Author
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (correspondent) | Sir Knight John Gilbert Laithwaite (author)
Publication Date
1928/1928
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Foreign relations | Treaties | more | less
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
4
Physical Dimensions
1 file (4 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003cd_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003cd_en | IOR/L/PS/18/B403
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000000833.0x0003cd_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1928/1928
Notes
Memorandum providing an overview of the external developments which took place in the Trucial States, covering 1908-28, and how problems presented by the States stand at the time of writing.Covering:introduction – to the memorandum itself; Trucial Chiefs; administration; responsibility of political control by the Government of India; and political expenditure;internal History, 1908-28 – noting it is not to be repeated in this memorandum, but does include a section on an agreement concerning oil concessions;external developments affecting the Trucial Sheikhs, 1908-28 – the rise of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and activity of the Wahabis [Wahhabis]; the reassertion of Persian authority in the Persian Gulf, particularly Henjam; and Persia challenging the independence of Trucial Chiefs, particularly Tamb;It includes a summary detailing the problem of Ibn Saud and the Wahabi [Wahhabi] movement, the question of an Imperial air route along the north Arabian coast, and the importance of British influence in the Gulf. A list of points referred to in connection with the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee, and the view expressed by the Government of India are also given.Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office. | 1 file (4 folios) | This file consists of a single memorandum. | Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 53, and terminates at f 56, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers