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'File 12/2 Treatment of Baharna in Persia' [139r] (277/440)
The record is made up of 1 file (220 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1932-22 Mar 1945. It was written in English 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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COPY OF NOTE
We may divide persons of Bahrain origin in Persia
into three categories:-
(1) Those who own landed property,
(2) Bahrainis born in Persia, and
(3) those who were born in Bahrain,
As regards the first we can do nothing for them and the
-re is no objection to telling them sc on every possible
occasion, nor can there be any difficulty in explainir^ this
to the Shaikh. As regards the second, since Bahrain has
now published a proclamation that persons born in Bahrain
of foreign parents would, unless registered in the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
be considered as subjects of the Bahrain State, we could,
I think, persuade the Shaikh that it is unreasonable to
expect us to do anything for Bahrainis born in Persia,
since I do not think that these people have any real
claim on us. They intend to remain in Persia, they are
usually married in Persia and since they are born there,
Persians have every risfht to consider them as sons of the
soil. It is true that foreigners in Bahrain can register
and avoid Bahrain nationality, but the fact remains that
Persians do not. We are now left with the third category oi
persons born in Bahrain who genuinely belong to it and for
these we must make anattempt to do something.
2. The question or retaliation was taken bp by Sir Hugh
Biscoe in his despatch No.23b-S., dated the 5th May 1931
wherein he suggested that we should withdraw the
Capitulations from the Persians in Bahrain and subject
them to the local courts. I told Sir Hugh «t the time that
I thought his idea was mistaken and that it would hit us
more than the Persian Government in as muah as it would
reduce the power of the
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.
over an important
section of the community, and that it was impracticable in
that most of the Persians in Bahrain spoke only Persian
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This file contains correspondence regarding the mistreatment of Bahraini nationals resident in Persia at the hands of the Persian Government.
The file contains a number of petitions (in Arabic with English translations) sent to the Government of Bahrain and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah by these groups of Bahrainis requesting assistance (ff 54, 81, 82, 118 and 126).
The correspondence between British officials also discusses possible punitive measures against Persians (ff 144-149) resident in Bahrain and broader issues regarding Bahraini nationality (ff 174-177).
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- 1 file (220 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 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 foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-220; 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/486
- Title
- 'File 12/2 Treatment of Baharna in Persia'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 5r:16v, 19r:21v, 24r:25v, 29r:37v, 39r:50v, 55r:79v, 83r:89v, 91r:92v, 94r:94v, 97r:113v, 115r:116v, 119r:125v, 127r:149v, 151r:188v, 190r:219v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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