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'File 19/109 V (C 32) Bahrain Relations with other Foreign Powers' [‎161v] (330/547)

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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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Translation from the Itila f at of December 2nd, 1930, of an
article entitled "A Series of steps taken to destroy Persia*8
Rights"•
To the honoiiratole Editor,
Some days ago Colonel Biscuit, the British
Consul General in the Gulf, arrived in Bahrein from Bushire
with two men of war which are generally anchored off
Bushire. Sheikh Hamad, the so-called acting Governor of
Bahrein went on board the ship to receive him and they came
ashore together and in accordance with the instructions
issued, a salute of 11 guns was given by the Government of
Bahrain.
An hour after the arrival of the Consul
General in Bahrein the merchants and guilds were invited to
the Consulate and the Consul General received each guild in
turn and talked to them # The Persian merchants were
received privately and were told that those of them who had
been in Bahrein more than 30 years were considered as
subjects of Bahrein because in accordance v/ith the rules and
regulations persons who had inhabited a locality for ten
years were accounted subjects of that place; the Persian
merchants refuted the statement of the Consul General and
said that they were Persians and subjects of Persia and
Bahrein was their property and that therefore they did not
agree with the statement made by the Consul General. The
Consul General then said "Yes, you are Bahreinis even if you
are Persian subjectsThe Persians were anxious on
hearing these words and kept silent and soon after they
dispersed. The Consul General thought that the people of
Bahrein were without knowledge of events and imagined that
as soon as he had said that they must give up Persian
subjection and take out Bahrein passports they would
i;
/immediately

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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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