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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [‎406v] (812/818)

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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or transfer of territory to other Powers, and the maintenance of relations with
foreign Powers already accepted by those Chiefs. In order to secure the
signature of the Sheikh, it was agreed that the articles of the^ treaty
(7, 8 and 9) which related to the admission of British subjects to Katr for
trading purposes and their protection while so engaged, the admission of
an Agent on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, and the establishment of *
post and telegraph offices in Katr, should remain inoperative for the present,
while a minor concession was made in respect of the retention by the Sheikh
and his dependents of negro slaves actually in their possession, on the
understanding that they w T ould receive “fair and just treatment.”
7. The one respect of importance in which the treaty went beyond the
normal type of Trucial treaty was that it contained an undertaking that the
good offices of His Majestv’s Government should be granted to the Sheikh
in the event of unprovoked aggression against him by land within the
territories of Katr (Article XI). The assurance in question did not, however,
in practice impose any very serious liability on His Majesty’s Government,
as was shown when a tentative appeal was made to it by the Sheikh in 1922
(see para. 9 of Memorandum on the Trucial Sheikhs, 1908-28, on page
8. The treaty was ratified by the Governor-General of India in Council
on 28th March 1918. * The history of Katr from the date of its conclusion
is dealt with in the Memorandum on the Trucial Chiefs on page but it
may be recorded here that the position of its ruler was recoguised on the
conclusion of the European War by the grant to him of the C.I.E. (3rd June
1919) and of a salute of seven guns—honours of which he is the only
recipient among the chiefs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
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. ,
5th September 1928.
J. G. L.

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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:

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' [‎406v] (812/818), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3747, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100057172202.0x00000d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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