‘File 12/14 Shipping. Miscellaneous accidents between dhows and steamers’ [‎4r] (7/60)

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The file comprises correspondence concerning three cases involving dhows, as follows:

• correspondence relating to a collision between a Bahrain-registered dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. and an Anglo-Iranian Oil Company tug at Khorramshahr in November 1943. Much of the follow-up correspondence concerns the seizure by the Iranian authorities of passports belonging to two Bahrainis who travelled to Khorramshahr to assist in affairs following the collision, and the Bahrain authorities’ efforts to have the passports returned. Principal correspondents in the case include: 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 (Major Tom Hickinbotham); the British Consul at Khorramshahr; the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) (ff 2-15);
• correspondence dated 1944 relating to an enquiry made by an Indian company, Kanayalal Deepchand Hinduja, seeking the whereabouts of their vessel, the Fathel Rahman , missing while travelling from Bombay to Basra, with 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 reporting, after enquiries made with the Customs Director at Bahrain and 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. Agent at Sharjah, that nothing is known of the vessel (ff 16-21);
• correspondence dated June 1949 relating to an incident taking place off the coast of Sharjah/Dubai, in which a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. engine caught fire, resulting in the death of one crew member and the injury of another, the latter taken on board HMS Flamingo for medical care. The principal correspondent in this case is the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Captain P Skelton) (ff 22-27).

Extent and format

1 file (28 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. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 28-29) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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 30; 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 2-20; 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, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script

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