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Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [129r] (262/902)
The record is made up of 1 volume (447 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1929-5 Mar 1938. It was written in English and French. 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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Indie Exe either hui It in pieces which hEve a good
climate, or the Resident has a hill station at which
he spends the whole of the hot weather. The Resident
at Bahrain will hare to spend at least part of the
weather there, and the climate of Bahrain is distinctly
worse(l can speak from personal experience } than
that of 2ushire, which has the "best cliroate in trie
Gulf ( &s fax as th^t go es i) - which pres ■roahly was
one of the reasons why it whs originally chosen for
the
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.
* If therefore it is finally decided to
move the Resident, who will always be a man of a
certain age, to a worse climate he should be installed
as comfortably as possible* This is quite apart
from the prestige point of view of having the Resident
s lit&bly accommodated.
) and ( 5)» These two disadvantages can be taken together
and, speaking at large, are off-set by Hie dwindling
importance of South Persia - the area with which
the Resident is concerned as a co-ordinating authority.
By far the greater proportion of British tr^de is,
and has always been, with Hie sou Hi, *»s opposed to
the llorth, of Persia, hut British trade with Pexsic..
h & s of late years unfortunately diminished appreciaoly•
Ho re ever Hie traders themselves - almost all Bririsn
Indians - continue to leave the country, while the
Route and the :*v?l Bsse - representing strtegical
f sc tors - have noved to the Arab side. Another
British interest -,the Cable and Wireless Ltd.- are
giving up three out of their four stations in South
Persia i nd opening up e neu one at Lahrain; while
the fourth one - Bushire - they will probably
evacuate when the
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.
is roved.
It
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The file concerns the business case to transfer 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 of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office (C W Baxter), the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare), 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 Gilbert Laithwaite, John Charles Walton), the Political Residents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Trenchard Craven William Fowle), 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 (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Foreign Department and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Basrah, HM Treasury, the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah).
The correspondence relates specifically to the following:
- liaising with the Shaikh of Bahrain
- liaising with the Persian Foreign Minister
- rumours that the 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. was to be moved to Darin Island [Tārūt Island, Saudi Arabia]
- preliminary arrangements
- views of the Government of India and the Foreign Office, that the transfer should happen immediately
- Biscoe's estimate of cost of transfer, discussion with the Treasury
- estimated annual savings for telecommunications.
There is correspondence in French, with the Persian Foreign Minister and a newspaper cutting from Near East.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (447 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 449; 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 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:68v, 69v:214v, 217r:398v, 399v:416v, 420r:448v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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