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' [79r] (157/161)
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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avert any renewal of trouble in the future. The British
Government have no desire to interfere, ana have never
interfered,in your internal affairs, provided that the
Chiefs govern their territories with justice, and respect
the rights of the foreign traders residing therein.
If any internal disputes occur, you will always find a
friend in the British Resident, who will use his influence,
as he has frequently done in the past, to prevent these
dissensions from coming to a head, and to maintain the
status quo : for we could not approve of one independent
Chief attacking another Chief by land, simply because he
was not permitted to do it by sea, and thus evading the
spirit of his Treaty obligations. I will mention a case
that seems to lend itself to friendly settlement of the
character that I have described. You are all of you
aware that the strip of coast known as the Batineh Coast,
on the opposite side of the Oman Peninsula, is under the
authority of the Chief of the Jowasmis. Nevertheless
his authority is contested in some quarters. It is
desirable that these disputes should cease, and that the
peace should remain undisturbed.
Chiefs, these are the relations that subsist between
the British Government and yourselves. The Sovereign of
the British liimpire lives so far away that none of you has
ever seen or will ever see his face; but his orders are
carried out everywhere throughout his vast dominions by
the officers of his Government, and it is as his
representative in India who is responsible to him for
your welfare that I am here to-day to exchange greetings
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with you, to renew old assurances, and to wish you prosperity
in the future.
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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:
- A first-hand account of the British naval flotilla tour of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in September 1933 written by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Officiating Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 22-31)
- 'Programme of a Darbar 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). of the Trucial Chiefs to be held on board H.M.S. Shoreham at Dibai [Dubai] on 23rd September, 1933' (folio 32)
- 'Address by the Honourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Trucial Chiefs, at Dibai [Dubai] on the 23rd September 1933' (folios 33-35)
- 'Address by His Excellency the Viceroy 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). held on board H.M.S "Argonaut" on the 21st November 1903 at Shargah for the Arab Chiefs of the littoral' (folios 76-79).
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'
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