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'File 9/11 Grant of Passports and Permits by the Bahrain Government and Treaty with Persia relative to withdrawal of claim to' [‎9r] (19/150)

The record is made up of 1 file (73 folios). It was created in 1 May 1929-14 Jul 1930. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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Matters do not appear to have reached a deadlock.
4, . T he question of the influx of Persians via the Arab
mainland is one for the Bahrain Government to decide. ± was
under the impression that the Bahrain Government wished to
exclude Persians of the labouring cla8s\ as their unrestricted
entry was creating a difficult prohlem, but paragrrx^ph 2 of
the Adviser's letter wo. 261/15 of the 30th .July would show
that 1 was mistaken. i should however like this point
verified. If the Bahrain Government have no objection to. the
unrestricted entry of Persians-but are merely desirous of
refusing recognition of the ilm-o-khabar, they will not object j
to the action of Arab Shaikhs in passing Persians through
Arab ports, but if, for reasons of their own, they wish to
restrict entry, it is for them to take measures of control,
as they see fit, r
1 see jio reason why the Bahrain Government should
not issue passes to the mainland for their nationals and
Persians resident in the islands, as there ic no local i J e~ lan
Consul. it would be better that the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. should not visa
such passes as this apx^ears to be a matter in which His
Majesty's Governme nt,-is not concerned.
5, Similarly there would appear to be no" reason why
the "Bahrain Government should not send .Persians resident in
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Bombay, whom they wish to admit into Bahrain, a special
permit. i am prepared to ask the Shining CJonipaniee to
recognise this permit. If the State will send me some samples
for distribution. it would be preferable that this document
should not specify the holder's nationality. It ie not hov /T
ever feasible for British Consulates to be supplied with pape;
by the Bahrain Government for issue to Persians who are
persona grata with the Bahrain Government.
7, in any event, however, if the action of the
Persian authorities makes it difficult for their nationals
to

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The file contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia's withdrawal of claims to sovereignty over Bahrain. The majority of the file's correspondence takes place between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Barrett until November 1929), and 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. at Bahrain (Geoffrey Prior).

The withdrawal of Persian claims over Bahrain raised a number of implications for British representatives in the Gulf, and these comprise the contents of the file. The main implications were: the treatment of Persian subjects in Bahrain; British representation of Persian subjects in Bahrain; the question of whether there should be an official or non-official Persian representative in Bahrain (which both the Resident and 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. were strongly objected to); and passports and certificates of identity for Bahrainis travelling within and beyond the Gulf.

In response to a request from Barrett, Prior compiled detailed notes on the Persian communities in Bahrain. His official typewritten response (with handwritten notes) are included in the file (folios 43-47, 48-56). These notes include comments on Persian Sunnis and Shias in Bahrain, their relations with the Āl Khalīfah family, animosity between Nejdis [Saudis] and Persians, Persian schools and property in Bahrain, and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 's ability to represent Persians in Bahrain. Further notes on the Persian communities, sent to Prior by the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave, are also included (folios 60-61A). A letter in English and Arabic, from Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah to Prior, dated 23 April 1930, is an undertaking not to attack Persian sovereignty or to violate Persian independence (folios 67-68).

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1 file (73 folios)
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The contents of the file have been arranged in approximate chronological order, running from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 61a. There is no folio 1.

There is minor insect damage throughout the file, which is not sufficient enough to impair the legibility of the file contents.

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