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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [467r] (933/1203)
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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to suspect that their Shaikh has been ordered to London where
he will be detained by H.M. Government.
(Kuwait Int. Report).
11. Saudi Blockade Commission , tfith reference to previous
summaries, the Saudi Commission arrived in Kuwait in mid-June.
By the end of the month, it was clear that a compromise could
not be effected and the delegates finally left Kuwait early in
July.
12. The Kuwaitis were anxious to re-open trade with Saudi
Arabia and were willing to pay full customs dues on all ^oods
crossing the frontier and to ensure that no caravans should
leave Kuwait town unless armed with a manifest.
13. Throughout the negotiations the Saudi delegates adopted
an over-bearing attitude and appeared to have no inteniion of
allowing the conference to succeed. They insisted that as a
preliminary to any agreement, Kuwait must guarantee in writing
that all smuggling would cease. On further questioning it was
discovered that "all smuggling" included an "individual smuggler",
when the Kuwaitis pointea out'that it was quite impossible to give
such a guarantee, but that they would do their best to stop
s^ggling into Saudi-Arabia, the delegates of the latter place
were not content and refused to consider any agreement.
(Kuwait Int. Report).
14.
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.
Kuwait, considers that Bin Baud did
not intend the conference to succeed. He suggests that the only
method of bringing the blockade to an end is by imposing full
duty at Bahrain. This might however lead to the development of
Eas Tanurah and the transfer of more Saudi cargoes to foreign
shipring.
/
15. n£-g.gt,iQn.3 .of, Iraq Liaturhances . idth reference to
paragraph 14 of June ^mmary the Kuwait authorities continued
active measures against inter-tribal raiding during June, and
numbers of camels have been recaptured and returned to Tneir
rightful Owners. The raiders were heavily fined and they and
their families turned out of Kuwait territory, a severe
punishment during the intense summer heat.
^ (Kuwait Int. report).
/ mm..
y 17. Commander Bayendor proceeded to sea in BABB at the
/end ot June, and it is believed his tour was in connection with
the construction of a naval barracks at Bunaer Abbas and the
< has been given to a Swedish Company.
(Mohammerah Int.Reporth
// * * *
29. H.M. Ships visits to Abadan. When EOWLY visited
Abadan for H.M. ine King’s Birthday, Bayendor excused himself
and his officers from attending an evening reception on b^ard.
Apparently his reason was that he had not heard officially of
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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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