'File 14/201 I B 32 Trucial Coast Miscellaneous' [‎24v] (50/214)

" Director: Tonb belongs to Persia.
"Consul: Why was the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. attacked at sea?
"Director: For confiscation of smuggled goods. I may point out it was
not attacked, only temporarily seized. If goods were for Fonb Island it would
not have been confiscated, but according to a statement made before merchants,
by the nakhuda, a portion of the goods were for Mahtabi, Qishm and Khasab.
If cargo had been free of sugar and tea, it would not have mattered, but,
according to our instructions, if we find a boat with sugar and tea in any small
port it is confiscated. The boat was temporarily seized also because it was
anchored within 10 kilom. of Tonb, between Lingah and Tonb (Persian waters).
"Consul: When is the tea and sugar to be given back?
"Director: After T receive instructions from Bushire. In conclusion
T might say that the nakhuda had no pass for his cargo, and therefore it was
temporarily seized. Five passengers had no passports to enable the Customs to
know where they were coming from, or where they were going to."
British Consular Ag'ent, Lingah.
18. The discrepancies between the Persian statements and those of the Arabs
will be noted. On the whole the senior naval officer is of the opinion that the Arab
story is nearer to the truth. Orders have been given by the senior naval officer that
if the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. is seen again or if any of its passengers reach Debai, depositions are to
be taken with the greatest care.
19. On the 13th August a letter was received in Debai from a merchant at
Lingah, saying that the Director of Customs there wished to open direct negotiations
with the Sheikh of Debai, and that he proposed to come in a steam-launch to
interview him. The sheikh loyally holding to his treaty obligations refused the
proposal and the senior naval officer has issued orders that no Persian officials are
to be allowed to land on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
20. The position now is that nineteen days after his application for British
assistance in this matter the Sheikh of Debai has not received any answer, which
in his eyes resembles practical results and British prestige on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. is
steadilv sinking.
H. BOYES, Captain,
Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Enclosure 4 in No. 1.
(Enclosure No. 3 in the Senior Naval Officer's Letter of Proceedings,
dated August 17, 1928.)
Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, H.M.S. "Triad," to the
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.
Submitted, August 17. 1928.
ON the 30th July, 1928, the senior naval officer received a report from the
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. agent at Shargah to the effect that a few days previously when the " Biss
Barpeta " went through that port she had on board a number of Persian prisoners
(smugglers) under an armed military guard; that the prisoners were being conveyed
to Bushire for trial; that they had been embarked at Lingah; and that one badly
wounded man who died en route was landed and buried at Debai. On further
investigation it appeared that two dhows owned on the Tungistan coast, and
therefore Persians, loaded in Bahrein and attempted to run their cargoes through
to the Persian coast. They were sighted by a Persian Customs launch near Shaikh
Shu'aid Island and a fight ensued; one dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. escaped and the other surrendered
after all ammunition was expended and several of its crew had been killed. The
captured dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. was taken to Lingah. The prisoners, as related above, were shortly
afterwards embarked in the "Biss Barpeta" under an armed military guard for
passage to Bushire.
2. On the 8th August the "Barpeta" arrived at Henjam, where H.M.S.
" Triad " was anchored, and the master very kindly came over at the request of the
senior naval officer. He said it was quite true that his ship had carried these
prisoners with their guard on the last upward voyage, and he thought but little of it;
when, however, the senior naval officer suggested to him that instead of Persian
Tungisiris the prisoners might well have been Arabs from Debai, and that in that