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Coll 30/58 'Persian Gulf. Anglo-Persian Relations. Persian insult to British flag at Basidu' [327r] (658/1186)
The record is made up of 1 file (589 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1933-31 Jan 1934. 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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Enclosure So.l to the Senior Haval Officer^, ^ersian
Gulf BiTision, letter No. 33/423 to the Honourable 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 ^ersi an Gruif^ dated 10th
August 1933
(Continued)
(Copy to the Coferaander-in-Chief.East Indies Station.
(Ho.141/423).
Enclosure to H BIBEEOPJD t S w Letter of Proceed in ga
Hp. 50/165 dated 2nd AngustVl933.
SI'TUATIOH AT HEHJ4M.
1. The Quarantine Medical Officer has been making
himself very objectionable lately.
2. The trouble started as far back as last March when
the A.^.O.C. engaged the services of the Goanese doctor
(employed by Imperial and International Communications, to
look after their staff at Hen jam) to attend to their
personnel working at Kargeh (Qjtshm Island). He, (the
Goanese Doctor) visits Kargeh every week-end and in any
emergency.
3. The Q..M.O. apparently considered that he ought to
have been given the job and has ever since been engaged
in a campaign of unpleasantness against the ^elegraphs
Doctor.
4. He has now demanded the Goanese Doctor’s credentials
and testimonials. These were sent to Tehran last September
in accordance with the usual procedure before a Hon-Persian
Doctor is allowed to practice in Persia. These have not
been returned .
5. The Q.MP. is trying to stop the Telegraphs Doctor
from practising in Hen jam at all, even going so far as to
say he is not to treat the Persian employees of the
Telegrams Co.
6. There is yet another Nazimieh arrived here and
the Q.M.O. has persuaded him to back him (the Q.M.O.) up.
The situation is a difficult one.
7. Mr. Harding has represented the matter to his head
office in Karachi, but as far as I know the Political
Authorities at Eushire are not aware of the situation.
8. It is also reported that the Q,.M.O. has lately
been holding up the slow mails for as long as 40 minutes
before giving them pratique. He has compelled the Captain
and all the Officers to parade on front of him.
1ft.9. The men who were arrested as being concerned in
the attack on Mr.Morton (vide my letter Ho.S.66 of 8th
June 1933) and who were to have been sent to Bandar Abbas
for trial, have been let out *on bail" and are now at large
in Henjam. One of them is anployed by the new Nazimieh.
(Signed) E.C. Deni son
Captain.
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This file contains correspondence between British diplomatic and naval officials concerning an incident on 31 July 1933 when four Persian naval officers landed at Basidu (a naval station on Qishm island used by Britain) and took down the British flag in the presence of witnesses including an Italian and a Frenchman. Subsequently, a Royal Navy vessel arrived at the station and the British flag was re-hoisted.
The correspondence discusses the details of the incident itself, its aftermath and its impact on Britain's relations with the Government of Iran. It also covers what steps were taken to 'restore British prestige in the eyes of the Gulf Arabs', including details regarding the dispatch of a royal navy flotilla to the region.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains the following:
- Relevant press cuttings regarding the incident and Britain's response (folios 78, 169, 311 and 364)
- Copy of a circular clarifying the sequence of events in Basidu that was issued by the British authorities in the Gulf (folio 11)
- 'Copy of a note dated the 14th August 1933, from the Head Clerk, H.B.M.'s Consulate, Bandar Abbas, regarding a conversation which recently took place between the Governor of Bandar Abbas and the Consulate Mirza' (folio 255)
- 'Basidu Incident' a summary of events written by J V Creagh, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 329-331)
- 'Extract from Cabinet Conclusions dated 5th September 1933 - Relations with Persia, Basidu Incident' (folios 370-376)
- 'Legal Status of Basidu' (folios 398-399)
- 'Cabinet: Relations with Persia - Basidu Incident. Memorandum by the First Lord of the Admiralty' (folios 413-415)
- Cabinet Memorandum regarding Basidu Incident (folios 416-417)
- 'Foreign Office Memorandum for submission to the Cabinet on the subject of the Flag Incident at Basidu' (folios 435-440)
- A small sketch map marking the boundaries of 'British Basidu' (folio 536).
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (589 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 591; 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.
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- Coll 30/58 'Persian Gulf. Anglo-Persian Relations. Persian insult to British flag at Basidu'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:77v, 79r:168v, 170r:310v, 312r:363v, 365r:590v, back-i
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