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'File 19/109 VI (C 45) Bahrain Relations with Foreign Powers' [147v] (311/520)
The record is made up of 1 volume (256 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1931-30 Sep 1933. 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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powerless or unwilling to help our friends. On the other hand
they believe that where our own interests are directly threatened
we must male e a stand and know that in the last resort we are
strong enough to resist the Persian claim to Bahrain. It is
obvious to the meanest intelligence that it is in our interests
to resist this claim and every Arab thinks that we are certain
to do so, and therefore there is not the least need to take it
seriously# I am therefore not in favour of making the scaliest
concession to the Persians for the abandonment of their claim
to Bahrain, which from the Gulf point of view causes us no
practical inconvenience at all*
On the other hand it is desirable in the interests
of our prestige among the Arabs and general reputation for fair
dealing to try and do something to protect the subjects of a
small State, for the control of whose foreign affairs we are
definitely responsible, and I would therefore urge that, if in
any way feasible, we should take up with the Persians the one
clear and definite issue of conscription.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the harassment and mis-treatment of Bahrainis resident in Persia, notably in the town of Mohammerah (present day Khorramshahr).
Much of the correspondence concerns the arrest of a Bahraini trader named Haji Hamid and reports that the Persian government is forcing Bahrainis to give up their Bahraini nationality and adopt Persian nationality.
The correspondence discusses how the British should respond to Persia's actions and the broader implications of any such response. The detention of a Bahrain Government official in Persia (Jaafar Ben Abdullah Saleh) is also discussed as is correspondence regarding the exact number of Bahrainis then resident in Persia.
The file also contains documents relating to foreign representation (or lack thereof) in Bahrain, the undesirability of the USA establishing a consulate in the country and practicalities regarding a visit to Bahrain of Paul Knabenshue, the Minister Resident of the USA in Baghdad.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (256 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose. There are various foliation sequences. The most complete sequence is written in pencil, in the very top right corner. It begins on the title page and runs through to f.247, the spine of the volume, which has been separated and placed in a plastic sheet. The following details should be noted: f.1 is followed by f.1A and f.1B; f.115 is followed by f.115A; f.163 is followed by f.163A; f.163A is stored in an envelope that is attached to f.163; f.164 is followed by f.164A; f.165 and f.166 are stored in an envelope that is attached to f.164A; f.167 is followed by f.167A; f.168, f.169 and f.170 are stored in an envelope that is attached to f.167A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/323
- Title
- 'File 19/109 VI (C 45) Bahrain Relations with Foreign Powers'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, spine-a:spine-b, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:141v, 143r:162v, 166r:166v, 168r:169v, 172r:172v, 174r:174v, 177v:224v, 227r:246v, iii-r:vii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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