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'File 19/109 V (C 32) Bahrain Relations with other Foreign Powers' [‎99v] (208/547)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 1 Oct 1929-30 Jun 1931. 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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Translctlon of letter dated 15th Kove^ber 1929
froa Hajl Haald Bahrelni to H.B.M'a Consul,Basra
"I beg to state that on the 24th
October 1929 I took a Passport and a letter
froa the Persian Consul at Basrah, and went to
Mjhaamerah on t he 27th October 1929* The
Persian Consul had told ae that I should return
to lohaaicrah* t iat I would be i llowed to stay
* KDr
there respectubly as before, but 1 ehould not
tlsit the British Consul. lie further asked ae to
write to hist in cose I vas in trouble and that
ho (the ersian Consul) would try end help ae.
^ f
I reaehed 'Johaaaersh on the ni:;ht of the 2 ith
October, when the ersian /iuthorities placed a
police guard with ae, who acoo apanied ae to ay
house and stayed with ae (in ay house) for
5 tys.
2. A Persian who knew of ay interriew
with the Persian Consul at Basrs, seeing ae
under police-watch, went to iissra and told the
Persian Consul Basra of fay trouble. On this, the
Persian Consul sent ae a letter for the Eartip
(the Governor), end talked over the telephone
with the Persian Autaorities in ! ersia to allow
ae to open ay shop, and on the 5Oth of
October I was allowed to open ay shop at
Mohaaaerah. The letter which the iersian Consul
had sent to ae for the Eartip was conveyed by
me to hiia through iay brother, vsho in an
interview was told by the Jartip that the
Authorities

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This file contains correspondence between British and Persian government officials regarding the harassment and mis-treatment of Bahrainis resident in Persia, notably in the town of Mohammerah (present day Khorramshahr).

Much of the correspondence concerns the arrest of a Bahraini trader named Haji Hamid and reports that the Persian government was forcing Bahrainis to give up their Bahraini nationality and adopt Persian nationality. A petition from Bahrainis resident in Persia (addressed to the British resident) is contained on f.215.

The file also contains correspondence related to an incident involving Bahrainis in Iraq being forced to adopt Iraqi nationality.

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1 volume (271 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.

Foliation starts on first page of text, top right hand circled number. Ends on last page in volume. There is another pencilled, uncircled system that starts on f.2.

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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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