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'Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and Adjacent Territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913' [‎9r] (26/98)

The record is made up of 1 volume (45 folios). It was created in 1913-1914. It was written in English, French and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .

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Article 12.
T1 sera permis anx habitants
de Bahrein e de visiter Tile de
Zahnounie pour la peche et d'y
deraeurer en pleine liberie pen
dant I'hiver commeparle passe,
sans qu'aucun nouvel irapot
lenr soit impose.
UL—Bahi xine.
Article 13.
Le Gouvernement Imperial
ottoman renonee a toutes ses
reclamations coneernant les iles
Bahreine, j compris les deux
iles Lnbainat - el - Aliya et
Lubainat-es-Safliya, et reconnait
I'independanee de ce pays. De
son cote, le Gouvernement de
Sa Majesty britannique declare
qu'il n'a aucune intention d'an-
nexer a ses territoires les iles
Bahreine.
Article 14.
Le Gouvernement de Sa Ma-
jeste britannique s'engage vis
a-vis du Gouvernement Imperial
ottoman a veiller a ce que ie
cheikh de Bahreine ne per^oive
pas des sujets ottomans de
droits sur la peche des huitres
perlieres d'un taux plus eleve
que celui qui sera impose aux
autres interesses les plus
favoris^s.
Article 15.
Lea sujets du cheikh de
Bahreine seront consideres
comme etrangers dans les terri
toires ottomans et pourront etre
proteges par les consuls de Sa
Majeste britannique. Toutefois,
cette protection devra s'exercer
[81]
Article 12.
The inhabitants of Bahrein
shall be permitted to visit the
island of Zakhnuniya for pur
poses of fishing, and to reside
there in complete liberty
during the winter as heretofore,
without any new tax being
imposed on them.
III.— Bahrein.
Article 13.
The Imperial Ottoman Gov
ernment renounce all their
claims with regard to the Bahrein
islands, including the two islets
of Lubainat-el-Aliya and Lu-
bainat-es-Safliya, and recognise
the independence of that
country. His Britannic Majesty's
Government on their part declare
that they have no intention of
annexing the Bahrein islands to
their territory.
Article 14,
His Britannic Majesty's Gov
ernment give an undertaking to
the Imperial Ottoman Govern
ment tnat they will guard
against the Sheikh of Bahrein
levying from Ottoman subjects
dues on pearl-fishing at a higher
rate than that imposed on other
interested and most favoured
parties.
Article 15.
The subjects of the Sheikh
of Bahrein shall be considered to
be foreigners within Ottoman
territory, and shall be under the
protection of His Britannic
Majesty's consuls. Provided
always that this protection shall
c
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The volume contains the following two documents: Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and adjacent territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913 and Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Boundaries of Aden and of Ottoman Territory in Southern Arabia, (With Maps), Signed at London, March 9 1914, (Ratifications exchanged at London, June 3 1914) .

The articles of the conventions appear in both French and English in parallel columns.

The Arabic content of the volume consists of bilingual English and Arabic place names and in the keys to references, and symbols and abbreviations in the maps on folios 37-40.

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1 volume (45 folios)
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There are tables of contents toward the front of both documents, on folio 2 and folio 25.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1A on the front cover and terminates at 47 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: ff. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D. The following pagination ranges occur: ff. 5-6; ff. 35-36. The following folio number is not used: 44. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 7, 8, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41.

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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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