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'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B' [38r] (75/212)
The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 21 Mar 1906. It was written in English. 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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been advised by the Russian Legation to anticipate, while there was yet time,
any seizure as a possible result of it by us of the islands or other strategic points
in those waters.
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217. For a further he account of the conversation between Sir A. Hardinge
and Mons. Naus, and the measures taken for the removal of the Persian flag, we
shall quote the former's report to the Foreign Offro dated 24th May 1904:—
Mons. Naus was good enough to show me in confidence Mons. Dambrain's reports to him
about his visits to Sirri, Tamb, Abu Musa, and Bassidore. The account of the latter place
which I visited myself with His Excellency Lord Curzon, and of the nature of our claims
to it, was very accurate. Mons. Dambrain reported that proposals had from time to time
been made by Lingah merchants to move over to Bassidore and convert it into a free pore
or emporium, but that these suggestions had always been discouraged by the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Bushire, as impracticable, and not really advantageous to British trade with
Oman and the Arab Coast generally. As regards Tamb and Abu Musa. Mons. Dambrain
stated that he had found the Arab flag flying, and had removed it, notwithstanding the pro
tests of a care-taker who professed to represent the Shaikh of Shargah, and had hoisted the
Persian flag, not so far as my recollection goes, on tbe same flag-staff, but on an adjacent
spot. At Sirri- he had found no flag-flying, and had hoisted the Persian one without
remark. He reported in this connection tbat no claim was made to Sirri on behalf of any
Arab Chief.
I observed that in 1888 we had objected to the assertion of Persian sovereignty over
Sirri, but that the question appeared to have been shelved. I had no orders from your
Lordship to re-open it, but I must ask that immediate instructions should be sent to
. Mons. Dambrain to remove the Persian flags from Tamb and Abu Musa,
Mons. Naus said he would at once ask authority from the Persian Government to this
effect. Mons. Dambrain had, he observed, no business to romove the Arab flag. He had
not been told to do so by the Persian Government, which was ignorant of the Arab
occupation of the islands, and he himself. (Mons. Naus) could only repudiate his action.
What he should have done was to make further enquiries as to the circumstances under
which the Jaosmi flag was hoisted on these islands, and to report to Tehran for further
orders. His Excellency thanked me for my courtesy in giving the Persian officials an
opportunity of themselves rectifying this hasty step.
A few days later Mons. Naus informed me that he had spoken on this subject to the
Prime Minister, who was a little inclined to be obstinate about the Shah's rights and he
asked me to mention the matter to His Highness. I intended doing so at my interview
on the 8th instant, reported in other despatches, but the Mushir-ed-Dowleh, whom I saw
just before it, begged me to leave the matter in his own hands, and assured me that he
would himself settle it with the Shah.
I accordingly called to-day at the Foreign Office to be informed of His Majesty's
decision. Mons. Naus was present at our interview, and showed me a telegram which he was
just sending to Bushire informing Mons. Dambrain that the question of sovereignty over
Tamb and Abu Musa was a disputed one, and ordering him, with the least possible delay,
to remove the Persian flag from those islands. I he Mushir-ed-Dowleh observed in
this connection that the Persian Government considered it had a claim to these two islands,
and reserved its right to discuss that claim with me. I assented, and expressed my
willingness to submit to your Lordship any representations which His Excellency might
do me the honour to make to me.
218. On 24th May 1904, Sir A. Hardinge telegraphed^ to the Government
of India that the Persian Government, while reserving its right to discuss with
His Majesty^s Government our resfectu e claims as to Abu Musa and Tamb, had
telegraphed orders to Bushire to remove Persian flags and guards from these
islands. In pursuance of the orders issued from Tehran the Persian flags were
removed from the islands on the 14th June
/iii, Nos. 264-272 and 283. 1904. (Telegram dated 22nd June 1904,
from Major Cox to Simla), and a few days afterwards Trucial flags were hoisted
by the Chief of Shargah's men on both the islands and two of his men stationed
on each,
219. In his telegram dated 31st May 1904, Major Cox suggested to the
Government of India that the present
ibid, No. 26g. opportunity might be embraced to take
some action regarding the Sirri island, in connection with which the position
seemed indentical with that of Tamb and Abu Musa islands, and in his letter
dated nth June 1904, he suggested that we should press the matter again on
the Persian Government on a request to be made by the Chief of Shargah. From
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This volume is a collection of correspondence about the Persian Coast, selected by Jerome A Saldanha and printed in Simla in 1906.
The volume is divided into twelve chapters:
- Internal Affairs, with list of officials and events (folios 7-16);
- Claims of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat] to the islands of Kishm, Angaum and Ormuz and the town of Bandar Abbas and its dependencies (folios 17-30);
- Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. British Expedition to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Karun River (folios 31-34);
- Various attempts made to establish Persian influence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1887-1905 (folios 35-39);
- Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. appointments, establishments, and guards and buildings on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 40-49);
- British extra-territorial jurisdiction on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 50-62);
- Questions of Status (folios 63-69);
- Claims of British subjects and protegés against the Persian Government and Officials and Persian subjects (folios 70-80);
- Certain miscellaneous affairs with regard to British relations with Persia (folios 81-87);
- Infringement of British Commercial Rights (folios 88-94);
- Introduction of Belgian Customs Administration and new Tariff, 1900-1905 (folios 95-100);
- Persian interference with the British Postal arrangements (folios 101-103).
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- 1 volume (106 folios)
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, front-i, 2r:34r, 35r:50r, 51v:56r, 57r:86r, 87r:91v, 92v:105v, back-i, back
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