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'File 19/194 (C 36) Proposal that Political Agent, Bahrain, should be Consul at Qatif' [21r] (56/96)
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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SECRET.
ITo. j?.699,
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.
,
Whitehall}
London, S.W.i.
14th February 1929,
Sir,
In continuation of previous correspondence on the
question of British consular representation in El Hasa and
C^atif, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to
^forward, for the information of Secretary Sir iiusten
Chamberlain, copy of the correspondence noted in the margin
j?r cm Po i it i caT Res id ent~Fo Government of India, ) with the Political
Ho. 398-S of 10th Hoveraber 1928. A )
{Copy sent on 21st December 1928 under *) Resident in the
f.6779/28). A' )
From Government of India No .E. 71-1T/28, darted )
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and the
9th January 1929.
Government of India.
2. -Viscount Peel agrees with the Government of India
that in present circumstances the balance of advantage is
definitely against the appointment of 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.
,
Bahrein, as His Majesty's Consul for c^atii » Ojair and Hasa.
He would suggest that further action in the maLter might oe
postponed at any rate until the negotiations at present in
orogress with the Persian Government are concludeo-s and until
the relations between His Majesty's Government and the
Government of Iraq on the one side and the King of the Hejaa ;j
and Hejd on the other are easier. If there is a satisfactory
outcome of the proposal that the matters in dispute between
King Ibn Saud and the Iraq Government should be submitted to
arbitration, and if subsequently negotiations with His Majestyj
for landing grounds in Hasa in connection with the air route ji
progress
The Under Secretary of State,
EOREIGH DEEICE
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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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