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Coll 30/56 'Persian Gulf. Visit of 1st Destroyer Flotilla to: 1933. Durbar of Trucial Sheikhs at Debai [Dubai]. Reaffirmation of Lord Curzon's Statement of Policy in 1903' [‎12r] (23/161)

The record is made up of 1 file (79 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1933-28 Aug 1935. 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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COIY.
(E 1500/E47/91)
No. 360/229/7.
CONFIDENTIAL.
BRITISH LEGATION
19155 J
JEDDA,
SAUDI ARABIA.
14th February, 1935.
My dear George,
The following may be of some interest to you and
the India Officer-
On February 6th or 7th Fuad Bey mentioned to me
an address by the late Lord Curzon to the Trucial Sheykhs,
which he said was very interesting. I admitted that I was
unfamiliar with it, whereupon he offered to lend me a print
containing it. He has done so and I have returned it.
I do not think I have ever before seen the print
in question. The front page of Fuad^ copy is mutilated
as the top has been torn off and there are two erasures in
the middle. This leaves the title "Existing Treaties between
"the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs. 1906"; the
royal arms; and an Arabic title underneath.
The print contains, in English and Arabic, Lord
Curzon 1 s address to the Chiefs at a Public Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). at Shargah
on November 21st, 1903, and other texts of eight agreements
and engagements, which were in force on January 1st, 1906.
You doubtless know the address, though I did not.
Fuad rightly describes it as very interesting. The Marquess,
like so many after him, used the words "protection" and
"independence" almost in the same breath, stressing perhaps
protection a little more than independence, but promising in
terms that, if the Chiefs observed their engagements, "there
"is no fear that any one else will be allowed to tamper with
"your/
G.W. Rendel, Esq., C.M.G.,
Foreign Office.

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Two letters from the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department to the Secretary of State for India concerning the wording of an address regarding historical agreements between the British Government and local rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to be given by the Secretary in 1935 (folios 3-6).

Correspondence exchanged between the Foreign Office and the British Legation in Jeddah in 1935 regarding a query that had been raised by Ibn Saud's adviser, Fuad Bey Hamza, about historical agreements between the British Government and local rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 7-16).

Correspondence between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. regarding a British naval flotilla tour of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that took place in September 1933 (folios 17-79). In addition to correspondence on this topic, the file also contains the following related documents:

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 (79 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 80; 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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Coll 30/56 'Persian Gulf. Visit of 1st Destroyer Flotilla to: 1933. Durbar of Trucial Sheikhs at Debai [Dubai]. Reaffirmation of Lord Curzon's Statement of Policy in 1903' [‎12r] (23/161), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3773, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100056118641.0x00001a> [accessed 16 January 2025]

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