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'14/88 II B 30 Tanb Island' [151r] (318/438)
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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Secretary of State for Poreign
Affairs, London®
H .M f a Minister, Tehran. Ho.91
GoYermnent of India, Foreign and
Political Department, Simla. lfo#37
Political He si dent, Bu shire. 35
Commander-in-Chief, East indies. ITo.
Dated 28th received 27th September 1934#
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My immediately preceding telegram .
Please inform Prime Minister if
possible or failing him Acting Minister for Foreign
Affairs that I was much pleased to have the opportunity
of discussing Anglo-Persian relations with His Excellent
-cy and should in ordinary course of events have await-
-ed with interest a further communication on the sub-
-Ject of treaty negotiations.
2. I was however disquieted to learn
idoaJt on returning to London that almost simultaneously
with our conversation a Persian man of war had paid
yet a further visit to Tanb without prior notification
and had landed a party on the island. y o
3, This visit following on previous
search in territorial waters of island,of an Arab
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
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by Imperial man of war "Palang 1 * on August 28th can
only mean one of two things. Either Persian Government
swish to invent a fictitious value for their claim In
Ifuture negotiations; or else they are unwilling to make
[use of peacful and legal methods by TA^iich it is open
for them to pursue it, and are determined to achieve
their object in a matter fuite incompatible with their
C JC
position as signatories of the covnant of the -i -eague
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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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