'Correspondence re Title-Deeds of Agency Land' [3r] (5/10)
The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 22 May 1926-12 Jul 1926. It was written in English. 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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I The Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Baiirain.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
6/6/&Z6
The Secretary to the Hon'ble the Political n esident
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.Bushire,
Memo r and un.
With reference to your Memo. No 1359 of 23rd -^ay
I&26. The plot of land which has "been exchanged with the
Bahrain Governmmnt is no part of the original site on which the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
was "built k which was the land referred to in the
Assistant "olitical Agent's letter No 120 of 29th July 1901.
The plot exchanged ws a piece of waste land outside the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
but adjacent to it on the V /tst side. This plot was gifted to
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
either in the time Colonel Trevor (the Major Trevor)
was in Bahrain or sometime later during the war,I regret I am
unable to. trace exactly when. Colonel Trevor himself drew my
attention to it olt was originally acquired as there was at the
time a proposal to build quarters for clerics a proposal v/hich jz
was subsequently ab-mdoncfld on ancount of the expense involved,
.1 .V X« * • .
The plot has consequently never been used.It has been
exchanged for a plot precisely similar adjoining the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
on
the -^ast side. Colonel Trevor originally approved of the paxKhx
purckkse of the plot on the -^ast side if funds could be found
for the purpose,!: subsequently Colonel ^rideaux when in Bahrain
confirmed his approval^ The matter remained in abeyance as I ta
had no suggestions as to how payment could be effected lc at the
time there seemed no grounds for an excahnge, later the Govt,
of Batrain State were anxious to acquire a site to build State
offices upon & also the Municipality of Manameh wished to
complete the sea-front scheme,!: the only possible place where i.
the sea front road could enter the Town was on the plot
belonging to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to the Vvest.Shaik Hamad requested KXtkK
either that the State be permitted to purchase the plot or to
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This file contains correspondence between Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, British 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, and Captain B Stuart Horner, Secretary to 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. at Bushire. The correspondence concerns the exchange of land between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Bahrain Government, and the possible necessity to amend title-deeds.
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Foliation: Circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 5, ending on the inside of the back cover.
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- 'Correspondence re Title-Deeds of Agency Land'
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