File 1265/1907 ‘Persian Gulf:- Wireless Stations' [47r] (102/434)
The record is made up of 1 volume (213 folios). It was created in 1904-1912. 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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oppression they had a ready refuge at hand; with the result that generally
speaking the treatment, by the Arab element, of this oppressed class would
have to undergo amelioration.
7. Ten years ago our position on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
was specifically taken
into review by the Government of India, and, in the course of the correspondence
which then ensued, my predecessor wrote on the 12th December 1902 :—
“ For all practical and necessary purposes the Trucial Chiefs may be
considered to be under our protection and there is no necessity to make this
protectorate more formal unless and until future developments in the Gulf
make it advisable
In the decade which has since passed there have undoubtedly been a good
many developments, and, while all around them the maritime communities
have made some measure of progress in the direction of civilization, the Trucial
Chiefs have practically stood still. There has been no want of effort on the
part of the representative of Government to cultivate and keep in touch with
these Shaikhs, and I personally have been afforded much better opportunities
than my predecessors for doing so. For whereas formerly the personal
association of the Resident with them was as a rule limited to one formal
visit during the year, my own visits have been very much more frequent.
I have made two extensive land journeys at different times through their
hinterland and have had to visit the coast frequently in connection with
the collection of material for the Gulf Gazetteer. I know them all well
individually, and in questions of succession, and internal politics inter se, they
seem to be no less ready than of old to look to the Resident for arbitration in
their disputes and difficulties, and to accept his decisions. But so far as their
external relations are concerned and the display of any inclination on their
part to move with the times, I regret that I can see no change at all. They
remain in the same condition of bigoted ignorance as they did ten years ago
and show not the least inclination to emerge from it.
8 . To revert for a few moments to past events. The Government of
India are aware that Mr. New was appointed Vice-Consul at Lingah with
the idea that we should be able to use him also for occasional sojourns at
Debai, and thus make a beginning; for a better order of things. Although I
was not entirely free from misgiving, I was hopeful when I addressed Govern
ment in November that if I took Mr. New down to Debai in the “ Lawrence ”
and stayed there a few days until he had had time to get on terms with the
Shaikh I should be able to induce the latter to make him welcome there for
a period, and that this would prepare the way for regular periodical sojourn.
When the attack on the landing party of H.M.S. “Hyacinth” was
reported, all my hopes in this direction were upset, and it seemed to me either
that the *idea of bringing about better representation on the coast must be
banished altogether for a long time to come, or else that the British officer
must be installed as an item of the measures taken by us in connection with
the attack on our blue-jackets. The Government of India considered the
latter course out of the question, and meanwhile, as was inevitable in any case,
the incident has since been made the subject of much organised misrepresent
ation and hostile comment in the Turkish and vernacular press, and we seem
further removed than ever from the certainty of being able to instal a British
representative by friendly means. Moreover as far as Debai is concerned, and
its present Shaikh, I fear that the same considerations will hold, so far as they
apply in regard to the project for the installation of a wireless telegraph
station.
9 In this connection I would observe that even if it were not indispensi-
hl that the clerk in charge of the wireless should be an Englishman, a station
ould hardly be inaugurated without a flag to cover it or a guard to protect it,
C d under existing conditions, sceptical as I am of the bond fides of the Shaikh’s
apprehensions, I doubt whether it would be wise to attempt to carry the
asure through without the discretion and wherewithal to use force majeure
•f 16 ecessary. But in any case I gather from His Excellency the Commander-
' -^hief that, even if the wireless station for Debai receives early sanction,
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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about proposals for the establishment of wireless telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bahrain, Bushire, Debai [Dubai] and Zora near Ajman instead of Kuwait. The main correspondents are the following: ministers and senior officials at the Foreign Office, 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. and the Admiralty in London; the Viceroy and Governor General of India in Council and his senior officials at both the Foreign Department and the Marine Department of the Government of India in Calcutta and Simla [Shimla]; the Commander-in-Chief, HM Ships and Vessels, East Indies Squadron (also referred to as the Naval Commander-in-Chief) and the Commander and Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division. They also discuss arms control and relations with the chiefs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms, the drafting of a Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. conferring on the Bahrain 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. jurisdiction over British subjects and foreigners in Bahrain, and the cost of establishing a Vice-Consulate at Lingah. Included in the correspondence is a report of a naval coastal survey of the Khor (inlet) at Zora near Ajman together with a navigational plan of the entrance to the Al Ajman and Zora Khors, made in 1911.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1265 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Wireless Stations) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 213; 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. A previous foliation sequence has been partially superseded and therefore crossed out. The front cover and a preceding flyleaf have not been foliated.
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