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'File 14/201 I B 32 Trucial Coast Miscellaneous' [99r] (199/214)
The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1927-28 May 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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exploration, and. ol the possibility of rdnerican Oil Concerns
interesting themselves in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, the Shaikh's
request now for a British geologist is most satisfactory.
It further indicates I hope a definite change of heart on
the part of the Shaikh whose conduct - as you are aware -
for some years past has been the reverse of satisfactory.
There is no doubt that His Majesty's Government's firm attitude
in the mat er of their ultimatum to the Shaikh with regard
to the Tamb Island flag incident has had a salutary effect.
3. I am writing to the General Manager f Anglo- j ersian
Oil Company, Abadan, asking him to be good enough to arrange
for a geologist to visit Ras al Khaimah as soon as possible.
4. In my j^xpress Letter No .263-3, dated the 4th Inarch
1936, I reported that an Anglo-Persian Oil Company geologist
had visited Abu Dhabi at the request of the Shaikh of that
territory. This, followed up by the visit of a geologist
of the same Company to Ras al Khaimah, will I trust give
the Anglo-} ersian Oil Company the beginnings of a firm
footin c on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
should oil ever be discovered
there.
6. I am sending a friendly reply to the Shaikh of Has
al Khaimah saying that I am approaching the Anglo -Persian
Oil Company on his behalf.
sd. T.C.Fowle,
Lieut.-Colonel.
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Attested .
for secretary to the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
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This file contains miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The main correspondents are the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Secretary of State for India, London; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; 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; Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah.
Topics included in the file are:
- Family trees of the ruling families of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Dubai.
- Printed summaries by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, on the state of affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- 'Precis of the treaties and engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .'
- Correspondence discusses disturbances in Dubai due to the removal of the ruling shaikh and the need to dispatch a British warship, H.M.S. Lupin to protect British subjects in case fighting breaks out. A letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to the rulers of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman and Ras al Khaimah advising non-recognition of shaikhs who have gained their position by killing their brothers.
- further correspondence records arrangements for visiting geologists from the Anglo-Persian Oil company in the context of interest from French and American oil companies.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (106 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers in the top right hand corner of each folio. The file also bears a former foliation system which begins on folio 10 with the number 17.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/280
- Title
- 'File 14/201 I B 32 Trucial Coast Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:41v, 45r:55v, 56v, 57v:67v, 68v:86v, 91v:92r, 93r:100r, 101r:105v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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