Author
the Iranian Government to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
Publication Date
24 Oct 1935-22 May 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
199
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/148
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000373
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
24 Oct 1935-22 May 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file concerns the agreement reached between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia (with the consent of Bahrain) on transit dues at Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein).
The correspondence is mainly between 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.
, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), and the Assistant
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.
, Bahrain (Lieutenant B L Tomlinson); 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 Trenchard Craven William Fowle); and 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.
. Other correspondents include the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); HM Minister, Jedda [Jeddah] (Sir Andrew Ryan); the British Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda (Andrew Spencer Calvert); and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia (Fuad Bey Hamza [Fu’ād Bey Hamza]). Enclosures to correspondence from 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.
and HM Minister, Jedda to 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.
, Bahrain include correspondence from the Foreign Office.
The papers cover: discussion of the terms of the proposed agreement, October-November 1935; copies of correspondence recording the agreement ('exchange of notes') between the British Legation, Jedda and the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mecca, November 1935; correspondence between 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.
, Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain concerning the notifying of the new customs arrangements to the public, December 1935; discussion between British officials of the effect of registering the agreement as a treaty with the League of Nations, January 1936; discussion of the text of the agreement, January-February 1936; copy of the published agreement ('Exchange of Notes'), entitled
Transit Dues at Bahrein
(London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1936), May 1936; protests over the agreement by the Iranian Government to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, arising from Iran's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain, June-August 1936; and papers concerning the effect on Bahrain of the possible loss of transit and customs dues, December 1936 - May 1937. (The dates given refer to main items of correspondence, and may include enclosures of an earlier date.)
The Arabic language content of the file of consists of approximately fifteen folios, including copies of correspondence and notices provided by the Government of Bahrain, and the bilingual text of the published agreement.
The date range gives the covering dates of the correspondence in the file; the last dated addition to the file is the information on the title page (folio 5) that the file was closed on 30 November 1937.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are filed in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after the relevant covering letter, and terminate in a set of notes (folios 182-196). Circled serial numbers written in red crayon (indicating incoming correspondence), which occur throughout the file, refer to entries in the notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential files, 1932-50: 1/A/13 IV
