'File 33/11 VI (T 94) Transfer of Naval Base'

Content

The file concerns the decision by the Admiralty in 1935 to transfer the Royal Navy base at Henjam [Hengam] Island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to a site at Jufair (also spelled Jafair) in Bahrain.

The papers consist of copies of correspondence relating to the Admiralty's decision to evacuate the naval base at Henjam and to construct alternative accommodation at Bahrein [Bahrain] at an estimated cost of £25,000, March 1935; correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and 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. , Bahrain relating to the purchase of property at Jufair, with list of payments made to individual landowners, April 1934; papers concerning the question of the levying of customs duty on articles imported by Royal Navy ships into the new naval base at Jufair, and the use of alcohol at the base by Royal Navy personnel, including correspondence between Belgrave and Captain George Ashmead Cole, Officiating 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. , Bahrain, and correspondence in Arabic and English between Cole and Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, April -June 1935; confidential letter from Belgrave to Cole, dated 8 June 1935, giving his opinions on the way in which the Sheikh had been treated by the British, and explaining how the price had been settled for the land bought from the Sheikh; and papers concerning the compensation to be paid to owners of fish traps adjacent to the naval area, July 1935 - January 1939, including receipts in Arabic, January 1939.

The covering dates of the correspondence (the main body of papers) in this file are 16 March 1935 - 17 January 1939. The closing date in the overall date range is provided by references in notes on documents at the rear of the file.

Extent and format

1 file (80 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) would have referred to entries in the notes, but there are no notes present in this file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 79, which is the final folio in the file. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: 24-27, 29, 54. Two additional incomplete foliation sequences are also present in the file between ff. 2-79 and ff. 29-79. These numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and may be found in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/389

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 33/11 VI Confidential Series: T 94

History of this record

Date(s)

16 Mar 1935-19 Jan 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

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