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'File 19/194 (C 36) Proposal that Political Agent, Bahrain, should be Consul at Qatif' [18r] (50/96)
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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The f»r®lga S«ar»tary to the SoYertuftent of India 9
Th® Under Secretary of State of lndia t
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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.
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Proposed appeintAent of the Political
Agent Bahrein as His ajeety^a Uoneol
for lyair and liaesa.
Sir t
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I m directed to invite reference to the letter fro®
the Hon*ble the Political Heuinent in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Mo*
598-J dated 10th JSovember X928 (copy forwarded •with Foreign
Secretary*e letter So«95-M dated the 29th MoTe^her 1928) and
to say the OoYenaaent of India, while rccognieing the
adYantagee that ffiight flow from the appointaent of the
Political ^ge«t Bahrein ass his Majesty* s Consul for
Ujair and iiaeea, feel that the obviouw danger of Saltan Bin
Saud using euoh an appointment as a hacis for clairain^
Consular repretontalion in Bahrein - denial of which to all
oreign GoYerauents ie one of the fundamental® of our Bahrein
policy - is too great to :aiit further prosecution of the
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proposal*
2* Should the. nu»hor of British subjecte in %atif, Ujair
and liaesa heco^ eubetantial or our local interests becoiae
preBcii^g, or Bin Saud object definitely to ail correspondence
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 his local official©, a
posaible solution isight lie in the appointment of an Indian
kmUmunconnected ^ith isahrein or Kuweit or the Trucial
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/R/15/1/360
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- 'File 19/194 (C 36) Proposal that Political Agent, Bahrain, should be Consul at Qatif'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1ev, 2r:40v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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