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File 4535/1928 Pt 8 ‘ – PERSIAN GULF – QUESTION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES OVER KOWEIT, BAHREIN, MUSCAT, TRUCIAL COAST.’ [17v] (28/194)
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have no real locus standi internationally as regards
his
the internal administration of the island, and tne
remarks made hy Sir Lionel Haworth in paragraph 57 of
despatch Ho.295-S of 1st September, 1927, are relevant
The Resident said ^notwithstanding our outwardly s ;rong
position on the islands, a single serious quarrel with
Sheikhs Isa and Hamad - a q.narrel engineered by Ibn Saud
on religious grounds, or through Persia on political
grounds - and we should have to vacate our privileged
or force ourselves on the Principality in the face of
world against the wishes of its rulers. r Ihe fact that
under treaty the Ruler is not allowed to correspond with
foreign Powers has not prevented him from doing so in
past, and would not do so in the future 11 .
3. Recent developments in regard to future policy
in Bahrein, and the possible courses open to His Majesty's
G-overnment in dealing with it, whether the Persian claim
position,
the
the
f Tmm ed iat e ly
who
is abandoned or not, are examined in the note attached# below the dra.
telegram-
4. The present indications are that we are not
unlikely to get in return for a not unsubstantial
quid pro quo the abandonment of the Persian claim to
c
sovereignty over Bahrein. But, as pointed out in pars.graph
43 of 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.
memorandum on Bahrein in P.G.l^,
we do not want to rid the Rulers of the Principality,
have not in the past been wholly amenable individuals,
save in the presence of pressure from opposite interests,
of the very real and live menace, constituted by a Persian
threat to their independence, simply to leave them at
liberty to snap their fingers at us, if they want to do so.
;
The undesirability of leaving the Ruler a wholly free
agent is emphasised by recent developments in connection with
oil in the Gulf. From papers separately submitted it
have been seen that it is not unlikely that we may
will
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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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