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Coll 30/93 'Position of Bahrein subjects in Persia and of Persian subjects in Bahrein.' [58r] (120/402)
The record is made up of 1 file (197 folios). It was created in 6 May 1933-11 Oct 1940. 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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cbjectioa^ble to them. Thit
^ x Ut ^ii the above suggested retal-
1&UOa * US W>i0r points out with regard to the
particular one of tHe withdrawal of Capitulations) can only
-.one once. could only intimate to the Persian
-ovai-naent, in whatever way was thought desirable, that if
th * y ‘ iid not cea8 « tneir ill-treatment of Bahrainis, the
Bahrain Government would take such and such measures. If
tue Persian Government did not respond to these threats, which
I do not think tbay would, the Bahrain Government
would then have to put them into force, and having done
this could hold out no further inducement to the Persian
Gove iiment that the measures would be relaxed if the
Persian Government ceased their ill-treatment of Bahrainis*
1C. Phat is wanted is some form of suit hie retaliation
which does not buffer under the disadvantages explained above#
The onl/ one 1 can think of is that the Shaikh should issue
a px*oclamation prohibiting ownership of land in Bahrain by
Persian© and ordering that rersians who already own land
in Bahrain my. will be allowed a period of, say, two years,
within which to acquire Bahrain nationality, or, if they do
not wish t© become Bahrain su^ects, to dispose of their
property. This follows the measures taken by the Persian
Government prohibiting the ownership of land by foreign
lationals, appears to be a form of retaliation suited to the
i&se, and generally makes The punishment fit the crime. If
it any time the Persians ceased their i 11 -treinant oi
Bahrainis - which tiiey are not likely to - the measure
•ould be relaxed. There may, however, be practical
objections to the introduction of such a measure, and I
;hall address you further on this point.
^ n># as sum a that retaliations are out oi the
nation, th. otOy action which we can take on behalf of
(ahralnis are protests.- As pointed out in paragr^hs 3 and
, of oy express better Ko.661-3 of 13th July -934, certain
saumptions which of recent years had been made in connect-
ion
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The file concerns the affairs of subjects of Bahrein [Bahrain] in Persia [Iran], and the affairs of the 'Persian' community (also referred to as the ' 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. ') in Bahrain.
The main correspondents are HM Representative, Tehran; HM Consul for Khuzistan; HM Vice-Consul, Mohammerah; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and 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. , Bahrain.
In terms of the affairs of Bahrainis in Iran, the papers, dated 1933-35, cover the alleged oppression of Bahrainis in Iran by the Iranian Government; the conscription of Bahrainis by the Iranian Government; discussion (between the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ) of whether the British Government should make an official protest to the Iranian authorities over the treatment of Bahrainis; the difficulty posed by the Iranian Government's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain; the question of dual nationality; petitions of complaint from Bahrainis; and discussion of whether the British should implement retaliatory measures.
In terms of the affairs of the 'Persian' community in Bahrain, the papers, dated 1940, cover: the support of the 'Persian' community for the Germans in the Second World War, and consequent unease on the part of the Ruler of Bahrain; the suggestion by 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. , Bahrain that internment should be considered for persons suspected of pro-German, or at least anti-British and anti-Bahrain Government sympathies; and a letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to the Government of India, commenting on the complex nature of politics in Bahrain (folios 7-9).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (197 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-198; these numbers are printed, and are not circled.
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- Coll 30/93 'Position of Bahrein subjects in Persia and of Persian subjects in Bahrein.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:77v, 78v, 79v:80v, 81v:105v, 108r:116v, 119r:160v, 161v:193v, 197r:198v, back-i
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