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Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings' [301r] (603/813)
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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COPY’;
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Foreign Office,
S.W.l.
Oi.
zv 2
iSth February, 1946.
I arn sorry to see from your letter of the 29 th
January that you appear to advocate keeping the British
Resident at Bus hire more or less indefinitely, while we
argue about the control arrangements for the Persian
Gulf when India’s foreign relations are taken over
by an Indian Minister, and while we take steps to acquire
land elsewhere for building a 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.
, and
put other preparatory work in hand.
I cannot agree that we can afford to delay action
in this way. The position is, in brief, that.we have a
British official responsible for certain administrative
duties on the Arab side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, but
established in Persian territory. The employment of this
British administrator as a consular officer in a
neighbouring independent country is objectionable in
principle and highly vulnerable to attack, more especially
in view of the Persian claim, however ill-founded it
may be, to two of the Arab territories under this official’s
jurisdiction. We cannot retain the Resident on the
Persian side of the Gulf without running the serious risk
of having later to withdraw him ignominiously at short
notice, as the result of Persian agitation.
March 2nd is the date when the British troops all *
withdraw from Southern Persia, when our Treaty of .alliance
with Persia comes to an end, and when the Persians once
again oecome masters in their own house. I fear that, even
though the Russian troops are similarly removed from
Northern Persia, Russian influence ana propaganda m the
country will be very strong. We shall have to expect a
The night Honourable
Lora Pethick-Lawrence.
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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)
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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 (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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