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'File 19/191 III (C 56) Bahrain, Persian Claim To' [34r] (84/396)
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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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 Hasseri "Fars-nameh" mentions the date of
this incident as A.E. 1210 adding that Sheikh Nasser Khan
¥Jent to Bushire from Bahrein with marksmen from Bashtistan^
0?he
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 Galf" states that the
Waliahis occupied towards the "beginning of the nineteenth
century Lahsa and Bahrein and a part of Oman and menaced
Mesopotamia and Syria* They occupied Qatif in the year
AoH»1215 (1800 AoBo)•
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 "Maf at ih-ul-Adab" states on page 9
that Saiyid Said, the imam of unseat, went to Bahrein
in the year AoH. 1215 and captured the islands after long
and hard fighting,, Salman "ben Ahmad fled to Qatar and
Ziara and Saiyid Said entrusted the Government of the
islands to his brother<, Salem, and appointed Ifnhammad ben:
Khalifeh as his Yazir leaving 200 Nubian gholams of valour
with them 0 He left the vessel Karlin anchored in the
Vicinity to patrol the islands and returned., Sheikh
Nasser went from Bushire to Bahrein where he entered the
service of Salem. Salman gathered a great number of
followers and suddenly attacked Bahrein in the year A.H.
1216 and took it® Salem and his men went to Muscat and
Sheikh Nasser to Bushire,, ilien the troubles of Rah^ameh
{ and the imam of Ne^d were settled, the two
brothers Salman and Abdullah divided the islands between
themselves but before long there occurred between them
such dissension that they avoided each other for some
years.
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/358
- Title
- 'File 19/191 III (C 56) Bahrain, Persian Claim To'
- Pages
- 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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