'File 9/1 A. Presentation of arms by P.C.L. to Rulers of Trucial Coast' [2r] (5/88)
The record is made up of 1 file (43 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1938-9 Jun 1941. 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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. -9/1•
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, the 15th October 1938
To
The Secretary to the Hon'ble the
/n
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.
Bushire•
Subjects-Importation of arms
//
Memorandum .
/
The Manager of Petroleum Development (Qatar)
V ' jjT .• • • - •
y
Limited has applied to me for permission to import a double
barelied sporting rifle .303 for presentation to the Shaikh
of Qatar.
informed me that the Shaikh had asked the Company for a
sporting rifle and that they had promised to make him a
present of one. I pointed out that the Hon'ble the Political
Resident's peraission had to be obtained before a No
Objection Certificate could be granted and added that since
the Company had promised the Shaikh the rifle, I would
recommend that permission should be granted in this particula:
instance;but that in future the Company should under no
circumstances make such premises, as the presenting of rifles
and ammunition to Shaikhs on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and Qatar was
the prerogative of 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.
.
2.
I discussed the matter with Mr. Packer, who
for
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
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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 and 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. at Bushire, as well as with E V Packer, Manager of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī of Qatar. Also included within this file are correspondence between the Director of the Bahrain Customs and Port Authority, Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited, and Messrs. Folsom Arms Co. of New York.These correspondence concern gifts of arms to the Sheikh of Qatar by E V Packer and Petroleum Concessions Limited in 1938, and by Winthrop Rockefeller in 1940 following his visit to Bahrain and Qatar.
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- Title
- 'File 9/1 A. Presentation of arms by P.C.L. to Rulers of Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1bv, 2r:2v, 4r:8v, 10r:14v, 16r:18v, 20r:20v, 22r:22v, 26r:30v, 33r:33v, 35r:42v, back-i, back
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