Bahrein Islands : a legal and diplomatic study of the British-Iranian controversy / by Fereidoon Adamiyat.

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I. AN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : General Information on Bahrein ; Its Position in the Historical Trends of the Persian Gulf ; Bahrein's Constitutional Status before the Nineteenth Century -- II. BRITISH DIPLOMACY IN THE PROCESS OF FORMATION (1800-1820) : The Napoleonic Era : Changes in the Pattern of Gulf Politics ; British Search for a Military Base in the Persian Gulf ; the Growth and Suppression of Piracy ; British Expedition in 1819 ; the General Treaty of Peace, January 8, 1820 -- III. THE EVOLUTION OF BRITISH DIPLOMACY TowARDs THE ISLANDS OF KISHM AND BAHREIN (1820-1822) : British Warships in Persian Territorial Waters ; British Occupation and Withdrawal from the Island of Kishm ; Emergence of the Bahrein Question ; the Treaty of Shiraz, August 30th, 1822 -- IV. ANGLO-PERSIAN CONTROVERSY OVER BAHREIN (1842-1856) : British Challenge to Persian Sovereignty over Bahrein ; Anglo-Persian Struggle to Dominate the Affairs of the Island ; Persian Quest for American Assistance : Secret Negotiations with the United States at Constantinople -- V. BAHREIN AND THE QUESTION OF " BRITISH PROTECTION " (1860-1892) : The Declaration of Allegiance by the Sheikh of Bahrein to Persia in 1860 ; the Agreement of 1861 between the Sheikh and the British Resident ; Discussion in London between the Persian Chargé d’Affaires and Lord Clarendon ; the Engagements of 1880 and 1892 by the Sheikh of Bahrein -- VI. BAHREIN IN ITS CONTEMPORARY SHAPE : Persian Gulf in International Change ; Russian Search for a Naval Base in the Gulf ; “ Bahrein Order-in-Council" ; Treaty of 1927 between Saudi-Arabia and Britain ; Bahrein Oil Concessions ; Anglo-American Alignment and Anglo-Persian Controversy : Presentation of Case to the League of Nations ; from the League to the United Nations -- VII. A LEGAL INTERPRETATION : An Analysis of the Persian and the British Cases : the Legal Nature of the Controversy ; a Juridical Evaluation of Persian and British Contentions in the Light of the Relevant Principles of International Law, i.e., State Territory and International Title ; Nationality and Self-Determination ; Conditions of Statehood ; Modes of Change of Sovereignty and Loss of State Territory, especially Revolt and Prescription ; Legal Status of Chartered Companies ; Validity of Treaties ; Criteria of Recognition -- APPENDICES : I. The Treaty of Shiraz of August 30, 1822 - II. Declarations of Allegiance by the Sheikh of Bahrein to the Persian Government, April, 1860 - III. Letter from Lord Clarendon to Mohsin Khan, the Persian Chargé d’Affaires, April 29, 1869 - IV. Letter from Mohsin Khan to Lord Clarendon, May 8, 1869.