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'File 3/3 Persian Navy' [40r] (79/200)
The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1932-29 Dec 1937. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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(2).
Procedure to be observed in the event of Persian Warships
visiting Bahrain without previous notice.
1. In the event of a Persian Warship visiting Bahrain
without notice,the following four eventualities have to be
consibered:-
(a) No party will be landed.
(b) A Party will be landed to purchase provisions
etcetera.
(c) An attempt may be made to pay a ceremonial visit
on His Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalirah.
(d) an armed Party may be landed.not perhaps with the
idea of actual aggression,but to assert Persians
claim to the Bahrain Islands.
2. If any of the above events should take place,the following
course of action should be adopted,unless there are special
considerations necessitating a modification:-
(a) when no Party is landed,no action on the part of
the State is necessary.except a formal protest by
liis Excellency the Shaikh to the
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.
against the unnotified visit.
(b) A Party may be allowed to land to uurchase provisions
etcetera,but a formal protest should immediately be
made by ills excellency the Shaikh to the Political
Agent,against the unnotified visit oi the warship.
(c) Should the Officer Commanding a Persian Aarshio
express a desire to pay a ceremonial visit on His
Excellency the Shaikh,it would seem best that His
excellency the Shaikh should (after consultation
with the
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.
} follow the normal inter
national practice on the occasion of an unnotilled
visit of a foreign ,arship to a Port; that is to
say,that he should receive the call in spite of the
omission of the Persian Government to give him
previous notification. It will be well ior His
excellency the Shaikh to take an opportunity during
the call of mentioning that he wished to have
previous notification of such visits.
In the event,however,of there being attendant
circumstances of an exceptional nature,such as acute
tension in Anglo-Persian relations or discourtesies
to Harbour Officials by Officers or men of the Ship,
it would be necessary to consider in the light ol uhe
actual circumstances,wnether or not the call should
be accepted.
in the event of the call being accepted and
passing without incident,an immediate formal protest
should'be made by His excellency the Shaikh to the
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.
.
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This file concerns visits of Persian warships to Arab ports. The two main issues discussed are whether Arab rulers in the Gulf should be formally notified prior to any visits to their ports by Persian warships, and, in cases where notification has not been received, whether a call to visit should be accepted. Much of the file consists of copies of telegrams relating to this matter between 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. , the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, and the British Minister, Tehran. Other correspondents include the following: the 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. , Kuwait; the Secretary to 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. ; the Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ].
Other matters discussed in the file include: a reported incident of an officer of a Persian warship hauling down a British flag at Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū]; a subsequent tour of the Gulf by a flotilla of eight British destroyers, and its perceived effect on opinion in Kuwait.
The file also includes a copy of an address, given by 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. to the Trucial Chiefs [rulers of the Trucial states A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ] at Dibai [Dubai], on 23 September 1933.
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- 1 file (98 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-99, and ff 3-99; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/173
- Title
- 'File 3/3 Persian Navy'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 11r:52v, 54r:59v, 61r:99v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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