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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [‎124r] (247/1203)

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The record is made up of 1 file (600 folios). It was created in 25 Feb 1935-10 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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b. The Assyrians. Reference to paragraph 6 of the Persian
Gulf Intelligence report for Dec. 1937 and para. 13 of the Peh.
1938. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Intelligence report. It has now been
established that this scheme had not the sanction of the
Italian Government.
CR.A.F. Intelligence Summary).
BUSHI RiS
9. Srnuftftling. Four dhows carrying contraband were waught
during the month of February by a naval motor boat and brought
into Bushire where they were handed over to the Customs
Authorities. The Director of Customs, suspecting underhand work bj
the Naval Authorities, himself inspected the navy boat, and, as i
result, found some forty pieces of ctth of the smuggled goods
I in the motor,; boat. He confiscated the find and is considering
what action to take.
(British Consul, Bushire
Fishing. Reference paragrax^h 6 of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Intelligence Report for January, 1938. The fishing Trawler
"Rashgu" is still operating in the Gulf and has been reported
as visiting Bushire and other Gulf ports during the month of
February.
(British Consul, Bushire).
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. . Having left Bushire on 29th
March, Sir Trenchard Fowle proceeded to England by air from
Bahrain on 23rd. He will be away about 5 weeks.
(Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ).
Bahrain.
12. His Highness Sir Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah, K.C.I.K.,
C.S.I., the ruler of Bahrain, arrived back from the Haj on 2nd
March 1938. He was accorded a very warm reception by the public.
(Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ).
TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
13. Abu DHabi . As a result of slave trading in his
territories, the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi has lostfbr the present the
good Offices of His Majesty's Government. This involves the
stoppage of travel papers for himself and his subjects.
(P.A. Bahrain.)
DiSBAl.
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14. On the 27th February 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. visited Debai
in H.M.J. BIDiSFORD. During his visit he asked the Shaikh to
depofct two residents who, according to reliable information,
were trading in arms. The bhaikh agreed to do this, on the
14th March however serious agitation began at Debai
(a) Against the deportation of the two indiviuuals.
(b) Against the manumission of slaves (there has been a
increase in the numbers in the last four months) with
apparently some fear that manumission on a large scale
amounting to a general emancipation/was intended.
The 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. Agent reported that it was (b) which was
the real issue and that this had aroused much feeling. "Bideford
was despatched to Debai and took a letter to the shaikft reminding
him of his responsibility for the protection of British lives and
property,..

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The file consists of extracts of reports on naval affairs and general intelligence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. sent from the Admiralty to 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 extracts were sent approximately every month and cover the whole of the period 1935-39. The extracts are drawn from reports of proceedings of the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and ships of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division (particularly HMS Shoreham , HMS Bideford , HMS Deptford , and HMS Fowey ), and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Intelligence Report. The latter includes reports from British naval officers, British officials in the Gulf, and Royal Air Force (RAF) intelligence summaries.

The reports cover such subjects as: details of the movements of British naval vessels; affairs of local rulers; the movements of ships of the Imperial Iranian Navy (particularly the sloops HIMS Babr and HIMS Palang ); slavery; the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū]; artesian wells; affairs of local populations; social activities aboard British ships; the French naval presence in the region; appointments of British naval officers; European and Japanese shipping in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; trade; the Iranian armed forces; measures to control smuggling; British searches of dhows; British travellers in the region; official events and commemorations; the pearl industry; Saudi Arabian affairs; air travel; Iraq; the war between Italy and Abyssinia; communications; the oil industry; movements of oil tankers; outbreaks of smallpox; Palestine; the Arab press; and official visits.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (600 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 601; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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.

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