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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [435r] (869/1203)
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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just before sunset. The next day the Commanding Officer
returned the call, leaving Mr. Allison and Mr. Williamson
ashore as guests of the Shaikh.
x xxx
Before returning to Ras-al-Khaimah to re-embark
the A.I.0.C. party, LUPIN spent one evening at Bu Musa and
then went to Sharjah to meet the east and west bound planes
as the former was bringing down the ship 's air mail from
Bahrain.
The Shaikh called in the forenoon; he seemed a
littled disappointed that the A.I.0.C. geologists were not
visiting Sharjah as he had been led to expect, but it was
explained that time and the hot weather prevented their
remaining for any length of time on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
just now.
x xxx
BUSHIRE. 6th - 11th AUGUST.
After a stay of only two days at Bahrain LUPIN
visited Bushire, anchoring on arrival at the inner anchorage.
The Commanding Officer called first on the acting the
Honourable 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.
- Colonel Gordon Loch,
C.I.E. - and then on the acting Governor; the latter
returned the call at 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.
. Next morning the ship
shifted berth, anchoring off Bushire.
The weather was fine but terribly hot. the sea
temperature being 96°F.; I was fortunate In being asked to
stay at 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.
. The Wardroom officers very much
appreciated the kindness of the Honourable The Political
Resident and Mrs. Loch in asking them daily to lunch, tennis
and dinner, as conditions on board with a south east wind
were trying.
XX xx
KOWEIT. 12th AUGUST.
The Gommanding Officer called on the Political
Agent and the Shaikh of Koweit: both of these calls were
returned next day and salutes of 11 and 7 guns were fired
respectively.
His Excellency Shaikh Sir Ahmed al-Jahir al-Sabah
is soon expected back from his visit to England. Shaikh
Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah is at present holding the
position of Shaikh of Eoweit. Shaikh Abdullah very kindly
invited the Commanding Officer and two officers to have an
Arab dinner with him in front of his house situated in the
bay east of the town.
X X X X
The Shaikh of Koweit in referring to the Italian -
Abyssinian troubles mentioned that any Italian success
would not be likely to react in our (British) favour, as the
Arabs as a whole were sided strongly in favour of the
Abyssinians against the Europeans.
x
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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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- Title
- Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:462v, 463v:601v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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