'14/88 III B 33 Tamb Island'

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This file contains correspondence relating to the islands of Bahrain, Tanb (also written as Tamb) [Greater and Lesser Tumb] and Abu Musa in the context of the Persian claim to these islands. The main correspondents are Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven Fowle); H.M. Minister, Tehran (Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen); Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office (John Charles Walton); Sheikh Sultan bin Salim, ruler of Ras al Khaimah Topics of letters include:

• The attitude of Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, the ruler of Ras al Khaimah.
• The British approach to a possible Persian claim over Bahrain at the Council of League of Nations.
• Interception of letters from the Persian Governement to the local shaikh at Tanb.
• Account of a conversation between a French Admiral (Contre-Amiral Rivet) and the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah.
• A firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). contained in a envelope (folio 179a).
• The removal and replacement of the Ras al Khaimah flag on Tanb.

Extent and format

1 volume (205 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation. The foliation sequences runs from the front cover to last folio, and consists of small circled numbers, located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

Written in

English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/248

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 14/88/III Confidential Series: B33

History of this record

Date(s)

26 Sep 1934-25 Jun 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Territorial disputes

Places

BahrainGreater TunbLesser TunbPersia

People & organisations

Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf

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