'File 19/191 IV (C 103) Bahrain, Persian Claim To' [246v] (495/681)
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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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (336 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/1/359
- Title
- 'File 19/191 IV (C 103) Bahrain, Persian Claim To'
- Pages
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence