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Coll 30/75 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Persian claims to Arab Littoral. Persian Govt. question right of H.M. Govt. to make official representations on behalf of Arab Rulers.' [‎257r] (514/792)

The record is made up of 1 file (394 folios). It was created in 18 Jun 1918-26 Oct 1938. 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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Legation,
Tehxan,
May 17th, 1930*
Monsieur le Ministxe,
1 have the honour to inform /our Highness that
according to reports which I have recently received
from Huohire, the Persian authorities in the Gulf ports'
continue to treat ail the inhabitants of the southern
littoral of the Gulf as Persian subjects, levying a fine
of Krans thirty four cents fifty on them on the ground
that they are not in possession of Persian passports,
and confiscating whatever passports or other certificates
of identity they may have on entering Persia.
2. Un several occasions during the last year I have
been compelled to protest against this entirely
unjustifiable conduct on trie part of the officials
concerned, and have pointed out that the subjects of
a state such as Muscat, to which, as far as I am aware,
the Persian Government has never laid claim, cannot
possibly be regarded as Persian subjects, anu are entitled
to exactly the same consideration as any other foreign
national who may visit this country. This applies with
equal force to the natives of um&n and huwait. The
responsible local oflicialc admit, moreover, that they
ao not know what justification there can be for the
procedure of which I have complained, and state that they
are simply carrying out the orders which they have
received from Tehran.
3. In these circumstances I should be grateful if
/our Highness would be so good as to investigate the
natter as soon as possible. If, as I can only presume,
this treatment is due to a misunderstanding of the orders
issued

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The file concerns relations between the governments of the United Kingdom and Persia (also referred to as Iran), specifically in terms of relations between Persia and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that were under British protection.

The file mainly contains correspondence from British Government officials, notably the Foreign Office, 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. ; and HM Minister at Tehran.

The papers cover: passport and visa regulations governing entry into Persia for citizens of Arab states on the littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the treatment of subjects of those states (including the Kingdom of the Hedjaz [Hejaz], 1923) as British-protected persons in the matter of passports; the Persian claim to the Arab states on the littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , especially Bahrein [Bahrain]; the British response to an attempt by the Shaikh of Debai (Said bin Maktum) [Sa‘id bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm, Ruler of Dubai] to impose restrictions on the use of Persian dress by Persian citizens in Dubai (folios 281-288); 'interference' (boarding, searches) with Arab sailing vessels by ships of the Persian Navy; and the response of the Royal Navy to Persian interference in Arab shipping. The Arab states concerned are principally Bahrain, Koweit [Kuwait], the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Muscat and Oman.

The French language content of the papers consists of a single item of diplomatic correspondence (folio 297).

The file also contains copies of earlier papers dated 1892-1900, and 1914-15; there are no papers dated 1919-22.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (394 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 395; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-393; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Coll 30/75 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Persian claims to Arab Littoral. Persian Govt. question right of H.M. Govt. to make official representations on behalf of Arab Rulers.' [‎257r] (514/792), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3792, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100042633016.0x000075> [accessed 4 May 2024]

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