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'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 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'
- Date:
- 1933/1935
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains: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 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 (folios 7-16).Correspondence between officials at the Foreign Office, India Office and the Political Residency regarding a British naval flotilla tour of the Persian Gulf 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 in September 1933 written by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (folios 22-31)'Programme of a Darbar 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 in the Persian Gulf 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 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.Physical description: 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 side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Dubai
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000154_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000154_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3773
IOR/L/PS/12/3773