Coll 30/1 'Tamb Island: Question of Lease to Persia, Persian Govt's Claim to Tamb' [26r] (56/882)
The record is made up of 1 file (437 folios). It was created in 9 May 1930-15 Dec 1935. 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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^erglan Claim to Tamil an d Ahn Uusa
Memo randum by Mr. Lascelles
33ie position as regards the Persian claim to the
Islands of Tamb and Abu Musa is generally similar to that
as regards the Persian claim to Bahrain. Our case, that is
) t;o s&y » rest;s on the fact that Persia has not exercised
see°however, effeo1;ive:C ^nion in these islands for at least 184 years
oelowT* 1 * 5 ^ aS asainst 15:1 y ears in the case of Bahrain). It is
doubtful, indeed, whether even before 1750 she exercised
dominion at Tamb and Abu Musa, whereas it is certain that
she exercised dominion over Bahrain for a period before
1783.
£. The Persian case has never been put forward
systematically, but it is understood to be based on the
following two points:- (1) Tamb and Abu Musa were shown as
Persian on a War Office map presented to the Shah in 1888;
(E) the Jowasimi Arab sheikhs of iingah (a port on the
Persian coast), who administered Tamb and Abu Musa for a
long period before their final expulsion from Persia in
1887, were, for a part of that period, Persian subjects
governing Lingah as Persian officials. The Persian
Government are understood to contend that the Sheikhs
administered these islands also in their capacity of Persian
officials.
3. Point (1) is unfortunate, but its importance as
an argument is largely counteracted by the fact that both
before and after the date on which the map was presented the
emphatically and officially repudiated by
Persian claim was
His Majesty's Government
4 ./
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This file contains correspondence related to the disputed ownership of the Tamb (also written as Tanb and Tund) [Greater and Lesser Tumb] islands between Ras al-Khaimah and the Government of Persia. The islands of Abu Musa and Henjam and their status are also mentioned intermittently throughout the file.
The file is largely composed of internal correspondence between British officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , Royal Navy (including the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) and the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
In addition to this, the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence between British officials and the Government of Persia, some of which is in French.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains the following:
- Two copies of a memorandum by Mr Lascelles entitled 'Persian Claim to Tamb and Abu Musa (folios 26-32 and 141-145).
- A 'Note on the Arab Custom of Holding Property "In Common"' written by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, 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. in Kuwait (folios 40-44).
- An 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. report entitled 'Status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa and Sirri' (folios 347-350).
- A memorandum entitled 'Suggestion that the Island of Tamb Might be Leased to Persia (folios 419-422).
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 (437 folios)
- Arrangement
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 for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 439; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 4-436 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:305v, 307r:337v, 339r:438v, back-i
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