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'File 22/33 TANB ISLAND' [6r] (11/78)
The record is made up of 1 file (37 folios). It was created in 27 Oct 1948-18 Nov 1949. It was written in English. 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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announced in Majlis on November 21st regeraing the recovery
of "Iranian territory subject to foreign intervention." ^e
still think this is the most likely interoretetion but the his
tory of the disrute shove that the Iranian customs or navy had
sometimes prone beyona the government policy ana we must be vigi
lant the Admiralty has been warned and the visit of a ship to
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the islenas in the immediate future is being suggested.
A. Will you please telegraph vour comments on the fol
lowing stages of action which are designed to maintain our
point of view unchanged while allowing the Iranian G-overnment
to claim that it is discussing the question with us.
(1) Though the Shaikh of Has al Kheimeh has taken little
interest in T amb and at one time agreed to the lease of it to
Iran he is unlikely to wish to accommodate the Iranians now
with the oil still more in evidence ^nd the sea/bed rights to
the fore. Accordingly we see no means of holding out any hope
to Iran and must adhere to our consistently maintained position
that we recognized the claims of the Shaikhs of Has al Khaimsh
and Sharjah to Tamb and Abur Musa, resnectivelv and cannot agree
to the Iranian Government's taking over territory belonging
to Arab rulers under our protection. We propose to rer]y r ver
bally to the Iranian Ambassador in the sense of the second
part of the last sentence adding that we trust they will take
no precipitate action in view of the present friendly relations
and the fact that' the question has been dormant for the past
13 years.
(2) Should the Ireniens return to the charge we propose
to point out that as we have in the past made our position fully
clear (Sir H. Clive's notes 1930 193 z ) without rece v
reply meeting our case, we consider t 0 -C tib u e.
let us have a full (gp/undec.) theirs. We might also add
that the Iranian Government were warned in 1905 that "revival of
their claim to Tamb meant the revival of ours to Sirri" which
warning was renewed in 1909- We would also at this stage put
to the Iranians the strong idea that it is verv bed policy for
them to revive these entirely unnecessary and invalid claims
/ against
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The file contains correspondence about Arab sovereignty and occupation of the Gulf islands of Tanb (also spelt Tamb, Tunb), Nabiyu Tunb, Abu Musa (also spelt Bu Musa) and Sir Bu Na’air (also spelt Sir Bunair) in the light of a renewed territorial claim by Iran (formerly Persia) in 1948. The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Bahrain; Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Sharjah and officials at the Foreign Office, London.
The file includes two similar reports dated January 1949. One report is of a visit to the islands of Abu Musa and Tanb, both under the rule of the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], by the Political Officer Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The other report is of a visit to the islands of Abu Musa and Sir Bu Na’air, by G.F.M. Best, Commander, Royal Navy aboard H.M.S. Loch Quoich , describing their population, economy and any evidence of smuggling or Persian occupation. There is also an English translation of an extract from an article published in the Tehran newspaper ‘Tirhan-I-Musavvar’, reporting a public disturbance between Arabs and Persians in Bahrain and also Arab aggression against the Persian islands of Tanb and Abu Musa in October 1949. The file ends with a few British naval reports, together with an English translation of a letter of thanks from Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad the Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, about the removal of a Persian flag from the island of Nabiyu Tunb, by the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in September and October 1949.
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- 1 file (37 folios)
- Arrangement
File papers are arranged more or less chronologically. Some items of correspondence are either preceded or followed by enclosures of an earlier date.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) starts on the outside front cover (f 1) and ends on the inside back cover (f 39). The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-38. These numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
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- 'File 22/33 TANB ISLAND'
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- front, front-i, 2r:38v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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