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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [82r] (168/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 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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REVIEW
ARAB SIDE.
•RETROSPECT, 1926—1936.
The Arab side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
has shown so many changes of late
that it may be of interest to give a picture of it 10 years ago and as it is
now. A decade ago there was no Air Route on the Arab side (Imperial
Airways had just reached the Gulf but were operating along the Persian
Coast), no oil had been discovered in that area, and the Naval Base for the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division was at Henjam in Persian territorial waters. Iraq
was still a Mandate under British control and there were no Kuwaiti-Iraqi
problems of much importance. His Majesty King Abdul Aziz was still
busy consolidating his conquest of the Hedjaz, and nearer home in Nejd
was engaged in promoting the Akhwan movement and forming Akhwan
colonies. Saudi Arabia in fact had little concern with the Arab Shaikh-
doms of the Gulf.
Nowadays the Imperial Airways route to India and beyond lies along
the Arab Coast, and several overland routes from Europe to the East by
air, train and car, which have been opened up through the Middle East,
connect with the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. There is a large and flourishing oilfield
at Bahrain, others at Kuwait and Qatar which are being explored by the
Companies concerned, and still other potential field's on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and in Muscat which are the subject of negotiations. In this connection
the construction of a refinery by the Bahrain Petroleum Company in Bah
rain, which will be in full operation before the end of 1937, is a matter of
considerable importance since our present supply of oil from the Persian
Gulf is in a foreign country, e.q., Iran. In case of war, with Iran neutral
the supply of oil from this source might be difficult, and with Iran hostile
it might cease altogether, at any rate for a time. When the Bahrain refin
ery is working, even under peace conditions the Sloops of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division will be able, if it is so desired, to procure their oil at their base
in Bahrain instead of from Abadan. Amongst other results of oil develop
ment is a startling increase of foreign population at Bahrain, where a
decade ago there were some dozen Europeans and where there are now
something like 300 Europeans and Americans. It is a point of some
importance that the concessions granted by the Shaikhs to the Oil Com
panies contain a clause that preference, whenever technically possible,
should be given to British subjects. Many of these, including British
Indians, are actually employed at Bahrain (for present figures see Oi
Interests 1936 below), and as the new oilfields develop, will.be employed m
increasing numbers. The Naval Base is now also at Bahrain with a subsi
diary base at Khor Kuwai in Muscat territory Iraq is an Independent
State and many important Iraqi-Kuwaiti proolems have ansen. S
Abdul Aziz has consolidated his Saudi Kingdom, which has caused him
look towards the Gulf for further expansion. The discove^ of oil in the
Arab Shaikhdoms has increased his ambitions m this direction an
regard to the Trucial Shaikhdoms, whose frontiers with those cf Saud^
Arabia have never been delimitated, has given rise to long uud complicated
negotiations. At Kuwait there is the f were settled certa^
blockade, and with Bahrain until recently, when they were settled, certai
questions of transit dues on goods to Saudi Arabia.
To sum up During the comparatively short period of 10 years, from
the communications point of view the Gulf has changed from a cul-de-sac
to an highway between East and West; from the resources point of view the
46(C) ExAffairsDept
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by 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. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by 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. .
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- 1 volume (510 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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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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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