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'14/88 II B 30 Tanb Island' [105r] (224/438)
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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Tne following are tiie news received. Trom the
Taifl'D Island:-
^ 26th April 1934 a Persian G-ovemment
launch called at the Tam'D Islands
% * Four men disem'barked rrom the launch and
proceeded to the house of Mahinud an official represent*
ing the Ruler of Ras-ul-Khaimah at the Island. He met
them outside the house and having taken them inside
put them up in his drawing roonuOut of the party three
were officials and the remaining man was an Interpreter
caled Shaikh Saleh inhabitant of the Qishm Island•
3. Having rested a while one of the officials
enquired from Mahmud as to which of the Oman Rulers
the flag flying at the Island "belongs.
4. Mahmud informed him in reply that it is
the Qawasims # flag and belongs to the Ruler of Ras-ul-
Khaimah namely .Shaikh Sultan bin Salem al-Q,asemi.
5. Mahmud asked them to introduce themselves
and to say to him what their object was in making
such enquiries about the flag.
6. The Interpreter informed Mahmud that one
was the G-overnor of Bandar* Abb as; another he said was
the Rais-i-Amniah,Bandar-Abbas and the third the
Director of the Customs of that port.
7. The G-overnor told Mahmud that the Island
belongs to Persia and that none of the Rulers of Cman
has the right of flying a flag there.
8. Mahmud replied stating that the Island
belongs actually to Bas -ul-Khaimah from old times and
that the Shaikh has inherited it from his father and
grandfather. He added that being a subject of the
Shaikh of Ras-ul-Khaimah he is living in the Island.
9 a The G-overnor replied H ^ell a few days *
^ later on it will become known to whom the Island*
* belongs 1 * •
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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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