Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [13r] (30/902)
The record is made up of 1 volume (447 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1929-5 Mar 1938. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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reached now, hut he nevertheless suggests that unless either
(a) the Government of India feel able to undertake to reach a
decision upon the scheme submitted to them by the end of, say
the present month, or (b) Lieutenant-Colonel Fowle still feels
able to adhere to the views expressed in his telegram of the 7th
November, even with regard to any further delay steps should even
now be taken to secure an option.
6. The question of an option is, however, a relatively minor
question, and Mr. Eden is more perturbed at the possibility that
the transfer of the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
may be delayed yet further by
subsidiary points of a financial or teclinical nature. It is
generally agreed that it is desirable for political reasons to
establish the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Bahrein at an early date. A decision
to this effect was taken by the Middle East (Official) Bub-Committee
on the 5th May, 1956, although further information was required by
the Sub-Committee as to the cost of providing alternative
accommodation. But developments which have been taking place
on the Arab coast since this meeting was held, (and incidentally
the fact that hints of the projected transfer have reached the
i* ti ama ' Persian Government), render it impossible in Mr. Eden s view to
('m ‘Zk consider a reversal of this decision, whatever the financial
difficulties may prove to be. In other words, he considers
that
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it should be regarded as a matter of policy that a final decision
%o establish the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Bahrein should be taken and made
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public as soon as possible, the actual transfer following as soon
thereafter as appropriate accommodation can be provided, and
that, if appropriate accommodation cannot be provided for the sum
which the Government of India were originally willing to expend,
either this sum should be increased to the amount required oi
should be effected. In particular it seems to him
inadmissible/
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The file concerns the business case to transfer the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Bushire to Bahrain.
The file is composed of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office (C W Baxter), the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare), India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. officials (John Gilbert Laithwaite, John Charles Walton), the Political Residents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Trenchard Craven William Fowle), the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Foreign Department and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Basrah, HM Treasury, the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah).
The correspondence relates specifically to the following:
- liaising with the Shaikh of Bahrain
- liaising with the Persian Foreign Minister
- rumours that the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. was to be moved to Darin Island [Tārūt Island, Saudi Arabia]
- preliminary arrangements
- views of the Government of India and the Foreign Office, that the transfer should happen immediately
- Biscoe's estimate of cost of transfer, discussion with the Treasury
- estimated annual savings for telecommunications.
There is correspondence in French, with the Persian Foreign Minister and a newspaper cutting from Near East.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (447 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 449; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio
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- Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:68v, 69v:214v, 217r:398v, 399v:416v, 420r:448v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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