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'File 19/191 IV (C 103) Bahrain, Persian Claim To' [152v] (307/681)
The record is made up of 1 file (336 folios). It was created in 31 Jan 1935-13 Apr 1948. It was written in English and French. 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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A ppendix I —
Paper A.—See footnote.
Paper B.—Notes exchanged with Persian Government between 1927 and 1929.
Paper C.—Letter from Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Secretary-General, League of
Nations, dated 13th January, 1929, communicating copy of note to His Majesty's
Minister at Tehran.
Paper 1).—Copy of letter from Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Secretary-General, League
of Nations, dated 17th January, 1930.
Paper E.—Copy of letter from Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Secretary-General, League
of Nations, dated 24th July, 1930, enclosing copy of note to His Majesty's Minister
at Tehran, dated 23rd July, 1930.
Paper F.—Letter from M. Sepahbodi, Persian Representative to the League of Nations, to
Secretary-General, League of Nations, dated 14th October, 1932.
Paper G.—Letter from Secretary-General, League of Nations, dated 12th June, 1934, com
municating copy of note from Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to United States
Minister at Tehran, dated 22nd May, 1934.
Paper H.—Two circular letters from the Director of the International Bureau of the Universal
Postal Union, dated 26th January, 1933, and 20th April, 1933, communicating
a protest from the Persian postal authorities and the reply of the Indian postal
authorities respectively.
A ppendix II.—Submission to Law Officers of the Crown and their Report. Full texts.
Paras: 1-154 are substantially a transcript of the Historical Memorandum on Bahrein (PZ. 47 8/
1934) prepared in the
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.
. Marginal references up to page 38 are to
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.
documerts,
except where otherwise stated. Subsequent references are to Foreign Office papers. The Pnss
News Summaries referred to in paragraph 168, are in the Research Department, Foreign Office.
MEMORANDUM ON BAHREIN
[The Memorandum which follows deals with the history of Bahrein from tie
point of view primarily of the political status of the islands at various periods ard
in particular with the claims to sovereignty over them put forward by Persia jt
various dates since 1783, and with the correspondence and discussions which ha\5
taken place in connection with such claims.
The principal authorities quoted, apart from original despatches and letter^
are the following;—
(1) Lorimer : " Gazetteer of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
."
(2) Selections from "Records of the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
," Vol. XXD
(1856).
(3) Aitchison : " Treaties " (1933 Edition), Vols. XI (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
) and XII
(Persia).
(4) " Precis of Correspondence regarding the Affairs of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(1801 to 1853), by J. A. Saldanha (1906).
(5) Sir A. T. Wilson : " The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
" (1928).
(6) Curzon : " Persia."
(7) Hertslet; "Memorandum on the separate Claims of Turkey and Persi
to sovereignty over Bahrein " (1874).
(8) P.G. 13 : "Historical Summary of Events in Territories of the Ottomai
Empire, Persia and Arabia affecting the British Position in tb
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 1907-28."
I.—Geographical Situation
1. The Principality of Bahrein consists of the archipelago formed by tb
islands of Bahrein, Muharraq, Umm Na'asan, Sitra, and Nabi Salih, and byi
number of lesser islets and rocks. Taken altogether these form a compact grou
almost in the middle of the V-shaped gulf on the Arabian littoral of the Persia
Gulf which divides the independent Arab Trucial Sheikhdom of Qatar from tie
coast of Qatif in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2. The term '' Bahrein " formerly embraced the promontory of Qatar and te
oases of Qatif and Hasa on the Arabian mainland, as well as the islands of te
archipelago, and, according to Lorimer, "some authorities would attribute tot
in the past an even more extended application, affirming that it once denoted te
whole western side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
from Ruus-al-Jibal to the mouth of te
Shatt-el-Arab."
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This file contains correspondence related to the Persian government's claim to sovereignty over the territory of Bahrain. The file contains documents that discuss whether or not Bahrain could be considered formally part of the British Empire, translations of a number of newspaper articles concerning the British role in Bahrain, correspondence between British and Persian officials regarding Bahrain's status and correspondence between British officials regarding the size (and status) of the Persian community in the country.
The file also contains documents concerning the activities of a Bahraini national named Abdullah Zeera who travelled to Tehran in 1948 and claimed that Bahrainis wanted Persian rule to be re-established in Bahrain.
A British Government Memorandum of Bahrain is contained on ff.152-183. The memorandum contains a history of the country from the pre-1783 era until 1946 and details of Britain's involvement in the country. The file also includes a history of the Bahrain islands (ff110-111) prepared by the Foreign Office Research Department.
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- 1 file (336 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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Previously a correspondence file bound by treasury tags, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts with the front cover and continues through to the back cover. Foliation numbers are positioned in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side , written in pencil and circled. Folios 238, 272, 305 and 324 each have two parts, As and Bs respectively. A secondary foliation system, also written in pencil but not circled, starts on folio 2. This system becomes a pagination system at folio 152 which continues whenever text is present on both sides of the folio. Folios 141A. 141B and 142 are contained within an envelope.
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- Title
- 'File 19/191 IV (C 103) Bahrain, Persian Claim To'
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- front, front-i, 2r:18v, 19v:28v, 30r:47v, 49r:59v, 60v:62v, 65v:68v, 69v:82v, 83v:84v, 85v:122r, 123r:127v, 128v:141r, 141ar:141av, 141bv, 142r:142v, 141v, 143r:155v, 156v:176v, 178r:185v, 187v:190v, 191v:205v, 206v:230v, 231v:232v, 233v:235v, 236v:237v, 238ar:238bv, 239r:250v, 251v:252v, 253v, 254v:260v, 261v:269v, 271r:271v, 272ar:272bv, 273r:284v, 286v:304v, 305ar:305bv, 306r:310v, 312r:323v, 324ar:324bv, 325r:335v, back-i, back
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