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File 4535/1928 Pt 14 ‘Persian Gulf: Political Control: 1. Telegraphic Communication between British Authorities in the Persian Gulf. 2. Conditions under which Pol. Rs. P. Gulf may communicate with A.O.C. Iraq.’ [96r] (91/190)
The record is made up of 1 item (94 folios). It was created in 19 Jun 1928-19 Mar 1931. 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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circumstances I personally doubt whether they would resist
for long. It may however he contended that as soon as
the flight were withdrawn the Bani Bu Ali would reoccupy
Sur and again reduce the local Muscat authorities to
impotence. This risk could he eliminated however if they
were compelled to furnish hostages for good behaviour
and one or two of their leading men were compelled to
reside in Muscat for some years to come. Further, in this
connection I would invite attention to paragraph 2 of the
note of the situation in Sur prepared by Captain O’Connor
on Sur, a copy of which was forv/arded for the information
of the Government of India. As Captain O'Connor therein
points out Ali Bin Abdulla, Shaikh of the Bani Bu Ali, who
is largely asponsible for the present attitude of the tribe,
lives himself only forty miles inland, that is within easy
reach of aircraft. Hitherto he has considered himself in
complete security because he knows that the Muscat State
do not possess any military force sufficient to attack his
own dwelling and that it is inaccessible from the sea. The
presence of aeroplanes at Sur, however, would, I think,
speedily make him realise that he was no longer so
inaccessible as formerly and cause him to reflect, and if
necessary the fact could be emphasised by sending a machine
or two to fly over his village. For the above reasons I am
disposed to think that if the authority of the Muscat State
was supported by one of His Majesty's ships, and some
aeroplanes acting on the lines suggested above, it would, in
all likelihood, prove effective and adequate and that by
these means the tribe could be compelled to give hostages:
it would be very much cheaper than the raising of a special
force to occupy Sur and would certainly seem worth trying.
If the Government of India so desire I could approach the
Air Officer Commanding, 'Iraq Command, regarding the
feasibility ofthe measures which I have outlined and
communicate
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This part contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to communications between British authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The papers mainly concern the following: the sharing of telegraphic communications between the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. at Bushire, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Government of India; and the channel of communication to be adopted when air matters were under discussion between 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. and the Air Officer Commanding in Iraq.
The main correspondents are as follows: 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; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. ; the Colonial Office; and the Air Ministry. This part also includes internal correspondence between 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. officials.
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- File 4535/1928 Pt 14 ‘Persian Gulf: Political Control: 1. Telegraphic Communication between British Authorities in the Persian Gulf. 2. Conditions under which Pol. Rs. P. Gulf may communicate with A.O.C. Iraq.’
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