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Coll 29/7 'Sale of Residency land at Bushire' [‎8r] (15/52)

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The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 26 Mar 1929-17 Jun 1931. 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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ffrom
t of Indie*
His Majesty’s Under Secretary of State for Indls*
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. * London*
i)at«U r aw JelM, tha ^ ^ ar<Si 1931.
Proposed oule of the $ohdy lend »t iiiiaiiire*
sir*
1 am directed to address you in connection wi th a
proposal to sell the i’ehdy land at Buahlre which was originally
purchased in 19C5 and 1911 at a tot ^l coat of Hs» 12*610/* for
the construction of new residences for the Pclitioai Reaiaent
and his staff. Owing however, to the prohibitive cost* the
building scho^e was not proceeded with* in 1915 a bungalow and
office Tor the Assistant ngincer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. was built on
a portion oi this site st un estimated coot of Hs* 23,525/-
2 * It will be ae>n from the correspondence noted in the
irsgggi^ tb mim u
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. * Ho, 1787, dated the 2nd August
1930* and
aietiio t dum to the Hon*tie 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 GuXf* bo« P*400-A/^» dated the 15th
5epte..ber 1930* forwarded to 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. with
itereign Secretary’s weekly letters Sos.
114-M dated the 12 th/lSth Oeptender 1950*
Memormdum from the Hon’ble 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. * Ho* 267 4* dated the 6 th
December 1930* forwsrded to 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. with
Foreign Secretary’s weekly letter Ho* 169-M*dated
IQth dscyA,!; Igo 0 t
margin* copies
of whloti have
been sent 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. *
that although
the site wee originally selected as a measure of compromise
between the unhealtlilness of Bushire and the distance from

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The file concerns the sale of a plot of land at Bushire, originally purchased in 1905 and 1911 to build new residences for the Political 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. , which were never built.

The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between 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. , the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and 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. .

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1 file (24 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; 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.

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