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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [280r] (568/632)
The record is made up of 1 volume (312 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924. 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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Copy of a Despatch Ho. 26/387-S, dated the 6th July
1924, 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to
His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Proposed visit of Royal Air Force
aeroplanes to Hejd.
1 have the honour to refer to your despatch of
the 16th May 1924 regarding (l) Colonel Trevor’s proposal
that when Royal Air Force Aeroplanes next visited Bahrain
they should make from that base a demonstration flight
over Riyadh, and (2) Sir John Salmond’e proposal that a
Mission, representing the High Commission for Iraq, this
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.
, the Air Force and the Iraq Government, should
pay a visit, entirely friendly and complimentary, by air
in the early summer of 1924 to Ibn Baud at l iyadh.
Your despatch reached me on the 11th June, and
the Flight of aeroplanes had arrived in Bahrain on the 8th
June.
The dangerous season of Shimals (Horth-Westerly
winds) had set in. It was obviously impossible for the
Flight to attempt a visit to Hejd this summer. 1
therefore deferred replying to you until al ex had
consulted Major Daly, 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.
in Bahrain.
I submit the following observations.
A demonstration flight to Riyadh and bac^r, from
Bahrain, without landing, is believed to be out of the
question.
If Ibn Saud were asked at the present time to
receive the friendly visit of a JilsBion anywhere west of
Hasa he would excuse himself on various grounds. ne
would recognise the moral effect of such a visit upon his
own subjects, as he encourages his Bedouin to believe not
only that he is invincible but also that he is immune from
attacks and reprisals.
The
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924.
The principal topics discussed are:
- A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924.
- Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects, 1924.
- The visit of Naif Al Hithlain, 1924.
- `Ajman and Mutair raid, 1924.
- Internal Kuwait situation, 1924.
- Ikhwan movements, 1924.
- RAF flights Baghdad-Bahrain-Kuwait, 1924.
The volume contains an index (folio 4) which lists items including: American Mission; Armenian Woman; Clerical Establishment; Embezzlement and Fraud, Prevention of; Germans not allowed in Kuwait; 'Government Telegraph Code'; Hijaz steamers; Hospital Bum; Ibn Sa'ud; Index to Summaries of Intelligence; Khuwair (also referred to as Khor az-Zubair) [Khawr az Zubayr] Postal Service; King Husain proclaimed Khalifah at Basrah; Naval Reporting; Pearling Loans; ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot'; Petrol; Presents; Publications; Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects; Rifles, Storage of; Slave Trade; Smuggling.
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- 1 volume (312 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 307; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the five leading and ending flyleaves.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-307; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- Title
- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:307v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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