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File 4535/1928 Pt 8 ‘ – PERSIAN GULF – QUESTION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES OVER KOWEIT, BAHREIN, MUSCAT, TRUCIAL COAST.’ [40r] (73/194)
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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COIIIIT?^ 0? i:.'?ZRIAL DSPEl'CS.
Persian 3-ul" lub-Committee.
e.;utici:s wit tt crucial chirps alt ka?r.
’’ einoranciun by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
A- tne nee tin; o the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Sub-Connittee
-■eld on the 24t’ October, the question was raised whether
it was Desirable tor us to enter into closer relations
vrith the Crucial Chiefs and the Sheikh of Katr, or to
convert our existing agreements with them into
i egulnr "Protectorate" treaties, I undertook to circulate
a memorandum on the subject for the information of ~y
colleagues.
In pursuance of this undertaking, I circulate
a memorandum which has been prepared in ry department. It
summarises the considerations by which we hard hitherto
”, and f o’ jectiot tt } ve
■ sen felt to any avoidable extension of our commitments.
f’ese objections retain their force; but it is a.question
' 1 CO' ' ■ ■
t’-e,wider consiclerttione of policy that require us to
consolidate our position in tbe fersia.n Gulf as a, whole.
This is a question vr ic’ I thin!- that the Committee
s ould take an early opportunity of discussing.
Coicuia Office, 3 C ;. l.S. A'hTu.
Lovember 2,192 .
9
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* Hatters ; elating to t’ o oolitica. control of the
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and of Katr ;.re prirmril- the concern of
Gov irnment
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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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