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'3/3 Political Officer, Trucial Coast' [82v] (166/316)
The record is made up of 1 file (156 folios). It was created in 28 Sep 1939-20 Oct 1950. 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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CONDITIONS.
1. The Company or any Telegraph Company or Government Telegraph
Administration, by whom this telegram is or would in the ordinary course of the
telegraphic service be forwarded, may decline to forward such telegram alt oug
it has been received for that purpose ; but in such case the amount paid for
transmission will be refunded to the sender at his request.
2. Neither the Company nor any Telegraph Company, or Government Telegraph
Administration, by whom this telegram is or would in the ordinary course of the
telegraphic service be forwarded, nor any of their respective officers or servants
shall be liable to make compensation for any. loss, injury or damage arising or
resulting from non-transmission or non-delivery of the telegram, or delay or error
or omission in the transmission or delivery thereof, through whatever cause such
non-transmission, non-delivery, delay, error, or omission shall have occurred even
though occasioned by the neglect or default of such Company or Administration or
any officer or servant in their employ.
3 This telegram shall be forwarded in accordance with the provisions of the
International Telegraph Regulations and the provisions of such Regulations shall
be deemed to be binding between the sender and this or any Telegraph Company
or Government Telegraph Administration by whom this telegram is or would
in the ordinary course of the telegraphic service be forwarded.
4 The above mentioned conditions also apply to telegrams tendered to or
delivered by the Company by telephone, over a private line, or by any other
means whatsoever.
tiOTE.—Code words used in the text of telegrams must not contain more than 5 letters.
The use of accented letters is not permitted in code words. By International
Regulations, the sender of a telegram is obliged to produce the code from which
the text or part of the text in code has been compiled if requested by the office of
origin. 1
If figures and groups of figures, including commercial marks containing
figures and letters, are used in code telegrams directed to extra-European
destinations, their number, reckoned in accordance with the Rules for charging,
must not exceed one half of the number of chargeable words in the text and signature.
Full information respecting code telegrams may be obtained from any of the
Company's Branches.
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This file contains correspondence between the the British Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait; the British 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. at Bushire; the British Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah; Rooney, 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. Surgeon, Bushire; Air Officer Commanding, al-Ḥabbānīyah, Iraq; Khān Sāḥib Sayyid ‘Abd al-Razzāq, 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 Sharjah; Station Superintendent of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) at Sharjah; G H Middleton, Foreign Office, London.
This file covers the appointments and affairs of various people to the role of Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , between 1939 and 1950. They include: Captain John Baron Howes, Captain Roy Douglas Metcalfe, Cornelius James Pelly, Captain Maurice O'Connor Tandy, Reginald Michael Hadow, Captain Richard Evan Bird, Captain Raymond Clive Murphy, Captain Hugh Dunstan Rance, Gordon Noel Jackson, Captain J E Hudson, Patrick D Stobart and A J Wilton. The file also covers periods when the position was vacant, including April 1942 to March 1943 and August 1943 to October 1943.
Included within these papers is correspondence concerning the establishment of the position of Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; the appointment of officers and arrangements for their travel, accommodation (f. 86), acquiring a car (ff. 8-9, 23) leave (ff. 33-36, f 85) and replacements; correspondence concerning their reporting arrangements (f. 10) and duties, including reports on various journeys (ff 48-59, 69-72, 83-84) and a meeting with Ibrāhīm bin ‘Uthmān, Shaikh of Buraimi, and his men (ff. 24-33); a report concerning the necessity of the position vis-à-vis the increased number of RAF officers at Shajrah (ff. 76-77); and arrangements for accommodating Bertram Thomas, who is representing Shell, visiting the Rulers of Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
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Foliation: There are two different sequences of foliation. The correct sequence is written in pencil and the numbers circled. This runs from the front cover to the final page of text. The secondary foliation sequence commences at the first page of written text until the final page of text. Foliation errors: 2A.
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- IOR/R/15/2/180
- Title
- '3/3 Political Officer, Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2ar:2av, 2r:95v, 97r:156v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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