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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [242r] (488/1028)
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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(Hi) H M. S. “ Duncan ” and the First Destroyer Flotilla, accompanied by
fte Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division, m H. M. S. Shoreham ,
arrived on the 7th October and left for Basrah on the 12th. Ihe usual conr osies
‘ ero exchanged and the visit was the occasion of a combined parade ot Landing
Parties from the Flotilla and the Bahrain Armed Police. The salute was taken
by His Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin ’Isa A1 Kalifah. The moral effect of the
visit of the Flotilla has been excellent. The Arab population of the Per sian
Pidf has noted onr strength and information from a number of sources tends
to iowthatthe visit of "the Flotilla has resulted in British Shipping being
treated with more respect and less petty obstruction on the Persian Coast t <
has been the case for some time.
(] v ) His Excellencv the Naval Commanderdn-Chief East Indies Squadron
Vice-Admiral M. E. Dunbar-Nasmith, V.C., C.B., m H. M. S. Hawkins , paid
Bahrain a visit from the 6th to 10th November.
(r) H. M. S. “ Colombo ” of the Fourth Cruiser Squadron was at Bahrain
from the 17th to 21st December.
18 Bowl Air Force.—(i) Flying Boats of No. 203 (F.B.) Squadron, Royal
Air Force, paid frequent visits to Bahrain and Wapiti aeroplanes of No. 84
Squadron/Koval Air Force, came on a number of occasions.
a Rangoon Flying Boat made a forced landing at Has al Bid'yah on
the 24th Jnlv and a Wapiti aeroplane sank through the surface of the Manamah
landing gmmd on the 25th July and broke a propeller The machines left
without incident in both cases after repairs had been effected.
(Hi) In June the
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.
returned in a Rangoon Flying Boat from
Shariah after a 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.
m H. M. S. lowey . Un the an
August he again visited Sharjah by Flying Boat.
iq Aviation—(i) Imperial Airways, Limited, have continued to use the
landing ground at MiihaAq, as it was found that the Manamah landing ground
was too soft for heavy aeroplanes of the Hannibal type.
, ■;, A,, toe 31st March Imperial Airways’ east bound aeroplane, Hanno,
sSSftJs Visas sKfflR-s sss
day ' (Hi) The amount of mails, both to and from Bahrain, carried by air shows
3 "‘TS Mr" Mmirice » a pitmh aviidor lan^
taking that he would not procee J d h t h had flown direct to Gwadur
hia would ^ Mw>tml> p e „„ c „.
20. British Interests- {i) ^, the r> The Mesopotamia Persia
poration Limited held charge th ^ ^ Imperial Airways, Limited.
Corporation, Wed, aft ^ ^ ^ ^ Bank) Limite d, throughout the
Messrs. A. H. T. SHSoS
R. H. Arnold of the Anglp-Persmn 0 1C connection with oil negotiations
Bahrain frequently on their waj to imnan
with the Shaikh of Qatar. _ ^ointment 0 f Chief Local Re-
(iv) Major Frank Holmes ^/^^/^Limited, and left for the United
presentative, The Bahrain exo A Skinner, the Company’s Iields
Kingdom on the 21s Septanhe^ ^E.
Manager, is acting as Ch _ th ree thousand nine hundred and
21. Poet Office.—M Dur “ g rP ceived and three thousand one hundred and
fifty-one registered letters were r fwTth three thousand nine hundred and seven
thirty-four despatched as compa d nd two hunderd and one despatched
registered letters received and three t ei ht hundred and twenty-eight
during the previous year Three thou d^ tliirty _ foul . despatched and stamps
parcels were received and two nunu
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:511v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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