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File 4535/1928 Pt 8 ‘ – PERSIAN GULF – QUESTION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES OVER KOWEIT, BAHREIN, MUSCAT, TRUCIAL COAST.’ [‎10r] (13/194)

The record is made up of 1 item (96 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1927-14 May 1929. 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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engagement would serve the purpose,just as well. We
therefore reimin of opinion that it is desirable to aim
a.t providing for Bahrein in the treaty itself. The
face-saver which Teymourtache seeks would then he found
in some of the various advantages which Persia would gain
from other articles of the Treaty•
3 . So far as we can see an article in the Trea/by
might take one of the three alternative forms
tentatively suggested in the enclosed drafts (the
Question of nr oner legal form ha.s not vet been
examined). Though there is something to be said for
a simnle relinquishment of Persia T s claim (dre.ft ’A 1 ),
we note that in the memorandum enclosed in your letter
of 28th ’.larch, mention is made of the desirability of
so wording the treaty that Persia may be debarred in
future from taking the line that she has never recognised
the independence of the Sheikh; we understand that
the object of this would be to make it imnossible for
her at any future time to support a. claim by some third
party (e.g. Ibn Saud) and also to prevent her pursuing
a policy of non-recognition similar to that which has
caused trouble in Iraq. We appreciate the force of
these considera/tions, but have no great preference
ourselves as between an express relinquishment of Persia's
claim and an express recognition of independence. We
should be satisfied with whichever of these two is less
unpalatable to Persia., If we ask Persia to recognise
independence we might propose either draft T B ! or draft
*C; but we nrefer draft 'B 1 which is considerably more
M «/
watertight, as draft 'C 1 brings in the idea of
independence rather casually as a mere epithet.
4. We recognise that a great deal must depend on
Clive's judgment as to what Teymourtache is likely to
accept

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This part contains papers relating to the question of whether Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain], Muscat, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Sheikdoms should become formal British protectorates, including the views on this question of the following: 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. ; HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Robert Clive); the Government of India; the Colonial Office; 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. ; and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.

This part also includes papers relating to the question of the terms of a draft article for inclusion in a treaty with Persia [Iran] regarding the status of Bahrain.

The papers include correspondence, 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. memoranda, 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. Political Department minute papers, and Committee of Imperial Defence Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee papers.

The main correspondents are 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 Government of India Foreign and Political Department, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth).

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