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'File 19/191 III (C 56) Bahrain, Persian Claim To' [4r] (22/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (184 folios). It was created in 26 Jan 1932-24 Jan 1935. 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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•.Mr
settlement; and we shall not be able to leave it
unsettled indefinitely, for the forthcoming arrival in the
Crulf of the Persian Navy renders it unlikely that we
shall be able for much longer simply to ignore the Persian
pretensions as we have done in the past.
• I3 - If then arbitration of some sort is sooner or
later inevitable, circurastaiices may well arise, (possibly
in connexion with the activities of the new Persian
warships], in which we should wish to be able to call the
Persian bluff and ask for a judicial decision ourselves.
Before we do this, however, we must have our material
readv. The real question now to be decided is whether
there is any object to be gained by further postponing the
prooosed investigation by an oriental historian. If you
are able to advance any convincing reasons to show that it
will be best to postpone action for the present, we shall
be quite prepared to reconsider the situation in the light
of your views. To us, however, there seems to be a case
for going ahead with the proposal at once, particularly
as the anti-British campaign of last year regarding
Bahrein in the Tehran press, which was obviously directly
inspired by the Persian Government, has given us a
valuable indication of the authorities whom they are
likely to quote in support of their contentions.
lours, &C.,
(Sgd.) o.w.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, India and London regarding Persian goverment's claim of sovereignty over the territory of Bahrain. The impact of the discovery of oil deposits in Bahrain is discussed as is the broader international reaction to the claim. The file contains translations of several articles published in the Persian press on the topic and a translation of an article that appeared in a Dutch newspaper.
A detailed Historical Memorandum of Bahrain compiled by 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. is contained on ff. 94-118. The memorandum contains a history of Bahrain from the pre-1783 era until 1934 and includes details of the British role in the country, the numerous treaties signed by the Al Khalifa family with the British and a discussion of Turkish (Ottoman) and Persian claims to the territory.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (184 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
A bound correspondence volume. Foliation starts on the first letter page (4th folio in the volume) and finishes on the last letter page (5 folios from end of volume). Pencil number in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . From f 90, an inconsistent pagination system begins. Only pages with typescript are paginated. When both sides have typescript, pagination numbers are found only on even-numbered pages. There are two foliation errors: between f 14 and f 16 we have f 15A and f 15 B; between f 68 and f 70 we have f 69A and f 69B.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/358
- Title
- 'File 19/191 III (C 56) Bahrain, Persian Claim To'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:14v, 15ar:15bv, 16r:68v, 69ar:69bv, 70r:184v, v-r:viii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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