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'File 12/1 II Persian Claim to Bahrain, April 1946-December 1950' [9r] (17/20)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 1948. 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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Persians would not be sympathetic. A fairly large pro
portion of the Shia Persians, would, I believe, v/elcome
Persian rule. The leading
Holis
Group of people who migrated from the Arab shores of the Gulf to the Persian side over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, many of whom have since returned to the Arabian Peninsula.
would be opposed to it
but some of their young men might make overtures to Persia
in order to make difficulties for the Government in Bahrain.
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C. J. Pelly, Esquire, O.B.E., I.C.S
H.B.jtf’J
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,
Bahrain.
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This file contains a letter from Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain to Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain. The letter discusses in detail the ethnic, religious (and to a lesser extent, social) composition of Bahraini society with an emphasis on those of Persian origin.
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- 1 file (10 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the 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. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/485
- Title
- 'File 12/1 II Persian Claim to Bahrain, April 1946-December 1950'
- Pages
- 2r:9v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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