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'File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers' [‎186r] (377/534)

The record is made up of 1 volume (267 folios). It was created in 27 Jan 1913-5 Dec 1922. It was written in English, Arabic and Farsi. 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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Town & 19/109 .
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Telegram R.
From Resident,Bufehire.
To Minister,Tehran. 177.
Repeated Foreign, Simla• 1090.
Dated 10th June 1982.
Status of Bahrain.
Consul, Bandar Abbas reports that Karguzars at
Lingah and Bandar Abbas-have received instructions from Ministry
for Foreign Affairs that Bahrainis are to be considered Persian
subjects, and by way of giving effect to this they are refusing
passports,
to allow any to leave Persia without taking out Persian
I have instructed Consul to inform Bahrainis that if local
authorities insist they had better take out passports under
protest.
This atti |tud© of Ministry of Foreign Affairs is km
curiously at variance with that of Customs Department which
considers Bahrain foreign port, charges duty etc. and prosecutes
persons caught smuggling. Last year Customs asked for aad
obtained my cooperation in trying to prevent smuggling from
Bahrain and Direc(bd>r told me it was of considerable assistance
to them. Arrangement has of course been dropped now as .the
Persians cannot have it both ways.
Seeing that Persians were finally driven ouijof Bahrain I
in 17S3, and in view of their absolute incapacity to reoccupy I
islands now, their present attitude seems rather chiTdish. I
do not know however if present is propitious f^r taking
matter up.
Trevor.

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This file contains correspondence about a number of topics regarding the relations of Bahrain and its ruler, Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, with foreign powers.

The correspondence discusses the ownership of land by foreigners in Bahrain, Persian claims to sovereignty over Bahrain, the status of natives of the Al Hasa region living in Bahrain, Shaikh Isa's contact with the Turkish (Ottoman) Government regarding the port of Ojair and Bahrain's claims to sovereignty over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. .

The file also discusses the activities of Bin Saud's agent in Bahrain, Abdullah Al Qusaibi. The file contains two maps (folio 100 and folio113) of Bahrain and the surrounding area with key regional ports marked on them.

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1 volume (267 folios)
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There is an index of the topics contained in the file on folio 1. The index uses the circled foliation system.

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Previously a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts at the index page to the file. Numbers are written in pencil, circled and positioned in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folios. A secondary foliation system is also present starting on f.2 that runs to f.262. These numbers are also written in pencil and are positioned in the same corner as the primary system, but are not circled.

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English, Arabic and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script
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