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File 1408/1904 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Henjam affairs. Status of Henjam (Persian sovereignty). Persian Customs post. Henjam Telegraph Station dispute’ [31r] (66/508)
The record is made up of 1 volume (250 folios). It was created in 1904-1906. 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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No. 584, dated Bu S h.re, the 15th (received 27th) March 1906. ( ^y /fe
From Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Political Resideat in the Persian Gnll,
To Sir Louis Dane, K.ai.E., C.S.I, Secretaiy to the Government of India
in the foreign Department, Calcutta.
With reference to this office letter No. 662, dated Uth March 1906, I
have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of
No. 35, dated 15th March 1906 . India, a copy of the marginally noted
n , * j> Ann . m , letter which I have addressed to His
Majes y s Charge d Affaires, Tehran, on the subject of the position of the
new Persian Customs House to be built at Henjam.
No. 35, dated Bushire, the 15th March 1906.
From— Major P. Z. Cox, C.T.E., His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for
Pars, Khuzistan, etc.,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran.
I have the honour to forward herewith a copy of an Agreement recorded
in accordance with instructions conveyed in Foreign Department telegram
Nos. 4385-E. A. of December 1st, 1805, and 278-E. A. of January 19th,
1906, between Messrs. Whitby Smith (Director,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Section of the
Indo-European Telegraph Department) and Stas (Director of Customs at
Bunder Abbas) and endorsed by the Director-General of Customs and myself,
in which the position of the new Persian Customs House to be built at
Henjam is decided upon, subject to confirmation.
A copy of an informal letter from Monsieur Heynssens, Director-General
^ of Customs, to myself, setting forth the
terms on which the use of one water tank
was ashed for and given, is also forwarded for favour of record.
The terms of the understanding between Mr. Whitby Smith and Mr. Stas
were the result of communications between the former and myself. They
seemed to me suitable, and after having seen Mr. Whitby Smith subse
quently and satisfied myself that the amenities of our station would not
be seriously prejudiced by the arrangement, I informed the Director-General
of Customs that I had added my endorsement and was sending it on for
confirmation.
A copy of this communication is being forwarded to the Government of
India.
Dated the 10th February 1906.
From—-M onsieur J. Heynssens, Director-General of Custom®, Bushire,
To— Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E.,
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.
.
Monsieur Stas writes to me that the Telegraph Office at Henjam possesses
a number of water tanks which are out of use, and asks me to make represen
tations before you with a view to obtaining from or through you, permission
for him to repair one of them for the use of the Custom House there.
I shall feel greatly obliged if this favour could be obtained. You might
perhaps, if you deem it expedient, wire to the Director of Telegraphs, while at
Henjam with Monsieur Stas, to arrange this matter.
It goes without saving that all repairs which may be required shall be
effected g at the expensed the Custom House and I shall engage to return the
tank to the Telegraph Office whenever the latter may require it for its
own use.
G. I. C. P. O.—No. 6622 F. D.~ 30 - 3 - 1906 .~ 54 .~B. N. D.
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The file comprises copies of correspondence, papers and maps relating to the British Government’s telegraph station and the Persian Government’s customs house on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], questions of Persian sovereignty over the island, and the status of the island’s Arab inhabitants. The volume’s principal correspondents are: 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); the British Ambassador (or Chargé d’Affaires) at Tehran (Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge; Sir Evelyn Mountstuart Grant Duff); the Assistant Resident and British Consul at Bandar-e ʻAbbās (Lieutenant William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the Senior Naval Officer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, also Commanding Officer of HMS Fox (Captain John Bridges Eustace).
A large portion of the correspondence concerns British officials’ reaction to the Persian Government’s construction of a customs house on Henjam (itself a response to the British Government’s revival of their telegraph office on the island):
- British officials’ proposals to send Indian troops to keep the peace on the island (ff 221-225);
- a report of a visit to Henjam by Cox and Shakespear, June 1905, with an accompanying map of the island (ff 189-193, f 200);
- fresh water supplies at Henjam, and discussion amongst British officials over whether the Persians should be refused access to the island’s water supply;
- copies of correspondence and a tracing of a sketch, dated 1868, relating to the original agreement between the Persian and British Governments for a telegraph cable and station at Angaum [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], enclosed as part of an attempt to establish the extent of the original telegraph concession on the island, covering the years 1868 to 1880 (ff 133-136);
- use of flagstaffs on the island, specifically Persian flagstaffs as a statement of sovereignty, and the proposal for a British flagstaff as part of a Lloyd’s Signal Station;
- negotiations between the British Government and Persian Government (represented by Mushir-ed-Dowleh) on the acknowledgement and extent of a British concession at Henjam;
- correspondence and reports relating to a survey undertaken by the Royal Navy (HMS Fox ) of the northern tip of Henjam in April 1906, in order to ascertain the extent and boundary of the area required for the British telegraph office concession (ff 2-16).
The file also covers the status of Henjam’s Arab inhabitants, including:
- claims made by Shaikh Ahmed bin Abeid of Henjam to be under the protection of Shaikh Mookhdoom [Shaikh Maktūm bin Hashar Āl Maktūm] of Dubai, and to have been settled on the islands by ancestors of the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat] (f 233, f 138, f 92);
- British officials’ procrastination in confirming their acceptance of Persian sovereignty over Henjam to the island’s Arab inhabitants, amid concerns of potentially violent confrontations between Henjam’s Persians and Arabs once Britain’s acceptance of Persian sovereignty is confirmed (f 124, ff 110-112);
- proposals made by Cox to resettle the Arabs of Henjam at Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū], rejected by Government officials (ff 99-103).
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- 1 volume (250 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 252; these 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.
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- File 1408/1904 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Henjam affairs. Status of Henjam (Persian sovereignty). Persian Customs post. Henjam Telegraph Station dispute’
- Pages
- 31r:31v
- Author
- Heynssens, J
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