'File 1/A/37 I Shaikh of Ras Al Khaimah' [122r] (248/560)
The record is made up of 1 file (278 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1933-30 May 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Government that they have done sq 0 ^ position Ir.
zommlmt eXmXUr in ve m va to mhmin where m& Fajeety’©
Govermaent are im^er treaty obligation© to -pretext the rmeikfe
against aggression by ©oac ^re is* therefore always the
possibility of ixl«aGviaeG Persian aotion resulting tn an
Incident which,, even if it were not sufficiently gr&Y® tc
place His s Govertira a t inti the Persian Govejpfiusent under
an obligation to &nbml% it to the Coimoil under %rtiole 10 0 >.s
being likely to lead to a rupture* •would certainly be held to
justify a reference to the Council under \rtlcle li 0 But even
supposing that no such incident taken place, if the Persian
Government the existing situation before the
Council under article 31 and to refer, la justification of their
motion, to the oomunieation which Mr Reginald Hern*© ha© made
to them in aecordmiee with the instructions contained in foreign
j. - \m2?
Office telegrawo KopT 98 and 92 of 86th flcTJtenfbe* felnoe.
although that communication applied only to the specific cases
of lUmb and \bn ruea f the Persian Government could reasonably
aorume that it could be regarded a fortiori as indicating the
attitude of His Majesty's Government toward© possible Persian
action at Bahrain), fUr John rtmon considers it as certain that
the Council would feel it incumbent urjon them to deal with the
matt or s and he finds it difficult to see how any suggestion to
the contrary could seriously be put forward by the Representative
of the United Kingdoms
5* Her the above reasons f;fr John fimon is convinced that
it would be impossible in practice to prevent the Council fro®
investigating the dispute and that any attempt on behalf of
Hie Majesty’s Government to prevent them from doing ro would
not only fail, but would be extremely likely to antagonise the
Council,, /
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This file contains correspondence and documents related to Britain's relationship with the ruler of R'as al-Khaymah, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim al-Qasimi, and the contested ownership of Tamb/Tumb [Tunb] island.
Much of the correspondence in the file is between the Political 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. in Bushire and 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. Agent in Sharjah (in Arabic with English translations). The file also contains correspondence between Shaikh Sultan and the Political 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. in Bushire.
The file contains the following documents:
- 'Persian Claim to Tamb and Abu Musa' - a memorandum written by Dan Lascelles of the Foreign Office, 1934 (folio 107-114);
- a note on the ownership of Tamb prepared by the Political 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. in Bushire, 1935 (folios 167-168);
- 'Note on Arab Custom of Holding Property "in Common"' written by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, 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. in Kuwait, 1935 (folios 182-186).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (278 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 278; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-254; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1998
- Title
- 'File 1/A/37 I Shaikh of Ras Al Khaimah'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:242v, 246r:252v, 254r:277v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence