{"id":20038,"date":"2025-07-09T16:35:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=20038"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:35:25","slug":"when-bahrain-sought-to-join-iran-secret-1869-documents-reveal-rulers-surprising-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/09\/when-bahrain-sought-to-join-iran-secret-1869-documents-reveal-rulers-surprising-request\/","title":{"rendered":"When Bahrain Sought to Join Iran: Secret 1869 Documents Reveal Ruler\u2019s Surprising Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Newly declassified British documents from 1869, released by the Qatar Digital Library in cooperation with the UK National Archives, reveal a remarkable and little-known historical attempt by Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the sixth ruler of Bahrain, to annex the country to the Persian state (Iran).<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-52\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"baa1a5ec-4861-4b28-83fb-059e68250287\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1586\">According to an official letter signed by Charles John, Secretary of the British Government in Bombay, Mohammed bin Khalifa formally declared that \u201cBahrain is part of Persian territory\u201d and requested that the Persian flag be raised over his seat of power. He also renounced any political allegiance to Imam Faisal bin Turki Al Saud and contacted Tehran authorities to arrange for annual taxation and manage pilgrimage affairs under Persian supervision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0648\u062b\u0627\u0626\u0642 \u0628\u0631\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0633\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631\u0647\u0627 \u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628\u0629 \u0642\u0637\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0642\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0634\u064a\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0646\u064a (Confidential letter No.\u202f1399, 8 \u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648 1869): \u0622\u0644 \u062e\u0644\u064a\u0641\u0629 \u062d\u0627\u0648\u0644\u0648\u0627 \u062c\u0639\u0644 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u0631\u064a\u0646<\/a> \u062a\u0627\u0628\u0639\u0629 \u0644\u0640 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0625\u064a\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/a>..<br \/>\n\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u062e\u0644\u064a\u0641\u0629 \u0622\u0644 \u062e\u0644\u064a\u0641\u0629\u060c \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0643\u0645 \u0648\u0642\u062a\u0647\u0627\u060c \u0623\u0631\u0633\u0644 \u062e\u0637\u0627\u0628\u064b\u0627 \u0631\u0633\u0645\u064a\u064b\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u064a\u0629 \u0623\u0639\u0644\u0646 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0623\u0646 &#8220;\u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u062c\u0632\u0621 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0627\u0636\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u064a\u0629\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mzFPPPkATo\">pic.twitter.com\/mzFPPPkATo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0648\u0637\u0646. \u064a\u063a\u0631\u062f \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0628 (@watanserb_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watanserb_news\/status\/1942356242514497915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1919\">The letter, numbered 1399 and dated July 8, 1869, triggered serious concern in Britain. Officials considered this move a direct threat to their influence and strategic interests in the Gulf. British representative Grant Duff warned that \u201creplacing independent rule with that of Persia poses a danger to maritime peace in the Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"2215\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This revelation sheds light on a striking historical irony: While modern Bahraini authorities frequently accuse Shiite opposition groups of Iranian allegiance, the first recorded attempt to submit Bahrain to Iranian authority was made by a member of the ruling Al Khalifa family itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aria-live=polite absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Newly declassified British documents from 1869, released by the Qatar Digital Library in cooperation with the UK National Archives, reveal a remarkable and little-known historical attempt by Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the sixth ruler of Bahrain, to annex the country to the Persian state (Iran). 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