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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [‎77r] (153/328)

The record is made up of 1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket). It was created in 1940. 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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wields no very great influence. His possessions in
peninsula are recognised and he has influence over a
certain area of the Baraimi Oasis, but any suggestion of
his suzerainty over the hinterland would be vigorously
rejected. This however is not likely to occur.
(c) In 1926 Persia commenced to adopt an active policy
in the Gulf. The result of this has been to bring her into
conflict on certain points with the Trucial Chiefs and their
interests. The Trucial settlements on the South Persian
coast and* the Trucial ownership of the islands of Tamb r
Little Tamb, Abu Musa and Sirri, which is claimed by the
Sheikhs of Sharjah, and Ras-al-Khaimah and which is con
tested by Persia, have all afforded grounds of friction.
In 1928 Persia put forward tentative claims to suzer
ainty over the Sheikhs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. but these
claims have not since been seriously pressed.
In 1935 Iran again raised the question of the owner
ship of Tamb and Abu Musa Islands. The Abu Musa
dispute arose when the Sheikh of Sharjah granted an
oxide concession to a British Company. His Majesty's
Grovernment have made it clear to the Iranian Government
that they have never admitted Iranian claims to these
islands.
4. Administration. —The Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. are tribal prin
cipalities governed by independent Arab Sheikhs. The
Trucial Treaties accord to the contracting parties the right
to accredit a representative on'the one side at the head
quarters of the several Sheikhs, and on the other at the
British 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. at Bushire. But in practice the Chiefs
have no representatives and His Majesty's Government are
represented only by an Arab Agent of 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. who
is stationed at Sharjah and moves from place to place as
required. His summer quarters are at Ras-al-Khaimah.
The Trucial Chiefs are so called on account of the
treaties of maritime truce concluded by them between
1820 and 1853 with His Majesty's Government under
which a check was imposed on their feuds and" their
piratical and slaving activities in the Gulf,

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This volume contains geographical information and maps about the Arabian States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It was produced by the General Staff, India, and printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1940.

The volume is divided into two sections: 'Military Report' including general descriptions of Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Muscat and Oman (folios 6-127) and 'Routes' (folios 128-164) including maps of:

and sketches of:

  • Bahrein Oil Company's area and important places (f 163);
  • Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai] (f 158).
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1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket)
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There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last of several maps which are stored in a pocket at the back of the volume, on number 164.

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