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File 4535/1928 Pt 8 ‘ – PERSIAN GULF – QUESTION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES OVER KOWEIT, BAHREIN, MUSCAT, TRUCIAL COAST.’ [‎17r] (27/194)

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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Minute Paper.
POLITICAL
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From the separate submission made on
P.2603/29, it will be seen that the Foreign Office
contemplate the inclusion in a single instrument of
as many items as possible of those which have been or
will be under discussion between Persia and His
Majesty 1 s Government in connection with the present
negotiations. The principle of a balance sheet has
been accepted, and the Foreign Office have now asMed
that 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. should be asked to draw up their
desiderata as regards the renunciation of the Persian
claim to Bahrein IT in the foim of treaty provisions,
bearing in mind that it may possibly be desirable so tc
word the Treaty that Persia may be debarred in future
from taking the line that she has never recognised the
independence of the Arab Sheikhs concerned”.
A. FUTURE POLICY OF H.M.G.IH
BAHREUU
2. Our international position in regard to
Bahrein is, so far as treaties go, that we control
the foreign relations of the Sheikh, who is not
allowed by his engagements to us to receive any
foreign representative. He is further bound to
abstain from and put down slavery and piracy. In
practice we have an effective control of his internal
administration. The present nominal ruling Sheikh -
Isa - was appointed by us in 1868 , when we f<xced his
predecessor to abdicate. He was himself ±orced in
1923, consequent on a long period of misgovernmoit, to
agree to the substitution, as effective Ruler of
Bahrein (with the style of deputy ruler) of his eldest
son. The ruling family fully recognise that if they
make trouble they will suffer. On the other hand, we
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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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