Author
an agent.
's ability to represent Persians in Bahrain. Further notes on the Persian communities
Publication Date
1 May 1929-14 Jul 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place
Between 1928 and 1932, negotiations took place between the Governments of Great Britain and Persia (led by the Persian First Minister of Court, Abdolhossein Teymourtash), with the aim of regularising relations between the two countries. Persia's diplomati -
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
73
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/138
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000369
Library Location
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.
Date
1 May 1929-14 Jul 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia's withdrawal of claims to sovereignty over Bahrain. The majority of the file's correspondence takes place between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 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.
(Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Barrett until November 1929), 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.
at Bahrain (Geoffrey Prior).
The withdrawal of Persian claims over Bahrain raised a number of implications for British representatives in the Gulf, and these comprise the contents of the file. The main implications were: the treatment of Persian subjects in Bahrain; British representation of Persian subjects in Bahrain; the question of whether there should be an official or non-official Persian representative in Bahrain (which both the Resident and
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.
were strongly objected to); and passports and certificates of identity for Bahrainis travelling within and beyond the Gulf.
In response to a request from Barrett, Prior compiled detailed notes on the Persian communities in Bahrain. His official typewritten response (with handwritten notes) are included in the file (folios 43-47, 48-56). These notes include comments on Persian Sunnis and Shias in Bahrain, their relations with the Āl Khalīfah family, animosity between Nejdis [Saudis] and Persians, Persian schools and property in Bahrain, and the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
's ability to represent Persians in Bahrain. Further notes on the Persian communities, sent to Prior by the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave, are also included (folios 60-61A). A letter in English and Arabic, from Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah to Prior, dated 23 April 1930, is an undertaking not to attack Persian sovereignty or to violate Persian independence (folios 67-68).
