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File 4535/1928 Pt 8 ‘ – PERSIAN GULF – QUESTION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES OVER KOWEIT, BAHREIN, MUSCAT, TRUCIAL COAST.’ [34r] (61/194)
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From
The Political Besldsnt in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to Viceroy,
Foreign and Political
(COPIBS
CIRCULATED)
Foreign
De partial
Dated New Delhi, 2nd Noveiaher 3 1926
Received 8.25 p.m.» 2nd November, iggp
X X
2197-3. First of two part s. '
Resident in the Persian Gulfs telegram
of October 27th, 1070, repeated to Baghdad for
Bray. Begins 3 ‘present development in Muscat
will clear the air and show hopeless ineptitude
of Muscat Government, and the fact that, it is not
only dependent upon Great Britain for existence s
but that it is only kept alive by artificial
respiration. It has no life of its own. When
troubles comes, leaders of imaors Government » nd rebels
immediately address British officials, since they
are the only people who really count.
Our protectorate is, perhaps, more real
hfiie jhan anywhere else. I see no hope for the
future except by our increased, not decreased, supports
m future, also, when we have put finances right,
Sultsa with his light temperament may became •independent?
The world is moving in ideas which affect brains which
ar« unfitted to accept thou, in the past, Sultans of
Muscat have fcsan subject to foreign influence « nd
become unfriendly, j would make our position safe for
the future now, whan Muscat is dependent upon us for
its
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This part contains papers relating to the question of whether Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain], Muscat, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Sheikdoms should become formal British protectorates, including the views on this question of the following: the 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. ; HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Robert Clive); the Government of India; the Colonial Office; 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. ; and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
This part also includes papers relating to the question of the terms of a draft article for inclusion in a treaty with Persia [Iran] regarding the status of Bahrain.
The papers include correspondence, 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. memoranda, 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. Political Department minute papers, and Committee of Imperial Defence Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee papers.
The main correspondents are 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 Government of India Foreign and Political Department, and the 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth).
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