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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [264r] (527/1203)
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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6. Serious Accident to Secon d Son of the Ruler . Sheikh
Mohammad al Ahmad as Subah sustained serious injuries and
concussion in a motor car accident near Amara on 3rd November.
He is normally in charge of the Sheikh's date gardens in Iraq,
this accident has not made him very popular with the rest of the
family, as this is the season when he should be distributing
the profits made on the year'o working. (Kuvait Int. Report).
IRAQ.
7. The Coup d'Stat and its results. The course of events
has been fully reported in the Press, but it is not easy to
arrive at the causes of it apart from the personal ambitions
of Bekr Sidqi.
It is certain that Ghazi was getting tired of the
supervision over his private life after the palace scandals of
June last, Nuri as Said in particular had been very outspoken.
It is, therefore, possible that the germ of the idea was sown
when Bekr Sidqi interviewed the King on 12th October on the
former's return from Central Europe.
The friendship of the King and Bekr Sidqi dates from
1933 when the present King, then Crown Prince, marched into
Baghdad with Bekr Sidqi at the head of the so-called victorious
army after massacring the Assyrians.
It is also certain: that the Coup d'Etat had to take
place before 30th October, as far as Bekr Sidqi was concerned
as this was the date when the Chief of the General Staff was
due back from leave in Europe to relieve him.
Arrangements had already been made f or the Army to
concentrate close to Baghdad for combined manoeuvres and it
only remained for Bekr to get the senior Air Force Officer,
Mohammed Ali Jowad, on his side. No inkling that anything
unusual was afoot was received by the outside world until 28th
October when the Iraqi \ir Force left Hinaidi to join the Army,
carrying live bombs.
The Coup d'Etat was carried out with a skill and
organisation that is rarely met with in Iraq and it is of
interest to observe that Bekr Sidqi had attended a course at the
Staff College at Camberley and Mohamed Ali Jowad had been to
Cranwell.
Tiie new Prime Minister has got an encouraging start as
his predecessor had become very unpopular, and he is starting
off with a programme of reform, which though a great deal of it
is incapable of achievement, nevertheless arouses a considerable
enthusiasm with many sections of the country. His main
difficulty is likely to be in dealing with the Army, which has
placed him in power, as it is extremely doubtful whether Bekr
Sidqi will be content with merely being the Chief of the
General Staff. At present he is carrying out certain reforms
to the Army and making fresh appointments, to get it more
solidly behind him. (R.A.F. 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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- 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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