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'File 19/191 III (C 56) Bahrain, Persian Claim To' [‎23r] (62/396)

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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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Mirza Lmhararnaa. Jaafar Khurmo^i states in "Fars-nameli",
pages 90-92, that Atabek Abu Bakr occupied Bakrein in the
year 633 to which he annexed Ghatif and lahsa some 8 years
after. The Government dues and taxes of those regions
used to "be sent to the Fars treasury till the end of the
reign of the Atabeks in Fars viiich was up to the year 664.
The writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. of the Fars-nameh lasseri also states that on
page 180, Vol. 2 that the above statement is correct adding
that after the decline of the rule of the Atabeks, Bahrein
was occupied by the rulers of" Hormuz. The writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. of the
" Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. " states on page 105 that the Horrauz Kings
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fought for some time with the Kings &£ Kish and Bahrein
whom they eventually defeated. The victor was Ghutb-ed-
Din the King of Hormuz (year 720-1320 A.D.).
Hamdullah Mustofi states {on pages 22 and 23) in the
"Hezhat-ul-Ghulub" written in the year 740, describing the
Persian Etapire, that the Bahrein islands formed parts of
Persia. Describing Fars on pages 136-137 he says that the
islands in the Fars Sea (the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) are annexed to
Fars in the calculation of their Government dues; that the
most important of these islands in population and area are^
(Q,ais) and Bahrein. The same writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. states somemtiere
lower on the same page that the Bahrein island is now a
part of Fars and a dependency of Persia, in another
passage, page 234, he states that there are many islands
in the Oman Sea but those vtiich are well-known and v&iich
come under Persian rule and are well populated are Hormuz,
Qais, Bahrein and Khark (Kharag). Ebn Batuteh #io started
his voyages in the year 725 and vAlo was in Bahrein simult
aneously, says, in page 210,Yol.I published in Egypt,
that the inhabitants of those regions had the religion of
the "Rafedhis". As it is certain that this religion
b 91oag 94

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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.

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1 volume (184 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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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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