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'27/1 SALUTES AND EXCHANGES OF CALLS BETWEEN H.M.'s SERVICES AND ARAB RULERS.' [47r] (93/548)
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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H.M.S 'Bideford».
Re Calls*
^ S.JToiSI
On tiie evening of the 23rd July 1933 Captain Dennison
seemed to think that "informal” calls were not in order
as though the f Bideford 1 had "been to Bahrain during the
current year the Shaikh was absent at the time.
2). I immediately admitted that that fact had not been
knovm to me,and as expressed in my d.o my scheme of
"informal" calls was a suggestion and that only if he
approved of it would it be followed, I was only trying
to come to a mutual agreement and that as nothing had been
fixed up with the Shaikh,it was only too easy to indicate
that calls would be "official". Eventually Captain
Dennison said that,as the Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,had only just visited Bahrain,he thought
the calls might be "informal" this time though he
deprecated any "slackness" in such matters especially
after all the fuss made over the i ncreases in salutes
etc.,etc.,
24-7-1933.
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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