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Coll 30/93 'Position of Bahrein subjects in Persia and of Persian subjects in Bahrein.' [‎68r] (140/402)

The record is made up of 1 file (197 folios). It was created in 6 May 1933-11 Oct 1940. It was written in English. 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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10 divide persons of Bahrain origin in Persia
into three categories :~
vl) those who ovai landed propt 3 rty,
(2) Bahrainis born in Persia, and
(3) those who were born in Bahrain.
As regards the first we can do nothing for them and hi ere is
no objection to telling them so on every possible occasion,
nor can there be any difficulty in explaining this to the
bviaikh, iis regards the second, since Bahrain has now published
a proclamation that persons born in Bahrain of foreign parents
ivoulu, unless registered in the igency, ba considered as subjects
oi trie Bahrain State, we could, I think, persuade the Sheikh
that it is unreasonable to expect us to do anything for Bahrainis
born in Persia, since I do not think that these people have ary
real claim on us* They intend to remain in Persia, they are
usually married in Persia am since they are bom there, Persians
have every right to consider them as sons of die soil* It is
true that foreigners in Bahrain can register and avoid Bahrain
nationality, but the fact remains that Persians do not. We
are now left with the third category of persons born in Bahrain
who genuinely belong to it and for these we must make an attempt
to do something.
The question of retaliation was taken up by Sir Hugh
Biscoe in his Despatch No. 235-S., dated the 5th May 1931 wherein
he suggested that we should withdraw the Capitulations from the
Persians in Bfihrain and subject them to the local courts. I
told Sir Hugh at the time that I thought his idea was mistaken
and that it would hit us more than the Persian Government in as
much as it would reduce the power of 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. over an
important section of the community, and that it was impracticable
in that most of the Persians in Bahrain spoke only Persian and
could not be subjected to courts whose officers spoke nothing
but Arabic* I also pointed out that since the act of with-
drawing Capitulations could only take place once, it would have
only a temporary effect and tiiat once the Persians had
forgotten

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The file concerns the affairs of subjects of Bahrein [Bahrain] in Persia [Iran], and the affairs of the 'Persian' community (also referred to as the ' Holis Group of people who migrated from the Arab shores of the Gulf to the Persian side over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, many of whom have since returned to the Arabian Peninsula. ') in Bahrain.

The main correspondents are HM Representative, Tehran; HM Consul for Khuzistan; HM Vice-Consul, Mohammerah; 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 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. , Bahrain.

In terms of the affairs of Bahrainis in Iran, the papers, dated 1933-35, cover the alleged oppression of Bahrainis in Iran by the Iranian Government; the conscription of Bahrainis by the Iranian Government; discussion (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. , the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and 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. ) of whether the British Government should make an official protest to the Iranian authorities over the treatment of Bahrainis; the difficulty posed by the Iranian Government's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain; the question of dual nationality; petitions of complaint from Bahrainis; and discussion of whether the British should implement retaliatory measures.

In terms of the affairs of the 'Persian' community in Bahrain, the papers, dated 1940, cover: the support of the 'Persian' community for the Germans in the Second World War, and consequent unease on the part of the Ruler of Bahrain; the suggestion by 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. , Bahrain that internment should be considered for persons suspected of pro-German, or at least anti-British and anti-Bahrain Government sympathies; and a letter from 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. to the Government of India, commenting on the complex nature of politics in Bahrain (folios 7-9).

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 (197 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; 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 2-198; these numbers are printed, and are not circled.

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