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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [115r] (229/818)
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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AIR VICE -MARSHAL COURTNEY pointed out that even if this
were so, the Sheikh had refused for years to agree to a
landing ground in Qatar although it had been strongly pressed
for.
Reverting to the incident at Debai in October 1934,
Air Vice-Marshal Courtney repeated that the Air Ministry were
unable to find that the pronouncements of the Government of
India covered the support which the Royal Air Force had affor
ded. The Air Ministry, he said, were of course at all times
ready to give this support, but he must point out that they
had not formally assumed any obligation to do so. The second
proclamation issued by Colonel Fowle on the 24th of October
had warned the inhabitants that !T 0 those responsible
will be held to account''« This was in the last
resort a threat of force and it implied that His Majesty's
Government were prepared to take action beyond any that was
now formally provided for. If, therefore, the policy
recommended by Colonel Fowle was to be approved, the /iir
Ministry must press, if only out of consideration for the
Air Officer Commanding in Iraq., that the Committee should
make a recommendation to clarify the policy of His Majesty's
Government in regard to such action.
MR. RENDER suggested that, if His Majesty's Government
v/ere to admit their ultimate responsibility for the affairs of
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, such eventual action might be covered.
AIR VICE-MARSHAL COURTNEY and AIR VICE-MARSHAL BURNETT
referring to the fact that in certain possibilities the Air
Officer Commanding in Iraq might be called upon for assistance,
both insisted strongly that these possibilities were not by
any means remote. They v/ere, in fact, daily becoming more
urgent and when there were oil concessions to be protected the
Royal Air Force would need more facilities, such as landing
grounds, than were at present available. They could not,
therefore, agree to leave the matter in an uncertain state.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (407 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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