Coll 30/56 'Persian Gulf. Visit of 1st Destroyer Flotilla to: 1933. Durbar of Trucial Sheikhs at Debai [Dubai]. Reaffirmation of Lord Curzon's Statement of Policy in 1903' [5r] (9/161)
The record is made up of 1 file (79 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1933-28 Aug 1935. 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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DECTPHBR OF TELBGHAM.
Prom Government of India^ Foreign
and Political Department, to
Secretary of State for India? repeating
tQj.egram addressed to Bushireo
Dated Simla, 7th August, 1935o
Received 2.10 poiiio, 7th August, 1935 0 ^3^.
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1996 0 Addressed to Bushire and Secretary of State
for Indiao
Demi-rOfficialo Loch from Achesono It is proposed
tc include in this Department's draft for Hie Excellency's
address to the Legislatures, on September 16tl, a reference
to Gulf affairs in some such terms as follows: "His Majesty’s
Government and the Government of India have special relations
of long standing with independent Rulers of various States
on the Arab Coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and have admitted
special responsibilities towards them* In order to strengthen
these ties, end in view of the fact that the Arab Coast has
acquired a new and increasing importance as a result of the
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establishment of Imperial Airways route on the southern side
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of the Gulf p and having in view recent commercial developments,
His Majesty's Government, with the concurrence of tlu Sheikh
of Bahrein, have now transferred to Bahrein their naval
ntAtiona hitherto existing at Hen jam and BasidUo His
Highness the Sultan of Maskat and their Excellencies the r . f
Of/ XfiA/i ^ n Iaa ca&A- '
Sheikhs of Koweit and Bahrein, with the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Sheikiis,
continue to honour their agreements with Government of India
to facilitate the passage of aircraft which form a link of
ever increasing importance in the Empire chain of
communication - a link in which the Government of India have
a vital interest. I shall always remember with pleasure my
meating
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Two letters from the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department to the Secretary of State for India concerning the wording of an address regarding historical agreements between the British Government and local rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to be given by the Secretary in 1935 (folios 3-6).
Correspondence exchanged between the Foreign Office and the British Legation in Jeddah in 1935 regarding a query that had been raised by Ibn Saud's adviser, Fuad Bey Hamza, about historical agreements between the British Government and local rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 7-16).
Correspondence between officials at the Foreign Office, 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 the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. regarding a British naval flotilla tour of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that took place in September 1933 (folios 17-79). In addition to correspondence on this topic, the file also contains the following related documents:
- A first-hand account of the British naval flotilla tour of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in September 1933 written by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Officiating 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. (folios 22-31)
- 'Programme of a Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). of the Trucial Chiefs to be held on board H.M.S. Shoreham at Dibai [Dubai] on 23rd September, 1933' (folio 32)
- 'Address by the Honourable 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. to the Trucial Chiefs, at Dibai [Dubai] on the 23rd September 1933' (folios 33-35)
- 'Address by His Excellency the Viceroy at a Public Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). held on board H.M.S "Argonaut" on the 21st November 1903 at Shargah for the Arab Chiefs of the littoral' (folios 76-79).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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