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'14/88 III B 33 Tamb Island' [27r] (58/418)
The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 26 Sep 1934-25 Jun 1935. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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international law# Whatever may be the exact position in
international law, Sir Samuel Hoare agrees that the
international responsibility of His Majesty^ Government in
respect of Bahrein is a practical and necessary consequence
of the lact that by treaty with the Sheikh they are in
exclusive control of his external relations. But it is
also an important fact that Bahrein is not a British
possession and that the Sheikh is an independent potentate
in the sense that he exercises sovereignty in his internal
affairs. It is necessary to bear this aspect of the case
in mind as well as the international responsibility of His
Majesty's Government, and Sir Samuel Hoare suggests that it
would be particularly desirable to lay great stress on these
facts in any argument before a political body such as the
Council ot the League of Nations, some of whose members
might otherwise be so ill-informed as to suppose that His
Majesty's Government may have acquired, or may seek to
acquire, by usurpation or otherwise, jurisdiction over
Bahrein as a British possession.
9. The Secretary of State accordingly suggests that
if the Council of the League take Persia's claim to Bahrein
into consideration, the statement of the British case
should give prominence to the following points
(a) that Bahrein is not a British possession but an
independent State in special treaty relations with
His Majesty's Government, and that the latter make
no sort of claim to internal sovereignty;
(b) that although His Majesty's Government is a party
to the dispute with Persia because the Sheikh has
entrusted the control of his external relations to
them and Bahrein herself is not a member of the
League, nevertheless, in a matter of such importance
as a claim by a foreign power to bring Bahrein into
subjection. His Majesty's Government naturally
could not take any action contrary to the wishes of
her ruler; that His Majesty's Government are in
honour bound to protect his independence; that he
repudiates the Persian claim; that though both he
and His Majesty's Government are convinced that the
Persian case is entirely frivolous, he naturally
objects/
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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.
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- English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- '14/88 III B 33 Tamb Island'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:149v, 151r:180v, 182r:184v, 186r:206v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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