‘File 12/5 II Accidents involving country craft’ [14v] (28/312)
The record is made up of 1 file (153 folios). It was created in 21 Apr 1945-4 Nov 1950. 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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The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to incidents involving local cargo vessels, frequently referred to as country craft, travelling through the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , usually between ports in Iraq, Iran and India. The incidents referred to include the sinking and running aground of vessels during bad weather (and the subsequent repatriation of crews), the failure of vessels to arrive in ports, and the seizure of cargo. The file’s principal correspondents are 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. at Bahrain and the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
The most significant incidents referred to in the file (those constituting the most paperwork) are:
- an incident occurring in December 1945 in which the cargo vessel Paris ran aground near the RAF aerodrome at Jīwani near Gwādar, and subsequently had its cargo confiscated. Correspondence covers the incident, statements from the vessel’s nakhuda (Jasim bin Rashid bin Hamadeh) and owner (Haji Ali bin Moosa Al Omran), and the pursuit of a case by the vessel’s owner through the Court of Kalat State (ff 12-37, ff 44-52, f 55, f 58, ff 66-70, ff 76-80);
- an incident occurring in July 1946 concerning the disappearance of the Samahan , a vessel carrying rice from Karachi to Marmagao, which was believed to have landed in a Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. port. The correspondence concerns efforts to trace the whereabouts of the vessels, its cargo and tindal Non-European boatswain or head of a group of labourers. (or native officer) (ff 59-61, f 65, ff 72-75, ff 84-93);
- incidents occurring in 1950 in which Iranian customs officials boarded vessels belonging to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and confiscated their cargo. The correspondence chiefly concerns the payment of compensation by the Iranian authorities to claimants from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , via the British authorities at Tehran and Bahrain (ff 113-142, ff 145-154).
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- 1 file (153 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. There are no file notes at the end of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 156; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-83; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located 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/15/2/1373
- Title
- ‘File 12/5 II Accidents involving country craft’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:3v, 10r:11v, 13r:16v, 18r:19v, 21r:25v, 27r:27v, 31r:34v, 36r:50v, 52r:52v, 54r:58v, 60r:60v, 63r:63v, 66r:67v, 69r:71v, 73r:74v, 76r:77v, 79r:79v, 82r:82v, 84r:84v, 88r:90v, 94r:95v, 97r:99v, 101r:115v, 117r:137v, 139r:146v, 148r:150v, 152r:152v, 154r:155v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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