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File 4535/1928 Pt 8 ‘ – PERSIAN GULF – QUESTION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES OVER KOWEIT, BAHREIN, MUSCAT, TRUCIAL COAST.’ [36r] (65/194)
The record is made up of 1 item (96 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1927-14 May 1929. 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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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.
te the Viceroy,
Poreign it Political Department
and repeated by latter te
Secretary of State for Indie*
Row Delhi, 2nd NOTember, 1926,
Receired 2nd Horember, 1928, 8,47
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2197»g , Second and Last Part.
Recent ferment at Dabai was caused mainly by
fact that their confidence had been shaken, and they thought
they were being sacrificed te seme political end, net because
they wanted anyone instead ef Great Britain. On *y recent
tour I found a reaction against Wahabi influence.
At Bahrein our position is considerably inproTed,
Md I hare little doubt that, with preeent dangers put before
then and our difficulty in neeting then, sheikhs would ask for
definite British protection.
Thus at Kuscat and Bahrein there would be no
shocking of world sentinent, but a naturally expressed desire to
enter British hegemory for protecti©n 0
TTith Truciftl Chiefs, I would suggest a more
definite position rather than a protectorate which would
embarrass both them and us, for their advancement is not yet
such that we could approve.
Position ef Kewelt demands
reported separately.
our open protection as
A co nor suggest that these measures should be
taken immediately, but they should be eur accepted policy te be
put through a. occaeion or necessity arise, in near coming future
For instance, to meet Persian Goremment's claim,
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such^ that Of Persia. ^ ***** C#nduct
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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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