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'File 42/1 Adviser to the Government of Bahrain' [10r] (19/318)
The record is made up of 1 file (159 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1933-19 Mar 1949. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Confidential.
S' : b.
P.0.^o.ll86-S of 1933
"Tie
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.
Rushire, the 8th September, 1933
My dear Gastrell,
WilL^ou kindly refer to your demi-official letter
ho* C/312-6/1 dated the 7th August 1933 about Belgrave’s
leave.
(a) expense and (b) getting a suitable man to come for so short
answered, whether the oil development will so improve the
financial prospects of the State as to justify the appointment
of a Police Officer ( who may well prove necessary when the
Oil Field becomes larger ).
prospects had not improved to such an extent as to justify the
appointment of another European Officer ) it might prove
possible to give the charge of the -Police and Justice to
Shaikh Salman, Municipality and possibly other duties to
Shaikhs Muhammad and ’Abdullah, Education for practical pur
poses in the Director of Education’s hands, and possibly
I discussed the matter quite informally once or twice
with Belgrave and also mentioned it to Colonel Eowle
O •
Two solutions { apart from a temporary incumbent
ad hoc ) suggest themselves:-
(a) a temporary Adviser, who would later become the
Police Officer, and
(b) a division of the Adviser’s work among the
Ruling Family, and perhaps Mr. de Grenier.
4.
The difficulties about a temporary incumbent are
a time
The question also arises, and can|hardly yet be
I had rather hoped that ( assuming that financial
Captain E.F.Gastrell, I.A
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.
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Bahrain
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The file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain and India, and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The early correspondence relates to setting up suitable arrangements to fill Belgrave’s role in Bahrain while he took six months leave in the summer of 1934.
The rest of the file is predominantly concerned with general discussions regarding the alteration of Belgrave’s terms of service, covering his pay and leave, as well as specific arrangements for his leave in India in the early 1940s.
In the final folios of the file, the correspondence discusses increasing opposition to Belgrave within Bahrain in the late 1940s. Of particular interest are folios 124-126, these being an anonymous letter from ‘the people of Bahrain’ to the Minister of Colonies in London, expressing their discontent with Belgrave’s position of power. Folio 137 is an English translation of an article that appeared in Arab World magazine, condemning Belgrave. The Arabic original is contained on Folio 150.
The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence (in Arabic and English) between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah regarding Belgrave's contract and pay.
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- 1 file (159 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- 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 159; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-156; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/899
- Title
- 'File 42/1 Adviser to the Government of Bahrain'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 4r:14v, 19r:40v, 46r:61v, 64r:70v, 73r:90v, 92r:93v, 95r:95v, 97r:99v, 103r:120v, 122r:149v, 151r:158v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence