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Coll 30/25 'Persian Gulf: Treaties and Agreements between H.M.G. and Arab Chiefs and Rulers; Supply of Copies to Ibn Saud and the Italian Govt.' [‎102r] (203/420)

The record is made up of 1 volume (208 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1926-26 Apr 1938. It was written in English, Arabic 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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Bnclogure in No. 1 .
(Confidential. )
Memorandum on Certain Aspects of the Situation in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as between His Majesty 1 a Government
in the United Kingdom, the Government of
India, and the Persian Government*
HIS Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the
Government of India are in treaty relations with the rulers
of the territories along the Arabian littoral of the Persian
Gulf, namely, the Sheikhs of Koweit, Bahrein, and El Katr,
the Sultan of Muscat, and the Sheikhs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. -
i.e., the Ras-al-Khaima, Umm-al-Q,aiwain, Ajman, Shargah, Dabai,
and Abu Dhabi. His Majesty’s Government are under obligations
to these rulers to conduct their relations with all foreign
Governments, and consequently any Persian agression against
the territories or islands of these rulers, any objectionable
activities by Persian warships in their ports and territorial
waters, or any unjustifiable interference with their vessels
upon the high seas could not be a matter of indifference to
His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
The Persian Government do not at present recognise these
Arabian rulers and have no diplomatic relations with them,
although His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have
endeavoured to secure their recognition by Persia as part of
a general treaty settlement. The visit of a Persian warship
to an Arab port would therefore, in present circumstances,
scarcely be in accordance with ordinary international usage.
The Persian Government have, further, ad vaneedclaims to
sovereignty over certain Arabian islands in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
including an antiquated claim to the Islands of Bahrein, which
lie off the Arabian shore of the Gulf, and from which Persian
troops were driven out in the year 1783 by the native Arab
inhabitants. His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom
consider the Persian claim to the Islands of Bahrein to be
entirely without foundation. For practically 150 years these
islands have been ruled by independent sheikhs of the same

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This volume contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of requests to be sent copies of various treaties agreed between Britain and rulers/states in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

In addition to this correspondence, the volume also contains copies of many of the treaties that are discussed (some of which are in both English and Arabic) as follows:

  • 'Exclusive Agreement of the Chief of Abu Dhabi with the British Government, dated the 6th March, 1892' (folio 53)
  • 'Agreement of 23rd January 1899 with Ruler of Kuwait' (folios 54-55)
  • 'Exclusive Agreeemnt of the Shaikh of Bahrein with the British Government, dated the 13th March, 1892' (folios 56)
  • 'Text of Treaty, dated November 3, 1916, and ratified on March, 23, 1918, with Sheikh Abdullah-bin-Jasim-bin-Thani of El Katr' (folios 57-60)
  • 'Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation Between Great Britain and Muscat - 1891. Signed at Muscat. March 19th - 1891. Ratifications were exchanged in 1892' (folios 61-74)
  • 'Agreement Regarding the Cession of Territory by the Sultan of Oman, Dated 20th March, 1891' (folio 75-76)
  • 'Extract from Treaty of Erzurum concluded between Persia and Turkey on May 31st, 1847' in French (folios 77-78)
  • 'Memorandum on Certain Aspects of the Situation in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the Government of India, and the Persian Government' (folios 102-103)
  • 'Precis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' September 29 1928 (folios 106-108)
  • 'Memorandum on British Commitments to the Sheikh of Mavia' (folios 179-181)
  • 'Idrisi Treaty - Text of Treaty of April 30th, 1915' (folios 184-185)
  • 'Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements Between the Said Rulers InterSe Affecting the British Government' Manager of India Press, Calcutta, 1926 (folios 186-210).

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

Extent and format
1 volume (208 folios)
Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 210; 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 also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script
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Coll 30/25 'Persian Gulf: Treaties and Agreements between H.M.G. and Arab Chiefs and Rulers; Supply of Copies to Ibn Saud and the Italian Govt.' [‎102r] (203/420), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3739, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100056065167.0x000004> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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