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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [92r] (183/818)
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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ar« In th#? «na nt th* yet after* their* defeat
they will conquai' In e few yeera’* la being «««K^>nly quoted*
The oren year oquiv^ent to r thoueand yea at thia ver-
ae la being ueed to make poodle believe that the time hae eont
for the fell of the "Srttiefc 'wpire end the revive! of the omn
3mpire*
(e) The story is bting put about that the lata ¥ eald*ney
Agent was deliberately poisoned by ua end that we ere ready
to poiaon any .Shaikh who dlapleeaea ua*
(f) One report atatee that new revolvers, riflea end mm*
nition are comion in the interior#
(g) Xntenaive Perelan pmprgmla ia in progreea, and in
foot I now have the nmta of some of the J eraiana living on
the oaet who are supposed to be i&plicrted* "i*he object of
thie propaganda la te lr*proae the sheikha and tha people -with
the fact that the Khgllah are now impotent end that the l’ax*
Mimw have *ssm ciyaterlcu* ncurce of power which will enable
them to free the oast from Hrltlah interference*
(h) Finally there la the cueai* Oibba atory, to which I
need not refer in greeter detail here*
b* Xt it were not for Oil end the Air Kottte down the Coast
we could take all theae fairly coolly, but aa ihln^a ore we
certainly cannot* X do not think it will be denied that air
corriunloationa with indie are vital both in ~>e*ce and war, and
that it is eaaentinl to ensure that tha weak link on the Tru-
dal Coast does not einstp* T believe also, though I acknowledge
it la only a partial opinion, that the aviating and potential
oil reaourcea of the J erolan Self will be vital to the :vjspire
in the event of war* Xt follows that wa cannot permit the 7ro»
del Coaat t© become a aeoret base for hostile operations, mna
equally A
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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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- 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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