'File 14/242 (B Series 8/4) SHAIKH OF FUJAIRAH' [‎4r] (7/20)

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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).

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English in Latin script

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