File 522/1922 Pt 7 'Bahrain: Persian claim to sovereignty; Persian Treaty negotations 1929-1930' [500r] (1004/1126)
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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Article—£• Bahrein (Taimourtiache, paragraphs
19-26, despatch, paragraphs 17-19). While agreement
is not yet in sight, it is very satisfactory 4hat
the Minister of Court has for the first time
indicated his readiness to acknowledge Bahreini
independence• The counter-draft for this purpose
which he has prepared is not in itself inacceptahle.
As regards the quid pro quo which he demands, we
are precluded from supplying armed vessels, and we
can hardly reasonably be expected to throw the
Persian debt to the Indo-European Telegraph Department
into the scales in addition to the wholeof the main
Persian debt. Nor can we agree to accept liability
for the discharge of British claims against
Persia. On the other hand, we are already prepared
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to abandon the debt in return for a satisfactory-
general settlement; we regard the value of British
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areTto^settle claims as negligible, and the gulf to be bridged,
£250,000. 'therefore, is less wide than it might have been.
I gj.r Robert Clive seams to have handled the matter
satisfactorily.
As regards the Persian claim for a
representative in Bahrein, the Foreign Office have
informally expressed the hope that we may be
prepared to accept an arrangement such as that
finally accepted hy Taimourtache, and set out in
paragraph 19 of Sir Robert Clive’s despatch. Prlma
facie, I think, subject to the observations of the
Government of India, that we might agre- to do so.
Ibn Saud has already an informal agent in the
■Islands in the shape of Qusaibi. Should it ultimately
be decided that 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.
is to be located in
3818a 5000 S.29
Bahrein,
x^re pre-
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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'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:17v, 21r:24v, 35r:47v, 67r:69v, 70v:145v, 147r:222v, 226r:226v, 230r:259v, 262r:267v, 270r:282v, 283v:285v, 286v:288v, 295r:301v, 322r:342v, 351r:361v, 363r:367v, 370r:383v, 386r:399v, 401r:404v, 407r:407v, 409r:415v, 419r:437v, 441r:543v, 545r:546v, 548r:560v, back-i
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