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Coll 30/90 'Persian claim to the island of Bahrain' [408r] (828/1062)
The record is made up of 1 file in 3 parts (519 folios). It was created in 25 May 1934-23 Sep 1948. It was written in English and French. 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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Stated that ° ft i ° f • Prmce Re g eut °f Fare (which
iaiea tiiat it is not the intention of this Governmprn tn
of the aD Per P shn e ''uY'T™ °. f the Several P «^r S and States
a ^ewa^of ^ 0 ”^“ than be —-ary to prevent
the flag [granted to the Uttabis] to give 3 offefce^Peraia 11
as there 1S not the smallest connection between it and
on the part “the‘ rvT'p 81 pretolsio11 to superiority
Muscat and the She n fp Government”), the Imam of
scat, and the Sheikh of Bahrein, and as a mark of dis-
refffdTt 1 ! he i WaS r, 0 ™ 1 £rom his appointment. With
e ard to the clause of the agreement affecting Bahrein the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
remarked: “It acknowledges the
King of Persia’s title to Bahrein, of which there is not tbf
vTthmft? ’ Tk 0h * he British GOTe ™“®nt cannot assert
he U ta 3 ^‘T'p 8 ° f the a Imam f° f MuSCa « a “ d
the Uttabis. ... On the Persian side, the Shah not only
let used to approve the arrangements which had been made
but expressed his displeasure that the Prince of Shiraz
should have entered into any engagement with the British
Government without his knowledge and injunctions The
agreement was thus repudiated by both sides.
GrOvt. of
Bombay to
Capt. Bruce,
No. 1491 of
1.11.1822,
para. 6.
Teh. Desp.
No. 1,
25.1.1823.
Bahrein—Muscat Disputes.
22 i f y 1 i 822, if ? 0t earlier ’ the Sheikhs of Bahrein had
ceased to observe the engagement undertaken by them in
lo^O to pay an annual tribute to Muscat. In August 1822
an attack by Muscat on Bahrein seeming in consequence
imminent, the Governor of Bombay, in letters to the Sheikh
and to the Imam of Muscat, suggested that if this tribute
was of ancient origin it should be regularly paid, but that
otherwise it should be dropped. In January 1823 the
I olitical .Resident (Lieut. McLeod) visited Bahrein to
leassure the Sheikhs in regard to the unratified treaty
concluded by Captain Bruce with the
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
of
k-hiraz, and to inform them that that treaty was of no effect
and that no chang-e of policy was contemplated by Govern-
ment. In the spring of 1823, on rumours of a contemplated
joint attack on Bahrein by Persia, Muscat and the Arabs of
the mainland, the Minister at Tehran was asked at a suitable
juncture to dissuade the Persians from disturbing" the
tranquillity of the Gulf.
Lor. I, 851.
Govr. to
Imam,
19.8.1822.
Govr. to
Sheikh,
19.8.1822.
Precis, 307.
Lor. I, 850.
Resdt. to
Govt, of
Bombay,
No. 8,
27.2.1823.
Lor. I, 852.
Govt, of
Bombay to
Teh.,
No. 394,
26.3.1823.
23. In February 1824 the Resident composed for a period
of two years the acute internal disputes between members of
the ruling house which were for many years a feature of the Lor. I 351 .
history of Bahrein. In 1825 the Governor of Bombay
personally remonstrated with the Imam of Muscat on aii
endeavour by the latter to interfere in the question of the
Bahrein succession consequent on the death in that year of
Sheikh Salman, who had ruled the Sheikhdom since 1796 (in Lor. I iii x
association in his later years with his brother Abdulla). Tabled ’
Reassertion of Persian Claim, 1825.
24. In 1825 an intimation was made by the Political
Resident to the
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
of Fars, who had been
meditating an expedition to subdue Bahrein, and whose
Minister had requested the Resident to give directions to
the Sheikh to strike the dag which the British Government
had authorised the Uttabis of Bahrein to dy. “He was
informed that no control was assumed over the people of
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The file concerns the claim of the Government of Iran (generally referred to as the Government of Persia) to territorial sovereignty over Bahrein [Bahrain].
The papers include: the Iranian claim in the light of the Bahrain oil concession; representations by the Government of Iran to the League of Nations, and the involvement of League in the dispute; summary of diplomatic correspondence, 1927-29 (folios 506-511); 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. 'Historical Memorandum on Bahrein', dated 14 July 1934 - a historical summary of the political status of Bahrain, and Persian claims to sovereignty; the submission of the question by 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. to the Law Officers of the Crown, 1934 (folios 466-472), and the report of the Law Officers of the Crown (folios 400-403), stating their opinion that Persia had no rights of sovereignty or suzerainty over Bahrain; the view of the Foreign Office (subsequently adopted) that references in public pronouncements to the independence of Bahrain needed to be qualified by the statement that the ruler was 'in special treaty relations with His Majesty's Government' (folios 378-380); the status of Tamb and Abu Musa (folio 361); the imposition of Iranian import duty on aviation oil supplied to Bahrain (folios 315-316); the views of 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. on the dangers of submitting the question to international arbitration (folios 308-314); similarities to the dispute between the United States of America (USA) and the Netherlands over Palmas Island [Miangas or Palmas, Indonesia] (e.g. folios 306-307); the views of the Government of Saudi Arabia (folios 268-270); the issue of passports and visas; transcripts of articles in support of the Iranian position in the Iranian and Arabic language press; the effect of the Bahrain nationality and property laws; Italian propaganda in support of the Iranian claim (folio 243); comparison with the Falkland Islands (folio 210); the refusal of the Iranian postal authorities to accept mails from Bahrain (folio 186); the involvement of the United Nations Organisation; Foreign Office 'Memorandum on Bahrein', dated 13 January 1947, substantially based on 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. 'Historical Memorandum on Bahrein' of 1934 (folios 97-126); Soviet propaganda over Bahrain (folio 57); the presence in Tehran of a person claiming to represent the Bahrain National Party (folios 50-54); and correspondence dated 1948 concerning the size and position of the Persian community in Bahrain, including a letter on the subject from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (folios 25-37).
The file contains significant correspondence from the Foreign Office, HM Minister, Tehran (later the British Ambassador to Tehran), 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The French language content of the file consists of approximately thirty folios of diplomatic correspondence and newspaper extracts.
The file also contains copies of earlier correspondence, dated 1927-31.
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 in 3 parts (519 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: this file consists of three physical parts. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover of part one with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover of part three with 525; 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 2-524; these numbers are printed, but are not circled.
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- Coll 30/90 'Persian claim to the island of Bahrain'
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