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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [589r] (1177/1203)
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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Japanese. He is also reported to have taken a marked
interest in the landing ground at Muharraq. After a
fortnights stay he left for Bushire.
(Bahrain Int. Report.)
70. Persian . Trade Agreement with Denmark .
The Treaty of Friendship and Commerce
has been ratified hy the Persian Government.
(Le Messager).
71. Hungarian. M.Etienne Horthy, son of the
Regent of Hungary, visited Tehran from mid-January to
mid-Fehruary. He is reported as representing manufacturers
of his country and the visit was primarily to study the
economic situation in Persia.
(Le Messager).
OIL _ IM’ERFSTS .
72. Qatar. Mr. Mylles returned to Qatar early in
February to resume negotiations on behalf of the Anglo-
Persian Oil Company with the Shaikh. A wireless set,
which works with Bahrain Radio, has now been installed
on the peninsula.
73. Rumours are current in Bahrain that Major
Holmes, of the Kuwait Oil Company, is in communication
with the Shaikh of Qatar and that he has promised him
tetter financial terms than the A.P.O.C.
(Bahrain Int. Report.)
74. With regard to the preceding paragraph and to
anticipate the next Intelligence Report. Major Holmes
told my staff officer that he intenoed to try for the
Qatar Concession, only if the A.P.O.C. failed. It will
he remembered that the A.P.O.C. extension of exploration
rights terminates on the 10th April 1935. Major Holmes, it
was understood, had the hacking of two financial groups
in London, and favours the establishment of a wholly
British Company on the Qatar Peninsula. He has little
faith in A.P.O.C. enterprise or methods hut this is
hardly surprising considering the way they refused to
take up his Bahrain Concession some years ago.
75. Major Holmes also credits the Standard Oil
Company-with.further designs on Qatar and according to
wi. uii xiim a ouxiceaaiL__ _ __
Jn view of the strong, attitude adopted by H.M. government
in April 1934, when the Shaikh of Qatar was reminded That
he could not grant a concession without Government
approval, the American chances, fortunately, appear small.
76. Bahrain . The oiler RHEEM arrived from the
U.S.A. on 10th January and after embarking about 15,000
tons of crude oil, left for Japan on 12th January. The
ship is expected to return early in March.
77. As a memento of the signing of the Mining
Lease in December the Company
have presented the Shaikh with a Buick saloon car.
78. Some machinery and material inported by the
/Company
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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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- Open Government Licence