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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [240r] (479/1203)
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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2. The Sheikh called onboard immediately on "Bideford 1 8'
arrival at Kalba at 0910 on Monday the 1st March 1937, the
customary salute being fired on his departure* I returned
his call shortly afterwards*
The construction of the iimergency Landing Ground for
Imperial Airways having been completed. Lieutenant J.A.Hasler,
Royal Engineers, one Royal Atr Force rating, and one
Interpreter were embarked for passage to Bahrain* A shelter
for passengers and a petrol store have been erected at Kalba*
3. w Bideford ,, left Kalba at 1900 the same day.
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Khor Kuwai, 2nd Marflh .
Just before sailing NASIR BIN SALIM, a slave manumitted
in 1933, reported onboard and asked for assistance in
obtaining the release of his brother who had been arrested
at Henjam and this formed the subject of a separate report,
my No*3102/3 dated 6th March 1937 addressed to The Political
Agent, Bahrain (copies to The Senior Naval Officer, Persian
Gulf)* The matter was dealt with 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.
at Bahrain and the man is being embarked in ’’Deptford” for
passage back to Khor Kuwai*
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19. Considerable inconvenience is being caused to the
A.I.O.C. by the regulation that all their Iranian employees are
to be registered - including a photograph. Captain Bayendor
has been instructed to carry this out and he has asked for 200
a day to be sent to Khorammshahr* By sending a larger number
the Company anticipate that the organization will fail and will
get tired of it first !
It is reported that, in future, all employees of the
Company will have to be engaged through the Iranian authorities
at the Khorammshahr base.
Great training activity was evident in the base;
Squad drill, which was going on when I called at 0930, was still
in progress until sunset*
Information from Abadan indicates that the
negotiations between Iraq and Iran over the allocation to the
latter of certain anchorages and later, possibly, the turning
over to them of half the River have reached a more advanced
stage and developments may soon be expected.
20. Should the A.I.O.C. develop their loading facilities
it is understood that jetties will be built in the Kasba Reach
one mile above Pao. 21
21. The drilling of the first oil well of the Kuwait Oil
Company has now reached a critical stage and oil has been found,
though up to now it is not known if it is in commercial (jiaitities.
Their complement of white employees is now over 60.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3843
- 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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- Open Government Licence