'File 14/242 (B Series 8/4) SHAIKH OF FUJAIRAH'

Content

This brief file consists of four letters concerning the issues arising if a visa were to be issued on Muscat passport to the Shaikh of Fujaira. The correspondents are 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. ; Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat (Tom Hickinbotham and Ralph Ponsonby Watts) and Saiyid Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat.

The letters discuss how the issuing of such a visa would be tantamount to British acknowledgement that the Shaikh of Fujairah came under the suzerainty of Muscat. In a letter 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. gives a response based on consultation of records from 1903 between the Government of India 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. . This showed that they were both strongly of the opinion that Fujairah should remain under the "Jowasmi [Qasimi] Chiefs" but that they did not want to "interfere authoritatively" in the internal disputes. The final letter in the file from 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat, advises a strategy to deal with the issue.

Extent and format

1 volume (10 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio. The file also bears a former foliation system of uncircled numbers beginning at 3 (folio 3) and ending at 11 (folio 9).

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/290

Former external reference(s)

B Series: 8/4 A Series: 14/242

History of this record

Date(s)

1 May 1939-5 Jun 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyPolitical Agent and Consul, MuscatShaikh of Fujairah

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