'ملف رقم 19/109 IV (C 28) علاقات الشيخ مع القوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [و‎‎٨‎٥] (٦١٧/١٨٣)

35 - INDIA OFFICE,
VPITSrALL, London,S.W.I, ^
4th November 1926.
Sir,
I an directed by the Secretary of State for India U
to j e:r l 'O your letter of the 1st October, No. T. 11069/235/ji
. | • 378. relative to the -rant of travelling panres to subjects !
o_. .-k-hrcin and to say that, before causing instructions to 1
be issued in the sense suggested by the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, he would prefer that the question !
should be re-examined with reference to the points mentioned
below.
1 - i " h3 ^i^st place the Sari of Birkenhead is unable,
to iina justification for the statement, made in paragraph j
2 of your letter, that according to the letter addressed by
Hi? r jesty's Consul General at Bushire to His Majesty-s
Minister at Tehran on the 20th of May last the dairr of
r ^ 1 " 1:1 - > certificates issued in Bahrein
or Iraq to the possession of such certificates is open to
t. Lieut,Col.-'rideaux refers especially to the posses
sion of these certificates of Bahreinis residents at
--ohammerah, but he does not suggest that subjects of Bahrein
ao _Goiac:ej l;i Persia have thereby acquired
Persian nationality in supersession of their former status.
So long as such persons do not voluntarily adopt Persian
nationality they would appear to be entitled to retain these
certificates of identity, nor would there appear to be any
objection, in principle, to their being registered as
M _ British, c-ctected persons. It will be recalled that in 1906
( tele t.ram to i. eh ran. Mo. 28. 9th February 1906) ard again
in 1908 (Tehran despatch No. 101. 24th April, 1908) and in
1909 .(Tehran despatch No. 116. 4th June 1909. the Persian
Government were informed that His Majesty-s Government con-
sidored the island of Bahrein and its irhabitants to,be
under British protection. I to invite a reference in this
connection to the arrangements made in 1910 for the protec
tion of Bahreinis at Loiaramerah. a report of which was made