IOR/L/PS/10/82

The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, handwritten notes, and minutes relating to the question over the status of subjects of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates) when in Persia and Turkish Arabia. The correspondence is mostly between the India Office and the Foreign Office. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the following:

• British Minister at Tehran;
• Persian Government;
• Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire;
• Consulates at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Basrah;
• Political Resident in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad;
• British Minister at Constantinople;
• the Admiralty.

The papers cover the discussions over the status of people from Bahrain and the Trucial Coast while they are in Persia and Turkish Arabia, and what protection the British can offer them. This discussion was triggered by incidences of imprisonment and maltreatment in both territories. The discussions called into question Persian claims of sovereignty over Bahrain and the nature of Britain's role in Bahrain, with the idea of making it a protectorate being raised for the first time.