'File 6/13 Foreign Interests: Seizure of Arab Dhows by Persians'

Content

This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning reports of Iranian Government customs vessels 'interfering' with a number of vessels from Oman and Kuwait. In addition to correspondence that discusses these specific instances, the file also contains correspondence regarding the broader diplomatic and legal questions that were raised by them.

The Arabic language material in the file consists of a letter sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat by the Secretary of the Sultan of Oman and Muscat and an accompanying letter from an Omani trader whose cargo had been seized by an Iranian vessel (folios 68-69).

In addition to correspondence the file contains copies of the following documents:

• 'Notification by Shaikh Mubarak-Bin-Subah, Chief of Kuwait', May 1900 (folio 47)
• 'Translation of Proclamation from Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah, Chief of Bahrain, Dated 8th Zil Hijjah 1315 (30th April, 1898)' (folio 47)
• 'Translation of Proclamation issued by the Sultan of Oman regarding the Suppression of the Illegal Importation of Arms into Persian and British India, 1898' (folio 48).

Extent and format

1 file (80 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 82; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/6/160

Former external reference(s)

File 6/13

History of this record

Date(s)

2 Nov 1936-9 Oct 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Diplomacy

Places

Iran

People & organisations

British Legation, Tehran

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'File 6/13 Foreign Interests: Seizure of Arab Dhows by Persians', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/6/160, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000367> [accessed 6 October 2024]

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