 1st Destroyer Flotilla to: 1933. Durbar of Trucial Sheikhs at Debai [Dubai]. Reaffirmation of Lord Curzon's Statement of Policy in 1903', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3773, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/9452> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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