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Province of the Imperial State of Iran
Bahrain Province
(
Persian
:
????? ?????
), also known as the
14th Province
[1]
and
Mishmahig
,
[1]
was a
province
in the administrative divisions of
Iran
between 1957 and 1971, that encompassed
Bahrain archipelago
(part of the present-day country
Bahrain
). During this period, Bahrain was under effective control of the
Persian Gulf Residency
and Iran regarded it under
British
colonial occupation.
Although not under control of Iranian government, in order to stress the
territorial claim
of Iran, it was declared a province on 12 November 1957,
[2]
with two parliamentary seats dedicated to it
[3]
(in the early 1900s, one parliamentary seat was reserved for Bahrain).
[4]
A year later in 1958
Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
(ruler of Bahrain) pledged allegiance to Iran.
[5]
One of his predecessors, Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifah Al Khalifa had in 1851 asked for Iranian protection against
Wahabbis
and declared his preparedness to be a
Qajar Iran
protectorate. However, the British forced him to become their protectorate.
[6]
Before the province was detached in 1957, Iran considered it as part of
Fars Province
.
[7]
During
Safavid Iran
, Bahrain was subordinate to
Bushehr governorship
and
Zubarah
(located in modern-day country of
Qatar
) was its capital city. In 1737, under
Afsharid dynasty
Bahrain was made subject to Fars governorship.
[8]
The province officially ceased to exist with a resolution approved by the
lower house
on 14 May 1971 with 184 votes to 4, and unanimously approved by the
upper house
on 18 May 1971; and Iran recognized
Bahrain
as an independent sovereign state.
[2]
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