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'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain' [8r] (30/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 22 Jul 1939-28 Jun 1940. 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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alone. Fot finding it at hoine, they travel in search of it;
and some of them are even being sent in search of it, at
Government expense, by the Gulf governments themselves. If we
were to make an educational map of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and to
show on it, by means of small arrows, the drift of these young
men away from the Gulf and towards higher education, we should
find some of the arrows pointing due East to India, and others
due est to Egypt. A good many would be pointing Forth-': est
to Syria and Beyrouth, a nd a whole sheaf of them IT.F.V. to Iraq*
. _ i
^ J. need not say much about Egypt or India, for Egypt is
considered by most Gulf parents and governments to be too'far '
away, and therefore too expensive, to send their young men to^
and fewer young men from the Gulf each year are looking east
wards for their education to India. As regards Syria and the
Lebanon, I heard Lord Lloyd say, about a year ago, that he was
satisfied that the American University of Beyrouth was one of the
ch± l f sources of anti-British propaganda in the Middle East.
As for Iraq, one has only to look at history, and to draw upon
personal experience.
/ Iraq ha3 for centuries been a centre of trouble. She
is still to -day a country of assassination, violence, treachery,
vengence, unrest, and corruption of all kinds. Her schools,
raore especially those of Bagdad, are hotbeds of cheating, lying,
immorality, insurrection, indiscipline, i norance, and in
efficiency. Everyone who has lived in Bagdad knows this.
hat is not so well known about Iraq is that education
ally, and therefore politically, she now has her eyes upon the
Vvhole of Arabia south of Basra, especially upon Kuwait, Bahrain,
the Hamdhramaut, the Yemen, and Saudi-Arabia. She perhaps does
not yet quite know what she wants to do in those places, or
hoi/, to do it, but she has at least realised the importance
of getting hold of the young men, and has made a very good begin
ning' by spreading her pan-Arab and anti-British propaganda,and
by instilling subversive ideas into the minds of all those
youths who visit her for educational purposes of their own free-
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This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Bahrain. In particular, the correspondence discusses a proposal by C.R.L Adrian-Vallance to establish a college of higher education in Bahrain for students from all of the Arab states of the Gulf.
Adrian-Vallance proposed this idea as a means to combat Pan-Arab/anti-British sentiment and foster a sense of Gulf identity distinct from a broader Arab identity. A letter (from Adrian-Vallance to Charles Belgrave, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's adviser) that outlines his plan for the college is contained on ff. 7 - 15.
The file also includes a detailed report on government education in Bahrain with proposals for reform (written by Adrian-Vallance in 1939) contained on ff. 52b - 126, a report on technical education in Bahrain (written by Geoffrey E. Hutchings in 1940) contained on ff. 160 - 192 and a report written by Adrian-Vallance in May 1940 that gives an update on the progress made in education in Bahrain since his appointment as Director of Education in the country in November 1939.
The file also contains correspondence regarding Adrian-Vallance's appointment as Director of Education in Bahrain, including a copy of his contract with Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (245 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Index numbers corresponding with the index at the back run through the volume; these numbers are written using red crayon and are circled.
- Physical characteristics
A bound correspondence volume. The main foliation sequence starts at the titlepage and terminates at the 4th sheet from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in pencil and can be found 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 incomplete second foliation sequence (53-119) runs between ff 53-225 with a gap between ff 86-87; these numbers are also written in pencil and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Foliation errors: 1A, 1B and 1C; 52a and 52b.
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- 'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain'
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- 7r:15v
- Author
- Adrian-Vallance, Cecil Roy Leon
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- Title
- 'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain'
- Pages
- 7r:15v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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