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'14/88 II B 30 Tanb Island' [‎4r] (20/438)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (207 folios). It was created in 13 Oct 1912-15 Oct 1934. It was written in English 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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Files 371, 472, 512, 668.1., 668 II, 14/88. i
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For precis of position up to 1888 vide
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letter to Minister dated August 19th 1888, ^
For further precis of position up to
p.210^ 1895 vide enclosure to Resident's despatch
idem
to Teheran No.39 dated 3l3t May 1895,
p.167 from which it will be seen that in 1877
the Governor of Lingah, Sheikh Ali bin
Kha].ifah wrote to Sheikh Humaid bin Abdullah
Chief of Ras-al-Khaimah stating that Tanb
is a dependency of the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. of Oman,
,210 and that Persian have no property there
nor any right to interfere whilst his
successor Sheikh Yusuf wrote on 29th March
1884 in similar terms, as also did other
Governors of Lingah. A further letter
recapitulating the position up to 1898 re
garding Sirri and incidentally regarding
p.311 Tanb was sent to Minister demi-officiall^
on 13th December 1898.
..'Colonel MSade noted on the-file re
garding Sirri as follows, after meeting
Sir A. Hardinge at Ahwaz:-

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This file contains correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire, Bahrain, Sharjah, and Tehran over the status of several islands in the Gulf: Tanb [Greater Tumb], Little Tanb [Lesser Tumb], Abu Musa and Sirri [Jazīreh-ye Sīrrī]. The main correspondents are the Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the 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. ; Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, ruler of Ras al-Khaimah; H.M. Minister, Teheran; H.M. Secretary of State for India; H.M. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

The correspondence discusses how the Persian Government claimed these islands and the British maintained they were defending the rights of the sheikhs of Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Also discussed is the building of a light house on Tanb Island and the presence of red oxide on the island. The majority of the correspondence is in English but the file also includes letters in Arabic. These carry the stamp 'British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. '. Most of the correspondence is in the date range 1933-1934. One letter describes how in 1933 a Persian man-of-war Palang visited the island without prior notification and correspondence discusses correct protocol to be followed; correspondence also discusses how the behaviour of the Persian Government was not compatible with their position as signatories of the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Kellog Pact; also includes a statement of a 'Nakhuda' on the seizing of a boat by Persian ship Palang . The file concerns the British defence of the rights of the sheikhs of Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and rights to mining of red oxide. One letter reminds the ruler of Ras al-Khaimah that he is not to lease any part of his territory without permission of the British government.

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1 volume (207 folios)
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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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