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'File 22/33 TANB ISLAND' [7r] (13/78)
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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pgpinRt us Rlmuly In attempt to pn^e^Re those mischievous
Irpnipn politicians who ?re insnirer 1 by Pussien propegonde
The internctionpl situetion is too serious to ?llov ("sny" -
omit tec 5 ??) of these attempts to rtrive p wedge between count
ries whose fundamental interests are identical.
( 3 ) If after comnunicatlons on these lines, the Iranians
persisted in their claim, the next step mimht we suppose be
the possibility of reference to International Court. We should
not want to suggest this and our case might not be so strong
as on Bahrain, but in the last resort if the Iranians press
for this we should no doubt have to agree. One of the chief
disadvantages would be that a decision favourable to the Iran
ians on these two islands might encourage them to press their
claims to Bahrain and might even seem to provide the court with
a precedent for deciding that question in their favour ( though
in fact (gp/undec •) "Prescriptive 11 indicated) arguments are very
much stronger in our favour over Bahrain and there is no awk
ward question of an Interrugnum)). We should therefore have to
weigh verv carefullv the attitude to be adopted.
5 . As it apoears from the 1935 incident and from corres
pondence £ent with the
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.
's endorsement
20 . 207 -S dated January 9 th 19^2, that the Shaikh of Res al
Khaimah has not always been forward in maintaining his rights,
Sir. R. Hay might both confirm thf% the Shaikh has been vigllan
in recent years and advise him to be so in fut?ut?e (gp/un^ec.)
of smuggling should also be thoroughly investigated so that we
may be able to replv to the Iranians on this point.
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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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- Title
- 'File 22/33 TANB ISLAND'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:38v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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