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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [324r] (647/1203)
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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Arrive. liaafi.
LaaTfix-.
Khorramshahr.
28 th June
iGiorramahahr.
KhorramshaLr.
15 th June
28th June
' X ^orrmsbahr
24th June Bushire
22nd June
27th June
29 th June Khorraaiehahr
(«► 100 conscripts ex Bushire)
31. ior'-tin;: uck. tarheng 3ayendor in O 5 proceeded to
Bandar B ha pur on thr 22nd «y to meet the iloatin?; dock which
arrived towea by a *utch tug. At present it is lying alongside
a rather decrepit jetty, as the local resource? are unable to
compete with tie task of mooring it in its correct position.
They are endeavouring to borrow a mooring lighter
from either the Basrah Port directorate or trie A.I.0,0., but up
to the £m*sant they have not succeeded in doing so#
(Khorraashehr I .It. and ^DKPTFORlf 1 )
8. Mw l.jj&teu Thirty sailors and a petty officer ere
tatinned at the riaval Base at Bandar Lhapur. It is said that
32.
now s
Headquarters may be transferred there.
The Italian engin ere are supposed to have refused to
go as they do not consider it a fit place in which to live.
(Khorrainshahr X*B • j
33. Civil ^yiation. The pi’O ^sed air lines are not yet in
operation and consent has not yet been obtained from the Iraqi
Government to use the Baghdad airport; tae present situation is
as given below.
34. The story of the Iranian Government's application to
the Ir&vii Government was recently told to the military Attache
at the British Legation, Tehran, by ih# Ira;i ilinister of /efence
and is of considerable interest. General Jafer suited that the
Iranian iovuraiaat.in asking for permission to use tie 3a»idad
airport said that they presumed tnore would be no difiioulty**
The Iraqi iovemmunt having satisfied themselves that the Iranian
Government set considerable store by obtaining the desired
persistioa, decided to ««* it as a bargaining counter in their
present negotiation® on frontier questions, they did not like to
admit frankly that t*ey Drouosei to do ?o $ and thay were somewhat
at a loss for a reply.*
Very fortunately in the space of a single week. Mr#
Ricketts of oil concessions fame Mr.Muatz of Bisr Airwork® and
Hr.Naim of the h,-im Transport Company all carie to the Iraqi
Government onite inde-ardently and suy ested grandiose sohemee
airlines radiating from Iraq In all directions incluaing a
^holiday Hnc/’ tc •ypru®. The Iraq Government wore thus able
the Iranian Government quite truthfully that they had
were under eensidoration, and they
to the Iranian request for the
inform
received other
were therefore
present.
proposals
unable
to
which
reply
The Air Vice Marshal from Baghdad, who was in Tehran
on a private visit, told the military Attache that df these three
applicants Lr.Naira had Leon favoured and that it was rumoured in
Baghdao that he har been given a contract for air services across
the byrian desert. This would not appear to affect the Iranian
service.
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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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