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'File 19/194 (C 36) Proposal that Political Agent, Bahrain, should be Consul at Qatif' [5r] (24/96)
The record is made up of 1 volume (41 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1927-30 Jul 1930. 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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in aocordance with international custom^in the country
in which the de fend ant arises.
So long as honest Amirs and Oadhis are appointed
at
at Qatif, Jubail ai d/lias a I do not think that objection
can be raised to this procedure even though it is a
departure from the custom hitherto followed, but I
submit the question for orders.
6. Direct correspondence has always been carried on
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.
and the Ifejdian Amirs on
would
routine matters and it/certainly be a hardship to
merchants if for any reason objection be raised
hereafter on the ground that this also not in
accordance with the practice between independent
nations.
To regularise the position I venture respectfully
to suggest, that the proposal which was being considered
as far as back as 1912^before the Turks lost the ^
country to the Wahabis^that 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.
, y/qoH
Bahrain, should be aoDointed Vice Consul for Hasa ^
and Qatif should be revived but that his status
should be that of Consul. I make this suggestion
both on the ground that it will give the Political
Agent a better standing vis-a-vis the Amirs and that
It will recognise his position as an officer of equal
status with 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.
and His Majesty's
Consul at Muscat.
Hitherto the Wahabi Amirs have conducted
business in the same manner as the petty Shaikhs
of the Gulf littoral. The Treaty of Jeddah appears
however to have altered their outlook, and has led the
King of Nejd to claim affairs should be carried on
according to the regulations observed between
independent nations.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your ob e di ent s e rv ant,
jl AC
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.
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A file that records details of a proposal to appoint 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. in Bahrain as Consul in Qatif. The idea is not approved by the Government of India or Whitehall, primarily due to fears that such a move would provoke Bin Saud to make a counter-request for a Consul of his own to be appointed in Bahrain.
The file contains letters to/from the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Government in Simla, India and the British Government in London.
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- 1 volume (41 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
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A bound correspondence file. The volume is foliated from the first page to the inside cover, with small uncircled numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page. There is an index (with page numbers) of the topics contained in the file on folio 1c.
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- 'File 19/194 (C 36) Proposal that Political Agent, Bahrain, should be Consul at Qatif'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1ev, 2r:40v, back-i
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