Author
an agent.
at Muscat
Publication Date
20 Jul 1937-2 Nov 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
28
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/540
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x00034b
Library Location
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.
Date
20 Jul 1937-2 Nov 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence relating to the visits of suspected German agents to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
region. The main correspondents include: Tom Hickinbotham (later Hugh Weightman),
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.
at Bahrain; Trenchard Craven William Fowle (later Charles Geoffrey Prior),
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.
at Bushire; Gerald Simpson de Gaury,
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.
at Kuwait; the RAF Air Officer Commanding at Hinaidi, Iraq; and Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar. Recipients include: the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Muscat, the British Consulate at Basrah, the British Embassy at Bagdad [Baghdad], the
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.
, the Government of India, the British Ministry at Tehran, the British Consulate at Kerman, the Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, the British Minister at Jedda, and the British Consulate and Vice-Consulate at Bandar Abbas and Khorramshahr, respectively.
The file covers the discussion over the visits of the following four suspected agents:
Auguste Rudolf Lindt, a Swiss journalist, and his British-born wife, who visited Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, and Kerman;
Baron Von Schirach, suspected of visiting Bahrain, though no trace of him is found;
Kurt Lori, a German electrical and wireless engineer who visited Kuwait and requests to visit Bahrain in search of work, which is denied;
Jack Wolters and his (unnamed) brother, believed to be in the Gulf region and to be arrested if found.
Included in the file is a letter (folio 25) in English and Arabic from Weightman to Shaikh ‘Abdullāh, dated 9 October 1939, requesting that he arrest Wolters and his brother should they try to enter Qatar. It is followed by ‘Abdullāh's compliant response (folio 26).
At the back of the file (folios 27-29) are internal office notes.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged chronologically.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Files: 14/5
