'File 3/3 Persian Navy' [26r] (51/200)
The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1932-29 Dec 1937. 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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copy
Copy sent to Government of India*
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.
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WHITEHALL, S.W.l*
P.Z.7127/32.
28th November 1932.
Secret.
Sir
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to
acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd November, No*
M.02989/32, on the subject of the action to be taken in the
event of Persian warships visiting the States on the Arabian
Coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
without notification, and to refer
to the latest telegrams (noted in the margin} on this subject
Prom Government of India ,cal Kesident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
*
2i8t November, 2621*
Prom Political Kesident, 2* Sir Samuel Hoare has care
24th November,T/l03.
light of the views expressed by the various authorities
interested* No difficulty appears to arise as regards
, contingencies ^a) and (b) discussed in paragraph 3 of Colonel
Fowled telegram No»705 of 31st October* As regards
is perhaps not of very substantial importance save in the
case of Bahrain* In the case of the other Arab States of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, if the Commander of a Persian warship expresses
his desire to pay a ceremonial call, despite the fact that
prior notification has not been given of the arrival of his
ship, the Secretary of State, in the light of the views
expressed in paragraph 2 of the Admiralty letter of 22nd
November, agrees that such a call might be accepted on the
first occasion, though it should in his view, be followed
*1
from the Government of India and the
T )
) iconsidored the situation as a whole in the
Qontingency (c) referred to in that telegram, the point
The Secretary,
ADMIRALTY,
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This file concerns visits of Persian warships to Arab ports. The two main issues discussed are whether Arab rulers in the Gulf should be formally notified prior to any visits to their ports by Persian warships, and, in cases where notification has not been received, whether a call to visit should be accepted. Much of the file consists of copies of telegrams relating to this matter between 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, and the British Minister, Tehran. Other correspondents include the following: 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. , Kuwait; the Secretary to 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ].
Other matters discussed in the file include: a reported incident of an officer of a Persian warship hauling down a British flag at Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū]; a subsequent tour of the Gulf by a flotilla of eight British destroyers, and its perceived effect on opinion in Kuwait.
The file also includes a copy of an address, given by 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. to the Trucial Chiefs [rulers of the Trucial states A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ] at Dibai [Dubai], on 23 September 1933.
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- 1 file (98 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-99, and ff 3-99; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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