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'File 19/109 V (C 32) Bahrain Relations with other Foreign Powers' [‎146v] (300/547)

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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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Conlldential,
^O.168/650-S of 1930.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. & Consulate-Greneralp
Bushire, the 15th December 1930.
Sir 9
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your printed letter Jsio.l8fe f dated the 29th KoTexaber 1930,
enclosing a copy of a note from the Persian Government, dated
22nd November 1930, Ho.21772/71012141, regarding the
Bahrainis.
2. I do not know whether it is proposed to send a
reply to the Persian note, but in case it should be proposed
to do so, I would submit the following comments on it for
your information.
.
3. The Persian note begins by contending that the
Persians have not violated the status quo, but that it is
the British officials who have done so, and they quote as
an exrmple the fact that for the last 25 years Bahrainis
i
have travelled to Basrah and other ports on a pass ( jewaz )
or travel pass ( Ilm we Khaoar j and that British officials
signed these passes*
4. It is n>t quite clear what concern the journey of
a Bahraini to Basrah is of the Persian Government, ana I
think that what they are really driving at is that formerly
Persians travelled to Bahrain and "Basrah on informal travel
documents. If this assumption is correct, then I would
point out that, as you are aware, formerly foreigners of all
kinds entered Persia either without travel documents of any
s
Cherge d'Affpires,
British Legation #
TKHRAK.
kind

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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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