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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [577r] (1153/1203)
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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FROM .. THE GQv2v5Al®ING UFFIGER, H.M.S. BIDEFORD
at HENJAM.
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LETTER OF PROCEEDINGS.
PERIOD - 3rd to 19th DECEIGBER 1934.
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TUESDAY. 4th DECEkBSH .
4* Arrived Basidu at 1030 and observed the flag
flying.
5. The caretaker came on hoard in his own boat on
our arrival and made the following report
(a) No incidents have occurred since the last
Sloop T s visit.
(b) No Persian sloops have visited the place.
(c) On 3rd December three Persian census offi
cers arrived at Persian Basidu and warned
3 of the inhabitants that in 10 days time
they 'would be called up for conscription.
The census officers left the island later,
and did not enter British territory.
(d) The Mudir has been quite polite and on one
or two occasions has asked the caretaker f s
permission to wal^: in British territory.
(e) There are three inhabitants of British
Basidu who have Persian passports issued
last year; all of these are due for
conscription, and one of them, in antici
pation of being called up, has departed to
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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6. The caretaker stated that he was due to receive
his pay. No orders regarding this can be found in
BIDEFORD; former Cash Accounts show nothing. But it is
understood that it has been customary for visiting sloops
to pay this man, and he was given
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, 11.4 representing
one month f s pay.
He was given bread, and was permitted to make small
purchases at the Canteen and from the Paymasters Stores.
7. On the afternoon of 4th December, I landed with
the Interpreter to see over the territory. While aahore
an owner of land in British Basidu, Abdulla Mohammed Musa
(who has,a son serving as an Officers servant in h w q
BIDEFORD).reported to me that Sheikh Solih, the Persian
Tax collected of Qishm Island, had recently demanded the
payment of 4 Rials being a year's tax on Musa's date palms.
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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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