'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain' [128r] (272/494)
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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Confiden t ial . Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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/t-n-if. Kuwait,
D.O. No.
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15th ^ovemlDer, 1939.
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' <■ ^-37.
With reference to your letter No. C/628 of
the 23r(i OctolDer, 1939, I enclose a copy of a letter
I have received from Vallance, and should "be grateful
if you could let me know how I should reply.
2 # ¥ith particular regard to Vallance's paragraph
3. Yallance told me when I saw him in Baghdad that he
was walking to the Baghdad Engineering school, having
made up his mind to accept a post that had "been offered
him, hut that on the way he called in at the Embassy,
(as he had heard previously from them), and having read
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my letter decided to turn down the ahovem^ntioned offer.
He explained that it was fortunate that he had received
my letter when he did, or he would not have "been avai
lable for the work we are offering him. It will "be
seen that Vallance now writes in direct contradiction
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of what he told me. I did of course ask Vallance to
reply "by telegram, "but that was to avoid any unnecessary
delay. The request did not obviously in any way make a
promise of employment from the date of Yallance's
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turning down of tte employment. However, as Vallance
did turn down work on receipt of our tentative offer,
a speedy settlement seems to he called for in fairness
to him.
Hon•hie Liaut-Colonel C.G. Prior, OIE.,
Political Hesident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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at Kuwait. >
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:6v, 17v:27v, 32r:35v, 37r:40v, 44r:51v, 52ar:52av, 127r:128v, 131r:155v, 159r:159v, 193r:197v, 210r:237v, ii-r:ii-v, 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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