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Coll 7/39 'Persian Gulf: carrying of arms by Europeans and Americans in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms' [‎11r] (21/30)

The record is made up of 1 file (13 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1935-30 Nov 1936. It was written in English. 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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8 .
- 2 -
written permission for visiting places will required)
and if any doubt arises as to the adequacy of his mea
sures, the Shaikh should he approached about it* Neither
I, nor the Assistant 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. , nor the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Medical Officer, take arms with us (though our position
is on rather a different footing). Bin Sa*ud does not
allow arms to be carried by the employees of the Cali
fornia Arabian Standard Oil Company Limited. The em
ployees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company are not per
mitted to import arms or ammunition.
Although protection is the entire responsi
bility of the Shaikh concerned, it may be argued that
some sudden emergency may arise, for which the guards
may prove inadequate or that the guards or workers may
themselves give trouble. I think that the chances of
this, as the Company are working in the interests of
the Shaikh and under his specific protection, are small,
but that there is on the other hand a risk of trouble
from the ill-advised display or use of firearms by the
Company’s employees, should they be allowed to have them.
6 * later on, any of the Shaikhs invites (pre-
1 erably in writing to 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. sc that he may
not afterwards disclaim it) any employee of the Company
to shoot small game (as may well happen in, for example,
Bas-al-Khaimah), there would then be no objection to his
taking in a shot gun, provided that at the time 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. , Bahrain, agrees and that reasonable
precautions are taken against theft.
7 * 1 would recommend that the Company should be
asked to warn their employees that they should not bring
firearms or ammunition to Bahrain or to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
or Qatar.

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Correspondence regarding an enquiry as to whether Americans and Europeans employed in or travelling through the Gulf Shaikhdoms should be allowed to carry firearms. The matter was raised by Petroleum Concessions Limited, on behalf of one of their employees. The matter is discussed in correspondence 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 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. , and Petroleum Concessions Limited. It is ultimately decided that company employees may be in possession of shotguns and revolvers, but that rifles are to be prohibited.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).

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1 file (13 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; 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.

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