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1. 'File 3/6 Iranian Fisheries.'
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- Abstract: This file documents concerns held by the British that pearl fisheries – both within and beyond the territorial waters of the Arab rulers – might be exploited by foreign parties. Much of the correspondence speculates on the extent of Persia's interest in the pearl fisheries that are not within their own territorial waters, including not only those identified by the British as being Arab fisheries but also the following recently identified fisheries: shallow beds outside territorial waters that have not been worked by Arab pearl divers, and deep beds outside territorial waters that have not been exploited by Arab divers and in fact cannot be exploited without mechanical equipment.The file contains copies of correspondence between the Admiralty, the India Office, and the Foreign Office, which discusses how best to protect the deep water beds from foreign exploitation (i.e. by Persian, Japanese, or other foreign parties), in light of the fact that the Arab rulers have no valid claim to exclusive fishing rights.In addition, the file includes correspondence on the following: an expedition to the Iranian side of the Gulf by a Danish citizen named Dr Harald Blegvad, Director of the Danish Biological Station, who has been engaged by the Iranian Government to investigate the waters of the Gulf, with particular reference to fishing; the potential impact that deep-sea operations might have on fishing in shallow pearl beds.Correspondents include the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Kuwait; the British Minister, Tehran; the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Admiralty; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]; the Director of the British Museum (Natural History), Clive Forster-Cooper; Dr Cyril Crossland, zoologist at the University of Copenhagen's Zoological Museum.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 87; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-86; these numbers are written in pencil, and are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 4-85, which is written in pencil and not circled, has been crossed out.
2. '16/4 JAP. SHIPPING IN P.G. 21-5-34 TO 3-7-40 I'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to Japanese shipping activities in the Persian Gulf, 1934 to 1940. Topics discussed include:visits by Japanese trawlers to the region, possible justifications for excluding them from docking at local reports and how to discourage Japanese commercial penetration of the Arab coast;the impact of large Japanese trawlers and associated equipment on the health of the pearling banks;possible justifications in international law to deny to non-Arab vessels access to the pearling banks.the visit in 1938 of a Japanese naval tanker to collect fuel oil.The file includes maps of the pearling banks including a sketch map drawn by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.Correspondents include: Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Percy Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; C C Lewis de Grenier, Director of Customs, Government of Bahrain; Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; and the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation;Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 387; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-383; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
3. 'File 34/3 Persian Gulf pearl fisheries'
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- Abstract: The file contains letters, telegrams, and printed series of correspondence relating to pearl banks in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between the following:Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, BushirePolitical Agency, KuwaitPolitical Agency, BahrainPolitical Agency, MuscatMarine Department, Government of IndiaNaval Commander-in-Chief, East IndiesSenior Naval Officer, Persian GulfVice-Consulate, LingahPolitical Department, Government of BombayForeign Department, Government of IndiaThe Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers Limitedthe ruling shaikhs of Kuwait, Bahrain, Ajman, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah, and Sharjahthe Arab merchant, Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab MishariActing Consular Agent for France, AdenSome of the correspondence is in the form of printed series that relate to a particular matter.The file includes:correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in Bushire, Francis Beville Prideaux, Political Agent in Bahrain, and Major Stuart George Knox, Political Agent in Kuwait connected to information being gathered for the Persian Gulf Pearl Fisheries appendix to John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabiaand including maps of the pearl banks between Kuwait and Dubai (folios 11 and 18)correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Cox and Gulf rulers regarding the condition that they must not enter into any agreements over the pearl fisheries without first consulting the Residentcorrespondence between various offices and merchants regarding sovereignty and monopolies over pearl banks, the use of modern diving equipment, and divers' shares of profitsPhysical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
4. 'File 6/10 Foreign Interests: Persian Govt. Affairs, etc and miscellaneous papers re: Persians'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence and documents concerning a number of different topics related to the Government of Iran as follows:Correspondence regarding a visit made to the Gulf by a Danish Fishing Vessel led by Dr. Harald Blegvad, Director of the Danish Biological Station. The visit was in the service of the Government of Iran in order to explore the potential for the establishment of pearl fisheries. In addition to correspondence, two maps of pearl banks in the Gulf are contained on folios 22 and 24 (folios 2-28)Correspondence about the expulsion of a number of Iranian nationals from Bahrain (folios 29-31)Text of the Treaty of Alliance between Iran, the USSR and Great Britain, 1942 (folios 32-37)Correspondence and documents concerning the Government of Iran's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain and details regarding the logistics of travelling between the two countries by their respective nationals (folios 38-46).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 47; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-31; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 32-46, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
5. Coll 30/131 'Persian Gulf. Pearling. American process for the manufacture of cultured pearls'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials and an American malacologist named Clarence F Hoy. The correspondence concerns a proposal by Hoy to introduce a method for the manufacture of cultured pearls somewhere in the British Empire, with Bahrain mentioned as a possible location.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 21; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
6. File 13/7 'Japanese Trawlers for the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding measures under consideration by the British government for preventing encroachments by Japanese and other foreign vessels on Arab pearl fisheries in the Persian Gulf.The correspondence is between: J P Gibson of the India Office, and T V Brennan and Lacy Baggallay of the Foreign Office; and Gibson and the Office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file also includes a copy of a letter from Sir Trenchard Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, Simla.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.