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'File 3/4 Relations with Persia' [‎122r] (243/274)

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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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVT..
(E 5955/2240/91)
No. 1
Sir R. Ho^re to Sir John Simon - (Received September 24)
September 24th, 1934
Section 1
(No.416)
His Majesty's Representative presents his compliments
to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and has the honour to transmit herewith a copy of his
note to the Persian Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated
the Pth September, on the subject of the treaty relations
between His Majesty's Government and the Arab rulers of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Tehran, September 8, 1934.
Enclosure in No.l
Sir R. Hoare to Persian Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Gulhelc, September 8, 1934.
M. le Gerant,
I DULY communicated to His Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of the letter
addressed to me by his Excellency the Minister for Foreign
Affairs on the 30th April last (the 10th Ordibehesht, 1313)
on the subject ofthe relations between His Majesty's Government
in the United Kingdom and the Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
2. I have now received Sir John Simon's instructions to
reply as follows to the assertion of the Imperial Government
that they cannot take cognisance of the treaties between Great
Britain and the Arab States in question : The only practical
effect of persistence in such an attitude by the Imperial
Government will be that it will render impossible any form of
communication from the Imperial Government to the Arab rulers
who have entrusted the conduct of their foreign relations to
His Majesty's Government. Such a self-denying ordinance is
clearly a matter of (poncern to the Imperial Government rather
than to His Majesty's Government or to the rulers concerned.
On the other hand, His Majesty's Government are bound by thejr
treaties with the said rulers to represent to any foreign
Government, whether it be the Imperial Government or any other,
any matter which the ruler of any xjtofts of the Arab states in
exclusive treaty relations with His Majesty's Government may
request them to raise with the said Government.
3. It follows that the fact that the Imperial Persian
Government refuses to recognise the right of His Majesty's
to do so cannot in any way release His Majesty's Government
from their duty towards the Arab ruler concerned and they would
obviously be failing in their treaty obligations to him if they
did not bring to the attention to the Imperial Government
matters such as those i^flfich in the course of the past year
have been the occasion of representations.
4. Finally, as his Excellency Mirza Bagher Khan Kazemi
thought fit in his note to mention Bahrain, I am instructed
to emphasise once more that, in the view of His Majesty's
Government, the Persian claim to those islands is entirely
inadmissible.
avail
r.h; hoare.

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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)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

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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