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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [156r] (311/818)
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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EXTRAC j 1 i'R()M_VICER' Y * 3 AD D REA'^ J?T_ TRUCIAI- SH AIKHS ^
DATED 21st NOVEMBER, 19Q3»
0Ai 0 1s of the -,:ir8.h Coo£t who are in freaty re-i-o ti o_n
with the British Gove rnmento - I have come here as the
representative in the great Empire of India of the British
authority which you and your fathers and fore-fathers have
known and dealt with for more than a hundred years? and my
object is to show you, that though you live at some distance
from the shores of India, you are not forgotten by the
Government, but that they adhere to the policy of guardianship
and protection which has given you peace and guaranteed your
rights for the best part of the century? and that the first
Viceroy of India who has ever visited these waters does nou
quit them without seeking the opportunity of meeting you in
person and of renewing the assurances and engagements by
which we have been so long united 0
Chiefs, your fathers and grandfathers before you have
doubtless told you of the history of the past. You know
that a hundred years ago there were constant trouble and
fighting in the Gulf; almost every man was a .mrauder or a
pirate; kidnapping and slave-trading flourished; fighting
and bloodshed went on without stint or respite; no ship
could put out to sea without fear of attack; the pearl
fishery was a scene of annual conflict; and security of trade
or peace there was none. -hen it was that the Brit.sn
Government intervened and said that, in the inter*-.* 3 •■'S 0l
its own subjects and traders, and of its legitimate influence
in the seas that wash the Indian coasts, this state of
affairs must not continue. British flotillas appeared in
these waters. British forces occupied the ports and towns
on the coast that we see iron this deck. The struggle
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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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- 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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