File 1265/1907 ‘Persian Gulf:- Wireless Stations' [199r] (406/434)
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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[Confidential.]
No. 1023 , dated Bushire, the 29 th March (received 6 th April) 1908 .
From—M ajor P. Z. Cox, C.I.E,,
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.
,
To—S. H. Butler, Esq., C I.E, Secretary to the Government of India in the
Foreign Department, Simla.
I have the honour to revert to the correspondence ending with Foreign
Department letter No. 570-E., dated 23rd March 1903, on the subject of tele
graphic communication between Bushire and Bahrein.
2. It will, I feel sure, be conceded that the 5 years which have since elapsed
have seen a considerable development both of the commercial and political
aspects of our position in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
generally. Thus in 1904 Political
Agents of the Government of India were appointed to the ports and territories of
Koweit and Bahrein, a measure which has brought with it the more frequent
need of speedy inter-communication in connection with official business. Then
again, questions connected with the Quarantine Service of the Gulf (adminis
tered by us for the Persian Government) and affecting the working arrangements
in force at the various ports of steamer call, including Bahrein and Koweit, have
been greatly in evidence, owing both to the provisions of the last Paris Conven
tion and to the increasedly jealous criticism of our regime indulged in by the
representatives of Foreign Powers. Difficulties both with Bahrein and Koweit
have already arisen from time to time in this connection owing to the inability
of 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.
Surgeon as Chief of the Service to get into speedy communi
cation with either port, especially Bahrein, to which there is only a fortnightly
mail. Next, I would allude to the traffic in smuggled arms from the Arab to
the Persian shore which has of late assumed such alarming proportions. It is
most desirable that British Officers at all ports which are closely identified with
the traffic should be in telegraphic communication with one another and with
His Majesty’s Ships.
Last, but not least, must be remembered the active competition of Foreign
Powers, especially Germany at the present moment, with our seaborne trade, a
consideration which makes it of the utmost importance that we should place
every possible facility in the hands of our own merchants likely to assist them
in the struggle. The power to communicate by telegraph with their principals
in India is one patent way in which they can be helped if we may judge from
their repeated representations for cable extension.
All these considerations, I submit, combine to accentuate the desirability, .
not to say the necessity, of linking up both ports telegraphically, and there is
no doubt that the measure would be cordially welcomed by the Arab Chiefs
concerned.
At the time my predecessor placed the matter before the Government of
India both the cable and wireless systems were indeed considered, but at that
epoch cable extension was held to be too expensive a measure, while the exist
ing wireless systems were adjudged insufficiently perfected to warrant adoption
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. Since then, wireless telegraphy has made great strides and
in view of the other developments above indicated, 1 now venture to submit the
question for consideration.
3. I recently took an opportunity of consulting the officiating Director,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs, on the subject generally. I gathered from him that the
cost of cable extension to Bahrein alone would probably be from 4^ to 5
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
initial and 7,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
annual recurring expenditure ; whereas in the case of a
wireless installation the initial expenditure for installations at Bahrein and Bushire
would be well under one
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and the monthly recurring expenditure about
Rs. 1,000 for each station. Thus it appears that in the course of 25 years
the Government of India would have incurred about the same expenditure which
ever system were adopted.
The Department of the Director,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs, favours the cable
alternative, partly perhaps because they have hitherto had no connection with
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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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