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'14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS' [163r] (334/420)
The record is made up of 1 volume (204 folios). It was created in 14 Jul 1914-20 May 1947. It was written in English, Arabic 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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IX.—Persian Customs Interference at Abu Musa, 1925-6.
awtumn^pf 1925 the Persian customs authorities sent a launch
to Abu Musa which inspected the red oxide and removed one bag On
a protest being made, they replied that Abu Musa belonged to Persia.
Energetic action was taken at Teheran by His Majesty's Minister, who
reminded the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of the 1923 correspondence,
and subsequently warned him privately that persistence in the Persian
claim would make it necessary "to request the Government of India to
despatcli a ship of war to Abu Musa to uphold the rights of the Sheikh
of ohargah. _ Ihe Persian Government withdrew, and the customs ** Teh. Desp. 258
authorities were instructed "not to take any steps in Abu Musa or Tamb toF -0-,M ay 3i
pending reply from Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding status of these 1926 ' p - 2243/26 -
islands.
X.—Reassertion of Persian Claim to Tamb, 1928.
o3. In July 1928 a Persian customs launch, which had been operating
from lamb for about two months, seized off the south of the island a Debai
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
carrying passengers to Khassab, on the Arab coast, with a small
cargo of sugar and dates, and brought it to Lingah, where the cargo was
confiscated as smuggled and the passengers imprisoned. The incident
created a very serious situation on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, the Trucial Chiefs
being restrained only with difficulty from immediate reprisals; and its
possible reactions proved a matter of grave concern to the Government of
India.
34. Strong diplomatic representations by His Majesty's Government at
Teheran secured the release of the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
and its passengers and crew. The
cargo remains under seizure, arid a claim for compensation has been met by
a reiteration of the Persian claim to ownership of Tamb, based, according to
the Acting Minister for_ Foreign Affairs, on a British Note dated 27th July
1888, signed by His Majesty's Minister under instructions from the Marquess Teh. tel. 250 to
of Salisbury, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, communicating a |- a ' An ^ 24 1928 '
map "recently issued by the Intelligence Department of the War Office" ' 4509 '
for presentation to the Shah on behalf of Her Majesty's Government. The
Charge d'Affaires has indicated that the argument is unsubstantial, while
the fact cannot clearly in itself affect the validity of the Arab claim ; but it
is clear that in the forthcoming negotiations with Persia, not only the
immediate Tamb incident, on which the Government of India have expressed
themselves very strongly, but the position of Abu Musa (and of Sirri) will
come up for disposal.
XI.—Summary.
35. The effective occupation of Sirri by Persia since 1887, and the tacit
acquiescence in that occupation of His Majesty's Government, make it
difficult, if not impossible, at this stage to dispute the Persian claim, though
His Majesty's Government are not estopped by any formal admission on
their part from using the Shargah claim to the island for bargaining
purposes.
36. The position is different as regards Tamb and Abu Musa. At no
stage has the Persian claim been formally admitted, and at no stage has it
been allowed to pass unquestioned. The argument in support of the latest
Persian claim as set out in para. 34 above could be strengthened, so far as
it has any value, by reference to the fact that the islands are also shown in
Persian colours on Lord Curzon's (unofficial) Map of Persia of 1892, and
on the Survey of India Map of 1897.® While, however, the error in question
is extremely regrettable from the standpoint of His Majesty's Government,
it cannot be taken as a formal declaration by His Majesty's Government of
their view of the status of the islands, nor, it is suggested, can it be regarded
as of substantial importance in view of the consistent repudiation, before
•and after the dates mentioned, of the Persian claim.
* Teh. tel. to
Viceroy, April 20
1904, P. 2559/04.
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This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between 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. , London; the Foreign Office, London; Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Kuwait; Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Bahrain; the Anglo Persian Oil Company. The discussion over the territorial status bears on whether the islands would come in the concession area of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or Kuwait. One letter notes that if the ownership of the islands is undetermined up until that point this was of no importance; however, with the possibility that they may contain oil it was now imperative that they should belong to either Her Majesty's Government or to Kuwait rather than a foreign power. Therefore, the Shaikh of Kuwait is encouraged to erect beacons on some of the islands to support his claim to ownership. As the British were keen to avoid territorial disputes with Persia this was thought more unobtrusive than the raising of flags. There is also discussion over the island of Hawar and whether it belonged to Bahrain or Qatar.
It also includes a translation of a letter from Shaikh Hamdan bin Zayed [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] to Colonel Stuart Geoge Knox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , a small hand drawn sketch map showing location of a village on Dalma Island with H.M.S. Fox anchorage position (folio 3), and a table on sources of oil supply to Britain in the years 1935, 1936 and 1937.
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- 1 volume (204 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The sequence consists of small circled numbers located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, commencing on the first full page of text.
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