‘File 28/1 B 1. Gift of £30,000 of Shaikh of Bahrain to the British Government; 2. Purchase of fighter aircraft; 3. Persian Gulf Fighter Fund’ [‎2v] (4/24)

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The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to a financial gift made to the British Government by the Ruler of Bahrain, and a fund set up for the purchase of fighter plans for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. :

• correspondence relating to the receipt and cashing of a gift of £30,000 made by the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, to the British Government towards the costs of the war. In a letter to the Secretary of State for India, dated 23 February 1941 (f 10) 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) notes that the Italian radio station at Bari has announced that the Shaikh would ‘receive another visit from Italian bombers in return for his gift’;
• correspondence from 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. to 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. , dated 18 February 1941 (f 8), remitting a sum of £10,000 from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund towards the purchase of two fighters, which the Resident requests be named Bahrain and Kuwait respectively. The Resident writes that the presentation of the first of the fighters is to be broadcast from Bahrain in Arabic on 20 February 1941, and requests a suitable mention on the BBC’s Arabic broadcast. The Resident also states that though British subjects on the Persian side of the Gulf have contributed ‘considerable sums’, he has not publicised this fact, and suggests that mention only be made of contributions from ‘Arab population British subjects and other communities in [the] Persian Gulf’.

Extent and format

1 file (10 folios)

Arrangement

The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. There is a page for file notes at the end of the file (f 11).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 12; 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 between ff 2-10; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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English in Latin script

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