'File 1/A/33 II Transfer of Residency to Bahrain.'

Content

The file concerns the selection of a site in Bahrain for the transfer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. from Bushire.

The main correspondents are 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; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the 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. . Correspondence forwarded to 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, includes correspondence from the Foreign Office and the Government of India. There is also correspondence from the India Meteorological Department, Poona and from staff of the Bahrein Petroleum Company (BAPCO).

The papers include: discussion between 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 and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. concerning the relative merits of the previously-selected site, Busaitin on Muharraq Island, and Essex Point, near the Jufair Naval Base, November 1937 - January 1938; Foreign Office letter dated 19 November 1937 giving the reasons for the desirability of transferring 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. to the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , January 1938; daily temperature and humidity readings for Muharraq and Jufair, compiled by locally-appointed observers, with associated correspondence, May 1938 - February 1939; correspondence with the India Meteorological Department, Poona over the supply of thermometers to obtain the readings, June 1938 - February 1939; the decision to select Essex Point rather than Busaitin as the location for 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. , March-April 1939; correspondence with staff of the Bahrein Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over the installation of air conditioning in staff accommodation, May-July 1939, including house floor plan, folios 141 and 142; and further discussion of potential sites, July 1946 and January 1947.

The date range gives the covering dates for the main items of correspondence; the earliest dated documents in the file are the two plans dated 15 August 1936 on folios 141-142; the last dated additions to the file are a Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. receipt stamp on the last main item of correspondence (folio 138) and an entry in the notes on folio 163, both dated 11 January 1947, and the date Jan/51 on the envelope that constitutes folio 140. There is no correspondence in the file between November 1941 and July 1946.

Extent and format

1 file (162 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are filed in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after the relevant covering letter, and terminate in a set of notes (folios 143-163).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 164; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-164; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English in Latin 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/15/2/155

Former external reference(s)

Confidential files, 1932-50: 1/A/33 II

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Nov 1937-8 Jan 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

AccommodationMeteorological dataAir conditioning

Places

Al BusaytīnJufair

People & organisations

Bahrain Petroleum CompanyPersian Gulf Political ResidencyIndia Meteorological Department

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