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File 522/1922 Pt 7 'Bahrain: Persian claim to sovereignty; Persian Treaty negotations 1929-1930' [‎110r] (224/1126)

The record is made up of 1 volume (559 folios). It was created in 22 Feb 1929-5 Oct 1933. 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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prestige locally was concerned to leave the Persians in
occupation of Bahrein or of for so®e weeks or even
months, while the League machinery was being put in notion,
would be most unfortunate*
8* ^he Foreign Office enquired what action we should take
in the event of the negotiations not progressing well and
active steps being taken by Persia te conscript Bahreinis.
Light this not force us to volunteer arbitration? I said
that 1 thought the decision must turn on the circumstances.
Assuming that the negotiations proved at any rate temporarily
abortive because of the impossibility of getting the Persians
to grant us our desiderata in return for the concessions
which we are prepared to offer and had offered, and that
the Minister were to succeed in securing an adjournment
MAjM A%1 o- the intermission of negotiations in a frienSPy
atmosphere, the status awo »greement might be regarded as
apvlyin/? to the case of Bahreinis in Persia. If by any chance
the Persians refused to accept this view and started to
conscript ahreinis we obviously should not wish to provoke
a major crisis which might affect the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and -enjam,
merely because of these unforti note people. Cur course in
tiiece circumstance a would presumably he to send in m strong
hote of protest at this violation of the status :mo and to
allow the Bahreinis to be conscripted. If, on the other
hand, the negotiations collapsed altogether in a definitely
unfriendly atmosphere and the Persian guarantee (for what
it is worth) tc maintain the st• tus .quo wan to be regarded
ae having lapsed, the question of the .Bahreinis would be a
relatively small one, for we should presumably be faced with
Persian/

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Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and memoranda relating to Persia's claim to sovereignty in Bahrain. Principal correspondents include officials at 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department). Further correspondence, usually included as enclosures, comes from the British Minister in Tehran, 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. in Bahrain, 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 Government of Persia, the Government of Bahrain, the Board of Trade, the League of Nations, the General Post Office, and the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan.

In a general sense the papers cover the interdepartmental discussion of Persia's ongoing claims to sovereignty in Bahrain and how best to respond to and deal with them. More specific matters covered by the volume include Persia's protests to the League of Nations over the matter, articles connected to Bahrain in new Anglo-Persian treaty negotiations, the appointment of a spokesman for Persians in Bahrain, an anti-British press campaign in Persia, and the alleged expulsion of Persian nationals from Bahrain.

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1 volume (559 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 561; 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 302-321; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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File 522/1922 Pt 7 'Bahrain: Persian claim to sovereignty; Persian Treaty negotations 1929-1930' [‎110r] (224/1126), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1045, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100103757002.0x000019> [accessed 29 August 2024]

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