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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [130v] (271/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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We opened these seas to the ships of all nations, and enabled their
flags to fly in peace. We have not seized or held your territory.
We have not destroyed your independence, but have preserved it. We
are not now going to throw away this century of costly and triumphant
enterprise; we shall not wipe out the most unselfish page in history.
The peace of these waters must still be maintained; your independence
will continue to be upheld; and the influence of the British Govern
ment must remain supreme.
There is one respect in which the Chiefs themselves can avert any
renewal of trouble in the future. The British Government have no
desire to interfere, and have never interfered, in your internal affairs,
provided that the Chiefs govern their territories with justice, and
respect the rights of the foreign traders residing thereiu. If any
internal disputes occur, you will always find a friend in the British
Resident, who will use his influence, as he has frequently done in
the past, to prevent these dissensions from coming to a head, and to
maintain the status quo ; for we could not approve of one independent
Chief attacking another Chief by land, simply because he was not
permitted to do it by sea, and thus evading the spirit of his Treaty
obligations. I will mention a case that seems to lend itself to friendly
settlement of the character that I have described. You are all of
you aware that a certain portion of that strip of the Oman coast known
as the Batineh, on the opposite side of the Oman Peninsula, is under
the authority of the Chief of the Jowasmis, Nevertheless, his authority
is contested in some quarters. It is desirable that these disputes
should cease, and that the peace should remain undisturbed.
Chiefs, these are the relations that subsist between the British
Government and yourselves. The Sovereign of the British Empire
lives so far away that none of you has ever seen or will ever see his
face; but his orders are carried out everywhere throughout his vast
dominions by the oflicers of his Government, and it is as his representa
tive in India who is responsible to him for your welfare that I am here
to-day to exchange greetings with you, to renew old assurances, and to
wish you prosperity in the future.
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (222 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:21r, 23r:42r, 43r:44r, 45r, 48v, 59v, 62r, 74r, 77r:77v, 79r:79v, 80v:91v, 93r, 121v, 123r:130v, 147r:162v, 167r:168r, 172r:173v, 178r:182v, 188r, 201r:206r, 209v, 210v, 214v:216v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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