PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes' [60r] (119/136)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938. 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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D BCYPHER Of TELEGRAM.
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CIRCULATED)
From
LieutCol.Fowle to Secretary of
State for India,
Dated
Dated Shiraz, 27th July, 1937,
Received 27th July, 1937, 6,30 poflu
XXX
T/128 ,
Your telegram No,I960, July 24th,
I issued circular to authorities concerned that
WillxamBon should not he given visa for
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Sheikhdoms without reference to me and I informed Political
Agent* Bahrain* that, if Williamson arrived at Bahrain, he
should not he permitted to visit Truoial Coast or Qatar without
similar reference,
2* Besides intriguing against Sheikh of Dihai, from
evidence in my possession there is no doubt Williamson
intrigued against Company,
3 C Anglo«"Persian Oil Company informed me that
Petroleum Conceesions Limited intending taking over
Williamson from them* On July 19th s I accordingly
telegraphed
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, to inform Wratislaw,
local representative of Petroleum Concessions at Bahrain,
of the facts of the ease and that I thought it undesirable
that Willi^Egon should be employed anywhere on the Arab
Coasts
2SJUL1937
1NL
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The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the correspondence is 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. and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns objections to the potential employment of Holmes as a negotiator on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrein [Bahrain] and Koweit [Kuwait], and his past record as a negotiator on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and as Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
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- 1 file (68 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear 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 68; 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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- Title
- PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
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- front, front-i, 2r:67v, 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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