IOR/R/15/5/173

This file concerns visits of Persian warships to Arab ports. The two main issues discussed are whether Arab rulers in the Gulf should be formally notified prior to any visits to their ports by Persian warships, and, in cases where notification has not been received, whether a call to visit should be accepted. Much of the file consists of copies of telegrams relating to this matter between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, and the British Minister, Tehran. Other correspondents include the following: the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ].

Other matters discussed in the file include: a reported incident of an officer of a Persian warship hauling down a British flag at Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū]; a subsequent tour of the Gulf by a flotilla of eight British destroyers, and its perceived effect on opinion in Kuwait.

The file also includes a copy of an address, given by the Political Resident to the Trucial Chiefs [rulers of the Trucial states] at Dibai [Dubai], on 23 September 1933.