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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [38r] (75/818)
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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11 ee in the hands of His T-teJesty’s Government or the Government
of India in regard to a True ial Coast -ihailchdom. (Incidentally*
the Juridical position of Kuwait and Bahrain vis a vie His
( Majesty’s Government is the^s&ine as that of the Crucial Coast
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3haiichaoms. Muscat is of course an independent sovereign State.)
The imposition therefore of & close administration over the
True ial Coast Shai^chdoma would juridically be accompanied by some
difficulties. I do not say that these difficulties could not be
overcome, but the real question at issue appears to be* Is such
an administration worth while ?
(b) To establish a close administration over the Trucial
Coast 1.e. to institute tribal subsidies (of which we do not pay
a penny at present), build roads, raise levies, appoint local
Political Officers, and work more and more through them and less
and leas through the hhaikhs, ma<ce ourselves responsible for law
and order and the administration of Justice, employ the Hoyal Air
Force for punitive measures whenever we considered it necessary,
in other words to H take over" the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, all this - or
some modification of it - would not I thin* be difficult. The
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
is are not formidable, lirfe the Pathan oi cne North
Vest Frontier Province for example, and it would be mainly a
matter of His Majesty’s Government and the Government of India
between them providing the necessary funds and shouldering the
necessary new comaitments.
(c) The result of this close administration, if carried
far enough (an important point), would undoubtedly be that the
Bhaikhs would (metaphorically) spring smartly to attention and
salute when spoken to, instead of being extremely evasive,
obstinate and obstructive as they so often are at present, and
that /
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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)
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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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- Title
- 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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