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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [13r] (25/818)
The record is made up of 1 file (407 folios). It was created in 27 May 1929-8 Aug 1939. 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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mud ta«ir p«opl««. 3owe for inotanco# Kis Majosty't
(lovermoot In order to assist the Iraq Government in the matter
of ohecklng amut&ling from Kuwait, though it was com,ion ground
that Juridically this was a matter for the Iraq Government to
deal with, were in favour of bringing "pressure* to bear on the
Shaikh in order to induce him to co-operate with the Iraqi
authorities. I was strongly opposed to this suggestion. In
which I had the support of the Government of India, and finally
for "pressure" was substituted "advice*. Recently also the
suggestion by the Foreign Office on the subject of the sale of
Idler al Meld to Ibn 3aud appeared to me, as to 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 the Government of India, to be open to serious objections.
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On the other hand the firm line ta^en lately by His Majesty*s
Government in the matter of hostile Iraqi propaganda against
Kuwait has had an excellent effect, not only at Kuwait but else
where on the Arab side of the Gulf.
6. /hen it hae been suggested - in cases such as above - that
"pressure* should be applied to the Kulera of the Arab States to
take some particular course of action, among the arguments
adduced have been those of "the wider issues involved* either
in peace or in the event of e major war. Whatever validity
the "wider issue* argument may have held in the past it has in
my opinion little to-day. The Arab side of the Gulf, a link
on the Imperial Air Route to India and beyond, and the site of
a number of oil-fields potential as well as actual, is a wide
enough issue to compete successfully with most other isauss
in this part of the world, both from the peace and the war
fc^A9- T i p0lnt 0f " hu * th * ’di.ooT.rjr* of • pooeiblo »ltorn a -
'* w ' tlTo Military motor routo from tho hoad of tho Gulf to the Vediter-
■ftwowjii* AwdSa ranean via Kuwait and Amman haw added to its stratsgic&l imp or t-
'wUi. ^ o I a nee.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British Government policy on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Specifically, this includes discussions concerning the possibility of appointing an 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. to the region, incorporating it into civil air routes and whether or not Britain should take more formal control of the area. The correspondence is primarily between officials at 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. in Bushire, the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, 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. , the Air Ministry and the Foreign Office.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains the following:
- Minutes from several meetings of the 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East' (folios 103-131, 149-174, 353-354)
- 1929 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. memorandum entitled 'Future Policy on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' (folios 333-337)
- 1929 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. memorandum entitled 'Question of British Interference in the Administration of Bahrain' (folios 342-345)
- 1928 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. memorandum 'The Trucial Chiefs, 1908-1928' (folios 401-404)
- 1928 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. memorandum 'El Katr [Qatar], 1908-16' (folio 406)
- a series of ten small photographic portraits of tribal leaders from the region (folios 28-32).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (407 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate 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 409; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-382; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:27v, 33r:295v, 298r:313v, 315r:408v, 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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