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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [158r] (320/1028)
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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the Shaikhs realised, in spite of claims by certain Iranians resident on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
that the move was due to pressure from the Iranian Govern
ment, that it was sound that His Majesty’s Government should base their
fleet in the area where British interests were predominant.
7. Visits by Foreign ships of ?car.--The French Sloop “Bougainville”,
flying the Flag of Centre-Amiral Rivet, Commander-in-Chief,
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Station, visited Ras al Khaimah on the 11 th February. The Shaikh did not
go on board, but met the Centre-Amiral and his party on the beach and took
them to his fort. After coffee and a visit to the suq, the Centre-Amiral
returned to his Ship.
8 . Shipving .—During 1935 sixtynine British steamers and five German
steamers called at Dubai and Sharjah.
9 . Medical .—Towards the end of the year the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah
reported an outbreak of smallpox in epidemic form and from subsequent
reports it appeared that the epidemic had spread to Hamriyah, ’Ajman,
Sharjah and Dubai. A vaccinator was sent to the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
from
Bahrain with supplies of vaccine obtained by air from Karachi and Basrah,
and vaccinated a number of people in all the infected towns. In Dubai a
large number of people were vaccinaed by Shaikh Hashar bin Maktum,
brother of the Shaikh of Dubai, who had been taught to vaccinate by the
Medical Officer, Victoria Memorial Hospital, Bahrain, during the tour of
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
in 1934. A Medical Officer of the Royal Air Force flew
to Sharjah where he vaccinated the entire staff of Imperial Airways Station
(which was isolated from the town) and also a number of people from
Sharjah The Medical Officer, Victoria Memorial Hospital, Bahrain (who
is the Quarantine Medical Officer, Bahrain,) visited Sharjah by air m con
nection with the epidemic.
10.
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.—Soma petty tribal raiding, camel stealing and occa
sional crimes of violence occurred in various places near the Coast, but there
were no serious disturbances.
1 . Dubai.
(0 Relations with Shaikh Sa’id bin Muktmn, O.B.E., Ruler of Dubai,
have been cordial throughout the year and he has been of considerable assist
ance on a number of occasions. There has been no revival of the attempt
made in 1934 by the Shaikh’s cousins to depose him „ , ,
(ii) i n June 1935 the Officiating
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
(Captain G. A. Cole)
visited Dubai and informed Shaikh Sa’id.that he must either recover the
goods plundered by his cousins from boats in the Kb or at ; ^nbai da rmg
1934 or pay in their cost. It was pointed out to him that the matter had
been pendT/g for over a year and that it was imperative that he should take
immediate action. Shaikh Sa’id later paid the value of the plundered
goods and the case has been closed. _ ,.
(iii) The Shaikh of Dubai who had for some time P® st . ^
“ardhivah” (a kind of Customs impost equivalent to transit duty) on stores
of the Royal Air Force landed at Dubai for f “1^^ to Lv dues of
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, during the same visit, f undy taking not to levy
any kind on Government stores landed at Dubai for Sharja .
livl On the 14th September Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum arrived at
and 2,000 Maria Theresa dollars from the Amir.
2. Sharjah.
(i) There has been nothing of interest to report in the Principality
of Sharjah. n f Shariah arrived at Bahrain on
(ii) Shaikh Sultan F^iband or^the 21st on a visit of con-
the 17th November and left for the Amir of Hasa. On his return
o? Bahrain" mfuformei ae Pontical Agent that after paying his visit of
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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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