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'File 19/109 VI (C 45) Bahrain Relations with Foreign Powers' [193v] (403/520)
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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the work,
"but with a rapidly growing Cocimmiity^nd. the possibility of
difficulties,will increase•
y• The time must inevitably come when difficulties will
arise. Indeed,a difficulty threatened only a few weeks ago,
when there was a possibility (I am told that the betting was
at one time 6 to 4 onI) of another marriage taking place. In
tne case of the marriage mentioned above one of tne parties was
a missionary of the American Mission,and both were content to
be married by a Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church• I am
not sure that the other couple would have been so content.
Immediately would have arisen the question:-
"You have not the authority to carry out an ordinary
every day act like marriage; yet you have a Treaty under
which you say that we cannot have our Consul here to do
these acta; what is to be done about it?"
10. Apart from any question of Treaty riguts,it would be
most undesirable to have a Consul of the United States of
.America in Bahrain,as with the Oil interests at his back,he
would be liicely rapidly to acquire a powerful position - indeed,
he might well tend to supplant 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.
. Moreover^
if any one country were to be permitted to establish a Consulate,
it would be difficult to refuse the same privilege to others -
especially to Persia (though this would mean the disappearence
of her claims to sovereignty) and to Sa'udi Arabia. I have
reason to believe, more over,that the Bahrain Government would
view with anxiety the possibility of the establishment of any
foreign Consul in Bahrain.
11. The immediate question is what attitude the Political
Agent is to adopt,if and when the .American Consul at Baghdad
repeats his visit to Bahrain (as he may well do in the coming
cold weather),and if he shows signs of Consular activity or asks,
whether there is any objection to his,for example,issuing a
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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.
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- 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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- '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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