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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [510r] (1019/1203)
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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hon ur was Mahmood who was supported by the five tax
collectors.
As regards the taxes after considerable argument
Suliman agreed to pay
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
10 a year to the Sheikh of
Ras al Khaimah as tax on his pay for carrying water to
the lighthouse. This has not yet been paid as the
Sheikh's concurrence in the smaller amount is first
necessary.
Taxes were extracted from the Fisherman on the
island and the 5 tax collectors left in the evening for
Ras al Khaimah. They will return after I D D to collect
Suliman's tax.
WKm i3DAY f 15th M/UCH . Basldu .
Leaving Tuhb at 0740 we anchored at Basidu at 1130.
Previous to our arrival an engagement had been
announced between the First Lieutenant's servant, f/ohammed
Abdulla Moussa, only son of Abdulla Mohammed Moussa of
British Basidu, and Fatima, daughter of Hassan Kalali of
Persian Basidu. The respective ages of bridegroom and
bridge are 20 and 14.
The wedding had been arranged to take place at an
early date, and as the respective parents were well
satisfied with the match, it was confidently expected that
the ceremony would be performed during H.M.S. BIBKFORD's
present visit.
Preparations, moreover, were so well advanced that
the time of the service was fixed for 2200, and Mohammed
Abdulla Moussa* s leave was accordingly extended to 0600
to enable the honeymoon to be spent in British Basidu.
But when the prospective bridgroom landed, he
discovered that, owing to a temporary financial embarrassment,
his father was unable to pay the first instalment of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
100 demanded, in accordance with local custom, by the
bride's father.
So the wedding was postponed for a year, and an
impromptu reception was held instead at the Moussa home
the principal guest being the prospective bridegroom's
employer.
The interpreter, meanwhile, was engaged in the
more prosaic occupation of gaining local intelligence,and
reports that he obtained the following information from
Ali Hafaz, the caretaker, and from his brother Hussein
Hafazs-
(a) On about 6th March a Persian motor
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
anchored
off British Basidu and the Inspector of Customs
who was on board asked the Mudir why the Senior
Naval Officer had taken Hussein Hafaz away. The
Mudir said he did not know, and the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
then
went on to Lingeh.
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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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