Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [289v] (583/1028)
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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Page 64(i). It is unfortunate that this ,
incident should have taken place at this juncture#
It will be remembered that consequent on the
application of the Eastern & General Syndicate for an
oil concession, the question of obtaining from the
Sheikh of Koweit a formal written request that His
Majesty the King should exercise gurisdiction on his
behalf in respect of all foreigners in his territory
is under active consideration, and that we had rather
hoped by action on these lines^whichwould in practice
effectively safeguard foreign interests to avoid the
possible difficulty which might arise out of the
exercise of jurisdiction over foreigners by the Sheikh
or a claim by the United States that, Koweit^ having been
in the past a part of the Turkish Empire, they still
possessed capitulatory rights in it * since those
rights had not been formally abrogated by any new
arrangement. But as the case of Dr.Reasoner has been
settled satisfactorily so far as the local Americans
are concerned, perhaps no great harm may prove to
have been done, though the incident will have
focussed attention on the existing position regarding
jurisdiction over foreigners, and will make it
unlikely that a future modification of the Koweit Order
in Council which will result in the exercise of
jurisdiction by the P.A. over Americans or other
foreigners will (as we had hoped might be the case)
pass unnoticed.
*
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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.
- 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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- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
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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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