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'27/1 SALUTES AND EXCHANGES OF CALLS BETWEEN H.M.'s SERVICES AND ARAB RULERS.' [39r] (77/548)
The record is made up of 1 file (274 folios). It was created in 24 Feb 1931-8 Feb 1948. 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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Confidential *
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.
,
D.0.NO.792-S of 1933
Bushire, the 3rd July 1933.
Please refer to your demi-official letter
No#C/206T^l(a) 8 of 18th June 1933 on the subject of
who should pay the first call - the
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.
June 1933 from Colonel Dickson from, which you will
see that at Kuwait i% is the Shaikh who makes the
first call. At Muscat, where the Sultan is His
Highness and gets 21 guns, both the
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.
and 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.
make the first call.
3. I think on the whole that as far as
Bahrain is concerned we had better leave things
as they are for the present, (unless the Shaikh
raises the question, which he probably won’t), i.e.
that the Shaikh should make the first call. The
Shaikh’s salute of 11 guns is after all only a
personal one and not attached to the office of
the Shaikh.
or the Shaikh
2
I enclose copy of a letuer No.138 of £9th
cf
- c.
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Correspondence in this file discusses the etiquette of gun salutes and exchange of calls in the Gulf. Topics include:
- the raising of the number of gun salutes for the Ruler of Kuwait and the Ruler of Bahrain from seven guns to eleven guns;
- a letter in Arabic (with English translation) from Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain, to Percy Gordon Loch, 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, expressing thanks to King George V for the granting of a seven guns as a personal salute;
- the programme and protocol for the visit of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, to Bahrain and Sharjah.
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- 1 file (274 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the back of the file. There are file notes ff 251-273.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-243; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/645
- Title
- '27/1 SALUTES AND EXCHANGES OF CALLS BETWEEN H.M.'s SERVICES AND ARAB RULERS.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:132v, 134r:239v, 241r:273v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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