ملف ١٩٢٣/٤٠١١ الجزء ٢ "الخليج الفارسي: مفاوضات ١٩٢٨ هنجام" [ظ‎‎٧‎٢‎٥] (١٩٣٤/١٤٥٥)

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S.N.O. to Pol. Res.
April 18 1927,
P. 2958.
Lr. from Pol. Res.
to G. of I., June 21
1928, P. 3979.
Tel. from Pol. Res.
to Cl. of L, 722,
June 13, P. 3077.
Tel. from Viceroy,
June 1«, P. 3157.
I.O. to P.O., June 23,
P. 3176.
F.O. to Teh., 152,
June 26, P. 3383.
British naval party, the valuable services rendered bv which
acknowledged subsequently by the Governor of the Gulf Ports gTate %
29. The Sheikh was rebuked by the Senior Naval Officer f i •
encroachment on tne territory of the concession, which was ho all , hls
result of misunderstanding; and was reminded that he hnd h! ged ’ the
m June 192(5 that should Persia take punitive action akil h
not look for protection to His Majesty’s Government. S * 16 , " !ecl
30. The Customs Mudir was replaced towards the end of KOI- ,
punitive action by Persia was delayed till the sprint of Was T„ i ™ l
year an armed Persian force landed on the island'and evnellell u ePf? 1
who fled with his subjects to the Trucial Coast, leaving tef ndl 5^
women of the tribe. He had been warned that if he souHit tamoft { e
British Concession lie would be surrendered, and the PersianToon
arrival were permitted to enter and camp in the concession on th “rand
that it was Persian territory. e S roun(1
31. The expulsion of the Sheikh, and in particular the fact that lie hid
been refused shelter in the British Concession, produced a serioiT, ‘in,ah
rhiefetPp^N^T^Poli^iV 9 -^ r ,le Mem ° ral>dum
ton lets on p. ^ ) 1 he Political Resident, apprehensive of the effect on
[racial feeling of the adoption of a detached attitude bv His Maie S tv’s
Government, suggested that His Majesty’s Government might act “as
inteimedianes, with a view to ascertaining whether Persia would be
prepared to accept any terms on which the Sheikh could return on
acknowledging Persian sovereignty and paying blood money. His
Pol. Res. to G. of I.,
. 386, Sept. 20,
. 5125.
/-i . —uiuuu jmjuey. nis fviaiest
Government in agreement with the Government of India'and the Chart
dNftanes at leheran, decided, however, that intervention on behalf H
he Sheikh would be likely to do more harm than good; that a local
settlement was clearly the right solution, and that if any influence was
exercised with Persia it should he both unobtrusive and local.
32. The question of action on behalf of the Sheikh, in view of the
situation on the Prucial Coast, where feeling, further aggravated by the
am mci enp continued to ran high, formed the subject of considerable
discussion aunng August and September 1928. In September 1928 the
ei v i oi Dabai reported, however, that a Persian Envoy from Henjam had
amved inviting the Sheikh and all his people, except the actual murderers
o tne Mudir, to return; and the Senior Naval Officer, aware of the
re uctance of His Majesty s Government to intervene, advised that the
bneikli of Henjam must decide for himself. On 2(Jth September the
o iticai Resident reported that the Sheikh, with his men, had returned to
enjam, where he was understood to be awaiting the arrival of Persian
officials to effect a settlement.*
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oo.
Tel. from Viceroy to
S. of S. for [.,1877 8.,
Sept. 18, P. 5116.
Tel. from S. of S.
for 1. to Viceroy,
2669, Sept. 20,
P. 5125/28.
Teli. tel. to F.O.,
279, Sept. 21,
P. 160/28.
Matters rest at this point. The Government of India had previously
suggested that the Trucial situation nov r made it desirable to inform the
abai Aiabs that while His Majesties Government could not admit “non-
amenability of Sheikh of Henjam, as a resident on soil recognised by us as
Persian, to Persian authority in respect of his Henjam holding, we are
prepared to represent views of Sheikh of Dabai and Beni Yas tribe ... to
1 ersian Government and use our good oflflees on behalf [of the Sheikh of
enjamj provided he is prepared to make fail restitution for the murder
o Customs Mudir. Matter might then be dealt with in autumn negotiations
on jasis of full acknowledgment of Persian sovereignty over Henjam.
ssue of nationality^ should be avoided if possible, but, if it is to be raised,
capital could be made . . . of status of (? Persians) resident on the Arab
coast and. in Iraq, and of Persian nationality law with its recognition of
jus sanguinis.'''
o4. The Government of India have been asked whether their views.are
arrected by the return of the Sheikh to Henjam. The Charge d’Affaires,
1 eheran who had sounded the Persian Government as to the return of the
. e p V J, _has meamvhile expressed the view that failing a specific imdertalung
y eisia that he ‘be permitted to return in full liberty’, he runs a cei tain
riS A ail< canu ot accept responsibility for wffiat may happen.”