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Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings' [88r] (177/813)
The record is made up of 1 file (402 folios). It was created in 17 Aug 1937-31 Dec 1946. 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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Ii; THE AHAB STATES OF TiiS PERSIAN G-UL&'
Memorandum by 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.
The Persian G-ulf (see footnote) ig a geographical area
of essential strategic, economic and political importance
to the Britisn Gommon./ealth. It contains naval and air
bases (the latter also serving as a staging point in the
R.A#P. reinforcement route and tne civil aviation route from
the U.K. to the Far East). Important strategic cables pass
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througja the waters of the Gulf. Sff guar;,$» the southern
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flank of the shipping route carrying ImC oil supplies from
Abadan and Ptoofer' contain! potential oil reserves of ^reat
strategic and economic iiaportanco^l. This involves increasing
ihnerican interest in the deveFoments of the resources and
involves opportunities^as the prosperity of the area grows,,
for the development of British trade and the improvement of
the lot of the arab population. It can be used as a base
for opposing Russian penetration and stiffening local
resistance to communist infiltration in the Middle East.
British prestige, based on a long and honourable record of
solid acaievementjunder extremely trying climatic conditions
by Britisn offic ers^ still stands high.
2. h.M.G.'s x^osition in this area is based upon special
Treaty relations with tnQ Rul ers. The Sheikhdoms are bound
by a series of Treaties to conduc*their foreign relations
through xi.M.G.^ and have ceded to His Majesty certain
jurisdictional rights which are exercised by OrdeKf^n Council
under the Foreign Jurisdiction ^.ct. The Sultanate of Muscat
is ostensibly an independent State^ having Treaty relations
with certain foreign powers as well as witn H.M.G. and the
/Government
For the purpose of this note the expression "Persian
Gulf" means the Sheikhdoms on the ...rab shore of the Gulf
which are under British protection - i.e. KAv/eit, Bahrain,
Qatar and the seven petty Trucial Sheikhdoms - and the
PliiT of nscat and Oman.
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The file concerns the transfer of 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Bushire to Bahrain.
The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including Central Public Works Department (A Croad), 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. officials (John Charles Walton, R Peel, E P Donaldson), Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick Pethick Lawrence), External Affairs Department of the Government of India (W R Hay, Aubrey Metcalfe), 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. (Geoffrey Prior), the Foreign Office (C W Baxter, George William Rendel, Ernest Bevin, Orme Sargent, J T Henderson), the 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. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), HM Treasury, the British Ministry at Tehran (Reader William Bullard), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Colonial Office.
The correspondence relates specifically to the following:
- discussion on the design of the new 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. building at Bahrain
- proposed 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. site on Muharraq Island
- views against the transfer from HM Ministry at Tehran and 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. , Foreign Office's decision to go ahead
- Treaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union and Iran (ff 302-304)
- withdrawal from Bushire
- administration of the Arab states in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (402 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 406; 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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- Title
- Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:301v, 305r:406r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence