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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [220r] (439/1203)
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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EXTRACTS PROM THE PERSIAN O'JLF /lTn'c,i.U.Uii::i CE REPORT
FOR THE MONTH OP APRIL, 1937. iT
V. /
4490
of April ther^ certain
amount of
tension between the Shaikh of Qatar and a section of the Naim
tribe. A large proportion of the Naim tribe amounting to
, ii..
4
about 1000 armed men concentrated at
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, a place to
which the Sheikh of Bahrain also’ lays claim, and
threatened, if tney received no support from the latter,
to transfer their allegiance to Ibn Saud.
The trouble appears to have arisen owing to an
attempt by the fihaikh of Qatar to collect taxes at
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
. (
The situation is still somewhat unsettled, but a visit to
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
by 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.
, Bahrain, in H•M.S.DKPTFORD
has had a salutary effect, and the Naim have now dispersed.
BAHKaIN .
Visit of Dr. Blegvad . Dr. Blegvad visited
3.
Bahrain in his trawler rt Rashgu H at the end of March in order
to buy supplies which were unobtainable in Iran. He
stated that H..M. the Shah had asked him whether it was
possible to establish commercial fisheries in the Persian
Gulf and he had replied that it could be done if the money
him
was put into it. The Shah informed/that money would be
forthcoming.
KUWAIT.
(Bahrain Int. Report).
4. The following is an extract from the Aden Report
for the week ending 17th March, 1937:-
’’It is reported that Italian news broadcast from
Rome in Arabic was heard at Hodeida on 11th March
to the effect that British aeroplanes bombed
certain tribes in the interior of Kuwait in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
"
This news as far as can be ascertained was not
heard in Kuwait town. Some owners of battery sets live in
the desert others on Pailakah Island, and they may have
heard it, without it being known to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
(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.'
- Pages
- 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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