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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [63r] (125/1203)
The record is made up of 1 file (600 folios). It was created in 25 Feb 1935-10 Aug 1939. 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 «
H.M.S. FOWEY,
at Bahrain.
No. 05. 16th September, 1938.
Sir,
I have the honour to forward the following report
of proceedings for H.M. Ship under my command for the period
1st to 15th September.
2. Movements
Arrive
Place.
Leave
•
0830
1st Sep.
Sharjah
2nd Sep.
2200
1730
3rd Sep.
Abu Dhabi
4th Sep.
1100
1300
5th Sep.
Bahrain
X
X
X- x ,
X
5. SHARJAH. 1st September . 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 came on
board immediately on arrival and the Shaikh paid his call some
three quarters of an hour later, being accorded a five-gun salute
on his departure.
6. I returned the Shaikh's call during the forenoon,
finding him friendly but uncommunicative and apparently
ininterested in the doings of the outside world.
7. The Acting
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.
, Captain J.3. Howes, was
in Sharjah at the Airways Rest House, but left for Bahrain by
air during the afternoon of September 1st.
8. It having been ascertained from the cting Political
Agent 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 that the Shaikhs of Urn al ^uain,
AJman and Debai were all away, it seemed inadvisable to visit
those places, x x x x.
9. FOWKY left Sharjah at 2200, 2nd September, and
anchored off Abu Dhabi at 0730, 3rd September.
10. The Shaikh called almost immediately on arrival with
a large retinue of followers. A five-gun salute was fired on his
departure•
11. I returned the Shaikh's call later in the forenoon find
ing him apparently greatly interested in the international
situation and ready to ask many questions, but uncom unicative
as to his own affairs. 12 * 14 15
12. FOWEY left Abu Dhabi at 1100 on 4th September and
anchored in "B" berth Khor Kaliya at 1300 on 5th September.
X X x X X
14. On 11th September information was received that a
murderous attack had been made on Jr. W.B. Steele, State Engineer,
Bahrain, by a man, apparently mad, in mistake for the Political
Agent, The attack was unsuccessful.
15. Mr. Weightman,
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.
, arrived in Bahrain by ail
on Tuesday, 12th September, and His Highness The Shaikh returned tc
Bahrain the same day. At the request of 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.
formal
calls were waived; but with his concurrence I have arranged to pay
my official call on His Highness The Shaikh on Saturday,TTth Sepberriber.
M X X X X X
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Stamped«
Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division.
23rd September, 1938.
Your obedient Servant,
(3d.) H.B. Ellison.
Commander-in-Command•
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The file consists of extracts of reports on naval affairs and general intelligence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. sent from the Admiralty to 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. . The extracts were sent approximately every month and cover the whole of the period 1935-39. The extracts are drawn from reports of proceedings of the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and ships of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division (particularly HMS Shoreham , HMS Bideford , HMS Deptford , and HMS Fowey ), and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Intelligence Report. The latter includes reports from British naval officers, British officials in the Gulf, and Royal Air Force (RAF) intelligence summaries.
The reports cover such subjects as: details of the movements of British naval vessels; affairs of local rulers; the movements of ships of the Imperial Iranian Navy (particularly the sloops HIMS Babr and HIMS Palang ); slavery; the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū]; artesian wells; affairs of local populations; social activities aboard British ships; the French naval presence in the region; appointments of British naval officers; European and Japanese shipping in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; trade; the Iranian armed forces; measures to control smuggling; British searches of dhows; British travellers in the region; official events and commemorations; the pearl industry; Saudi Arabian affairs; air travel; Iraq; the war between Italy and Abyssinia; communications; the oil industry; movements of oil tankers; outbreaks of smallpox; Palestine; the Arab press; and official visits.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (600 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 601; 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.
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- Title
- Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:462v, 463v:601v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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