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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [167r] (333/1203)
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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Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Intelligenoe Report
for the month of October, 1937.
PERSIAN GULP INTELLIGENCE REPORT - OCTOBER 1937. Senior Naval
Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, No. 290/522 of 17th November, 1937.
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Referenea paragraph 21 of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Intel igence
Report fbr September, the new Government have taken steps to
ensure that the Array shall not remain a political force in
the country. Some fifty officers have been weeded out, all
of them known supporters of the late Chief of the General
Staff, and the armed forces have been forbidden to take an
astive part in politics. (R.A.F. Int. Report).
2. The League of Nations has now publicly announced
with regrets, its inability to provide for the settlement
of the Assyrians outside Iraq, and has requested the Iraq
Government to assist in settling them in Iraq as part of
the Iraq people. As this had been foreseen by the majority,
the announcement has been calmly received. (R.A.F. Int.Rpt)
BASRAH
3. Reference
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Intelligence Report for July
1937, paragraph 1, all four of these gunboats have now
arrived. The first two have been put into commissi n and
are at Amara. (S.N.O.P.G.)
KHURRAMSHAHR.
4. At the beginning of October a representative of
the Ministry of Agriculture arrived in Khorramshahr to make
enquiries into the possibility of finding a market for
Teheran coal in the Gulf. At a meeting to which he invited
all the managers of foreign shipping concerns in Khorramshahr
and at which he produced samples of Teheran coal, he offered
Gray Mackenzie a sample ton which is to be sent to Bombay
for examination.
It is believed that his visit was the outcome of a
report submitted by the Captain of a Greek ship to the effect
that a codling station for British India ships had been
established at Bahrain. The report stated that the Bahrain
coal was of pfor quality. (Vice Consul Khorramshahr).
It is assumed that this refers to the recent sale oj
Admiralty coal at Bahrain. (S.N.O.P.G).
KUWAIT
5. Air mail service for Kuwait. During the first
fortnight in October the land machines of the main eastbound
and westbound services of Imperial Airways were replaced by
flying boats. These boats do not call at Kuwait. Duplicate
eastbound and westbound services call at Kuwait as usual.
(Kuwait Int. Report).
6. Sauu.i Arabia. Ibn Baud moved into camp at Hamah
Wells on 6th October and proposes to remain there till 1st
November. Ramah, wijich is at the junction of the Kuwait and
Hasa car tracks, is a usual camping ground for the King and
His family at this time of year. (Kuwait Int. Report).
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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)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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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