'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --' [‎67r] (133/178)

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verbally of tbe position 4>n the lines suggested
when he first broached the subject, but that
he had proceeded to lodge a written protest as
he was not satisfied.
With reference to His Majesty’s Secre
tary of State’s comment that the mining of
only 400 tons had been authorised, the Resi
dent explained that eventually Messrs. Strick
& Co. asked for as much oxide as possible up to
GOO tons, and this figure was given to the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent as the concessionaire. He
added that the minerals awaited shipment,
mining having ceased.
16. (Vide paragraph 18 of the Memo-
Persian claim to ? andum for JHuy 1909.}
sovereignty over On the 10th May, Sir
.Bahrein. Q re y informed Sir
G. Barclay that the communication to the
Persian Government could be worded as he
thought best, lie added, however, that His
Majesty’s Government could not allow the
Persian Government to exercise sovereignty
over tbe inhabitants of Bahrein and that they
would continue to act in accordance with this
principle.
17. (Vide paragraph 19 of the Memo-
Reported Turkish ? anduui for May 1909.)
occupation of Zakhnu- On the 4th June, the
niyah island. Secretary of State for
India telegraphed that His Britannic Majesty’s
Ambassador at Constantinople had been ins
tructed to bring the facts of the case to the
notice of the Porte and to request them to
issue instructions for the withdrawal of the
garrison on the ground of avoiding any dis
turbance of the status quo. His Majesty’s
Government were of opinion that it appeared
desirable not to raise the question of a British
protectorate over Bahrein in the first instance.
As to the proposal to advise the Sheikh to fly
his own flag on Zakhnuniyah island, they
proposed to await the result of their represent
ations to the Porte before deciding on any line
of action.
18. (Videparagraph 17 of the Memo
randum for February
1909.) On the 19th
February, Sir G.
Barclay iniormed 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. that
the Persian Government, in reply to the note
which he had addressed them on the subject of
the Taona murders (vide paragraph 21 of the
Memorandum, for January 1909) had once
more repeated their inability to do anything
further in the case, and had absolutely denied
that the two men, seen last year at the pearl-
fisheries, were still alive. He consequently
felt unable to approach that Government
again lor the present, but he would be glad
to use in a further representation to them any
Murder of certain
subjects of the Chief of
Abu Thabi by residents
of Taona.