Coll 30/122 'Persian claim to the island of Sirri'

Title:

Coll 30/122 'Persian claim to the island of Sirri'

Date:

1936/1937

Description:

Abstract: The file concerns the claim by the Government of Iran to the island of Sirri [Jazīreh-ye Sīrrī], which was occupied by the Iranian customs authorities.The issue arose following the seizure by inhabitants of the island of a dhow from Ras al Khaimah. The incident produced a protest by the British Legation, Tehran to the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in which the British Government, while acknowledging Iran's de facto occupation of the island, denied any acceptance of Iran's de jure sovereignty there. In response, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted both Iran's de facto and de jure sovereignty. The correspondence shows that following this, the Foreign Office decided against reiterating the British position in regard to sovereignty over the island. The issue of the boat that had been seized was amicably settled (folio 6).The file also contains copies of earlier correspondence dated November-December 1931.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Sovereignty

Geographic region:

Sirri

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001a3_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001a3_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3851
IOR/L/PS/12/3851

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