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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [63r] (125/818)
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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4.
What is wanted In my judgment is a young political
officer with some knowledge of Arabic^ would be H
definitely rather under-worked. I would start him off in
the first year in the Kest House at Shargah, so that too
much fuss would not be created on the Coast by a proposal
to fix him in a house in one of the sheikhdoms, and I would
make it his business to move slowly about up and down the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and even into the Muscat area. He could be
subordinate, iSwever, to the P.A. Bahrein (this might be
better) or to the Resident. Unless the Admiralty attitude
is changed they would welcome it. Sir Trenchard Fowle has
always been opposed to this idea, but I am sure the case is
a good one and I hopeit may be pressed. As I say, I have
not mentioned the matter/to the Viceroy, but I think he
would support the idea.
5. As regards getting an A.P.A., this raises the
financial question, as does also Weightman’s suggestion
for the spending of money on intelligence. It has been with
very great difficulty, and only thanks to the personal
interest taken by the Viceroy, that Grigg has agreed to
restore a maximum of 6
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
for the Bushire
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.
,
and I am quite sure that it would be an error of tactics
to go back to the Government of India on any question of
Gulf expenditure until the contract budget has been
accepted. I ought also to say that I see hot the least
prospect of their giving way over the contract budget and
I think it is worth pushing on here because it is very
likely that the position in regard to it will be raised
by the Finance Department in connection with next year's
budget.
6. E.T. Coates, CIE., ICS., who, as Joi
the Finance Department, dealt with most of -
moment on leave and you might think it worth talking to him;
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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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