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'File 3/4 Relations with Persia' [‎12r] (23/274)

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The record is made up of 1 file (135 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1928-20 Aug 1949. 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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D.O. 110.1^*9
OOIlFIDgNTIAL
Kuwait
12th Marsh 1929.
O'o
In reply to your deal-official letter of 25th
February, I h ve told Shaikh Ahead about Ibrahle bln ’All,
and he seeae to realise quite well what happens to hie
subjects In Persia* He tailed a lo$ of platitudes about the
sl^n of following Bahrain's lead in talln* retaliatory
aeasures* I did not actually surest that he should on this
occasion, and do not purpose doing so unless the Resident
wishes ae to, as he has already had our advice - and not
taken it* .
are ri&ht In one thin* you say in paragraph ft of your letter
aaaely that the Shaikh’s Passport (if such were Issued)
would be iapounded. A Kuwait nerchant who has a lot of deal*
inf,s with Muhaiaarah and 'Abbadaa as well as with Basrah
told ee only the other day that they wanted to impound his
Certificate of Identity issued by me, but he eventually
persuaded them not to as a personal favour (he now uses it
for everywhere except Persia, for which country he has to
use Persian papers)* The interesting thing about his case
was that they apparently asked him why he had a Certificate
of Identity signed by a British official and not one Issued
by hia own Ruler, and told him that if he had the latter he
would have no trouble. The merchant does not know whether
this was the particular official's personal view, or an
’'inspired” one, but the point is certainly interesting*
Lieut*-Colonel H* R, ?• Dickson, C.I.3.,
Secretary to the Hoxi'ble 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 that ?>«ral*A Gulf. B U S h 1 r S.
Persians belni, trying people to deal with, but showed no
As a matter of fact I am not at all sure that you

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This file concerns Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). It includes the following:

  • cases of Persian customs authorities reportedly inhibiting (and in some cases preventing altogether) the passage of persons travelling between Persia and Kuwait, allegedly because of the Persian Government's claim that Kuwait is part of Persian territory;
  • a copy of a non-aggression clause, written in 1930 and taken from a draft of a proposed treaty between Britain and Persia;
  • copies of correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office regarding whether or not the rulers of Muscat, Bahrain, and Kuwait should cancel their respective existing proclamations that give Persian vessels rights to inspect Arab dhows outside Persian territorial waters;
  • a copy of a draft of Iran's 1942 treaty of alliance with Britain and the Soviet Union;
  • copies of correspondence dating from 1934 between the British Legation, Tehran, and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [Sir John Simon], regarding Britain's response to the Persian Government's refusal to recognise certain agreements between Britain and the Arab rulers of the Gulf, which give Britain the right to represent the latter in their foreign relations.

Other subjects of correspondence include the anticipated revision in (1947) of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's concession of 1933 and the presence of Iranian Airways in Kuwait.

The principal correspondents are the following: 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 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 of State for India; the British Legation, Tehran; 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Commonwealth Relations Office; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ].

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1 file (135 folios)
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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 137; 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 previous foliation sequences, both of which are written in pencil (the set from ff 1-136 are circled, the set from ff 4-122 are not), have been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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