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'File 5/5 Piracy and Attacks on Country Craft' [13r] (26/45)
The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1933-9 Mar 1947. 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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gonfidential *
D.0.1io.91-S of 1933,
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.
,
Buahire, 2ath January 1933,
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Please refer to your demi-official letter Mo.
G/34, dated the 21st January 1933, on the subject of the
Tangisiri ^Tangistani we call it on this side) ballam .
2, I quite approve of the prompt action taken by you
and the Bahrain Government, and the resulting 'compromise*
seems to have been most satisfactory, particularly that the
stock of the Bahrain Government has gone up.
3. With regard to the proposal to erect a stone
pillar on Fasht al Jarim. I don*t see any objection
^rima facie in this, but perhaps the Bahrain authorities
might postpone commencing its construction until I visit
you which I hope to do very shortly, and we can then
discuss it.
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This file contains correspondence between the British 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. at Bahrain; the British 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. at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and the 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. , London.
The correspondence concerns an incident in January 1931 when two Tangistani boats opened fire on Bahraini fishing boats and a discussion to erect a stone pillar on Fasht al-Jārim where the incident occured in order to designate it as Bahraini territory. The remainder of the correspondence concern the looting of the steamship Star of Mex which ran aground at Rā’s al-Ḥadd on the coast of Oman in February 1947.
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- 1 file (22 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 22, ending on the inside of the back cover.
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- IOR/R/15/2/214
- Title
- 'File 5/5 Piracy and Attacks on Country Craft'
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- front, front-i, 1r, 2r, 1v, 3r:6v, 10r:21v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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