'The Trucial Chiefs, 1908-28'

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Memorandum providing an overview of the external developments which took place in the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , covering 1908-28, and how problems presented by the States stand at the time of writing.

Covering:

• introduction – to the memorandum itself; Trucial Chiefs; administration; responsibility of political control by the Government of India; and political expenditure;
• internal History, 1908-28 – noting it is not to be repeated in this memorandum, but does include a section on an agreement concerning oil concessions;
• external developments affecting the Trucial Sheikhs, 1908-28 – the rise of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and activity of the Wahabis [Wahhabis]; the reassertion of Persian authority in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , particularly Henjam; and Persia challenging the independence of Trucial Chiefs, particularly Tamb;

It includes a summary detailing the problem of Ibn Saud and the Wahabi [Wahhabi] movement, the question of an Imperial air route along the north Arabian coast, and the importance of British influence in the Gulf. A list of points referred to in connection with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee, and the view expressed by the Government of India are also given.

Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of 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. .

Extent and format

1 file (4 folios)

Arrangement

This file consists of a single memorandum.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 53, and terminates at f 56, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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/18/B403

Former external reference(s)

P 4805/28

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Oct 1928 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Foreign relationsTreaties

Places

HenjamTamb IslandTrucial Coast

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfGovernment of Iran, Pahlavi dynastyGovernment of IndiaEmir of Ra's al-Khaymah, Āl Qāsimī dynastyEmir of Ajman, Āl Nu'aymī dynastyEmir of Sharjah, Āl Qāsimī dynastyEmir of Dubai, Āl Maktūm dynastyEmir of Abu Dhabi, Āl Nahyān dynastyEmir of Umm al-Qaywayn, Āl Mu'allā dynastyPolitical Agent, Trucial CoastSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsSir John Gilbert Laithwaite, Knight'Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd, King of Saudi ArabiaWahabi (Tribe)

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