Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [386r] (771/818)
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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f ' ' 133-3. of 1929.
British Reside!
Bu sh
and ^Consulate-General,
Apjril 1929.
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From
19 1 9
To
ENCLOSURE ifc
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY'S
Tne .ion*ble jir B.'w. Johnston, K.C.I.li.,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
1 *
Letter No. [ 4 0
Dated 10 MAY. 1929
Received £ ^
Succession to the Chiefshin of Abu Dhabi
habi.
I have the nonour to refer to your letter Bo. 58-R.,
dated the 13th June 1923, to which you nave just called
attention in your letter Bo. F.53-B/23, of tne 9th April 1929.
2. Tne suggestions for checking tne series of murders
in the Shaikh family of Abu Dnabi emanated from my predecessor
who apparently found tne practical imposition of any remedy
to be impossible witnout the assumption of a very mucn greater
amount of internal control than is consistent with his hajesty^
Governments policy on txie Prucial Coast, and, I air informed,
delayed his reply in the hope that tne deliberations of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence
would result in the policy of a greater degree of
interference in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
internal affairs.
3. History wil, I think, show few Societies which have
not passed through the stage of the assumption of power
murder. That it is inhumane every one will admit, but there
are many things going on on tne Arab Coast that are much more
inhumane, and the murder of a ohaikn is only a symptom of a
primitive state of affairs from which development must be
gradual and which cannot be altered by the mere suppression
of taat symptom. Though there may be possibly some sympathy
for the first Shaikh, it is difficult to feel any for mis
successors
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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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- Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs'
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- front, front-i, 2r:27v, 33r:295v, 298r:313v, 315r:408v, back-i, back
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