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'File 19/109 IV (C 28) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers' [88r] (189/617)
The record is made up of 1 volume (298 folios). It was created in 31 Oct 1925-31 Aug 1929. It was written in English 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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unless the issue 01 certificate is discontinued, is between
protesting against and acquiescing in the regular seizure of
uiioish certirici..tes o... Identity by the Persian authorities.
5. Lord Biricenhead is therefore of opinion, as at
prese t advised, that no sufficient reasons exist for teimi-
nating the issue of British certificate of identity to
jcbreini rabjects. . oreover this course, would appear to be
open to serious objection unless the Sheikh of Bahrein is
permitted to issue his own passports or travelling documents
(rahdaris) such as he issued before the war. Prom recent
letters of Lieut. Col. Prideaux (dated loth'uay and jiotL^uly)
it wilx be :voted that the British certificates confer appre
ciable benefits on British protected persons travelling to
India or Iraq, and in Persia also enable than to count on the
good Ox .aces o^ - ritish consuls. Passengers also on steamers
sailing between India and the Persian GuS|.f are required to
carry i.rave 11 ing documents of some description. If British
ccrtilicates 01 identity are no longer to be granted to
^c.r.reiniE, and if the Sheikh of Bahrein is prevented from
issaing his own documents, th^only alternative open to
Bahiei. iu ' o wish to take out papers when going abroad would
be to obtain Persian passports. Lord Biikenhead finds it
dix icult to oelieve that Sir Austen Chamberlain would con-
tcmolate such a surrender to Persian claims to sovereignty
over Bahrein.
6. oubject to any further views that Sir Austen
Chamberlain may wish to express. Lord Birkenhead would
suggest that, in the absence of satisfactory alternative
arrangements, British certificates of identity should con-
time to be issued to subjects of Bahrein, and that His
Majesty's Minister at Tehran should be Instructed to make an
energetic protest if any further instance of the confiscation
of British docur^nts occurs. As regards the Ilm-o-Khabar
passes, if sir Austen Chamberlain is not prepared to run the
risk of re-opening the whole question of the position of
Bahrein at the present time, he will not resist the view that
His
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File contains correspondence regarding the access requirements of Persians entering Bahrain (from Persia), correspondence regarding reports of Bahrainis resident in Persia being pressured to adopt Persian nationality and several discussions related to the logistics and legality of travel in the region.
The broader political context of these issues, complicated by Persia’s continued claim to sovereignty over Bahrain, is discussed in detail in the file.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (298 folios)
- Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of file to latest at end. There is an index page by topic on folio 2. The numbers in the index appear to refer to the inconsistent, uncircled foliation system.
- Physical characteristics
Originally a bound correspondence file but sheets have been unbound and are now all loose. The volume is foliated from the first page with text to last page with text, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page. There is an inconsistent, uncircled, foliation system also in the top-right corner of each front-facing page until folio 120.
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- 'File 19/109 IV (C 28) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, spine-a, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:75v, 76v:89v, 90v:113v, 114v:120r, 120ar, 120br, 120v:142v, 144r:151v, 153r:154v, 156v:183v, 185r:189r, 190r:191v, 194r:198r, 199r:200v, 202v:207v, 209r:209v, 210v:236v, 237v:253v, 256v:296v, iv-r:vii-v, back-i
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