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'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --' [‎52r] (103/178)

The record is made up of 1 volume (87 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1909-19 Jan 1914. 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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Umberto Omar then informed tbe Political
Agent that the Italian Consul-General at
Aden would restore the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. “Khadra”
to Abdulla Hilal, the Sultan of Maskat’s
representative at Aden, subject to the
following conditions; and he asked 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. to press the Sultan to agree
to these proposals :—
Firstly .—His Highness • to instruct
Abdulla Hilal by telegraph to sign an agree
ment in the Sultan of Maskat s name
recognising the legality of the seizure.
Secondly .—Abdulla Hilal to renounce
his claim to his 1,000 dollars which were on
board the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. at the time of seizure, because
(a) this sum had been spent by the Italian
Government in sending to Zanzibar passengers
found on board the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , and (6) in sending
the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. to Massowah and Aden from Hafun.
Thirdly .—That Abdulla Hilal undertook,
in the Sultan of Maskat’s name, in the name of
the master of the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , and in the name of
everybody else who claimed an interest in the
dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , to resign all and every claim for com
pensation.
Fourthly.—Ttet Abdulla Hilal agreed that
the rifle found on board remains confiscate.
The Agent went on to say that the Italian
Government would return the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. only on
these conditions; that if the Sultan did not
agree the matter would be referred to a prize
court. The Agent hoped that, by the accept
ance of these conditions, tbe Sultan would be
shown every consideration by the Italian
Government and an apology offered by them
for the destruction of his flag.
The Sultan indignantly repudiated what
he considered the injustice of the proposals
and asked for the special support of the British
Government.
In view of the action of the British Gov
ernment in the recent Trench flag case {vide
paragraph 23 of the Memorandum for January
1909), 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 considered it incumbent upon Govern
ment to give the Sultan the support which he
desired. The disrespect shown by the local
Italian authorities to the Sultan’s flag had
placed the British local officers in a false
position, and might very well lead the Sultan’s
subjects to revive, for their own protection, the
use of foreign flags, a practice which it is to
the interests of both the British and Italian
Governments to prevent.
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. was also of opinion
that the present incident gave point to the
grounds already urged for the adoption by the
Sultan of a distinctive flag, which would
distinguish the craft of his subjects from those
who sail under the plain red flag of Islam,

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The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from January to August 1909 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month of ... relating to affairs in Persia, and the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. The memoranda are dated and despatched by the Officiating Deputy Secretary to the Government of India (L W Reynolds). Also included in the file are letters of instruction from Deputy Secretary to the Government of India 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. , Kuwait, emphasising the confidential nature of the reports and with instructions on the procedure of transfer and acknowledgement to be followed by successive Political Agents. Also included in the file are letters of receipt from 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 (William Henry Irving Shakespear; Stuart George Knox; William George Grey).

Each memorandum includes a table of contents. Topics covered in the memoranda include:

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1 volume (87 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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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