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'File 19/191 III (C 56) Bahrain, Persian Claim To' [128r] (274/396)
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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sovereignty cannot limit itself to its
negative side, i.e. to excluding the activities
of other states; for it serves to divide
between nations the apace upon which human
activities are employed, in order to assure
them at all points the minimum of protection
of which international law is the guardian,
"Although municipal law, thanks to its
Judicial system, is able to recogniae
abstract rights or property as existing
apart from any material display of them,
it has none the less limited thair affect
by the principles of pre.>crlption and the protection
of possession. International law, the structure
of which is not based on any super-State
organisation, cannot be presumed to reduce a
right such as territorial sovereignty, with
which almost all international relations are
bound up, to the category of an abstract right,
without concrete manifestations.
"The principle that continuous and
peaceful display of the functions of State
within a given region is a constituent element
of territorial sovereignty Is not pnly based
on the conditions of the formation of independent
States and their boundaries (as shown by the
experience of political history) as well as on
an international jurisprudence and doctrine widely
accepted; this principle has further been recognized
in more than one fed ral £tate, where a jurisdiction
is/
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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'
- 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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- Open Government Licence