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Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [138r] (280/902)
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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After discussion with you I submit a draft
telegram to the Government of India asking for their
observations on Foreign Office letter of 7th March, with
particular reference to the Foreign Office suggestion for
merging the Resident and the P.A. and to the conditions
in regard to correspondence with the Gulf Consulates which
should be imposed if 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 transferred.
It may also be worth mentioning at this stage the
proposal for a resident Political Officer on the Trucial
Coast which was raised at the Middle East meeting last
November when you were away. It was decided at tnat
meeting that the question should be examined by the
Departments concerned, and the first move must no d.oubt
come from us. No action has hitherto been taken in
view of the fluid state of affairs in that part of the
world as regards oil, the future of the Eesidency, etc.
If we are to discuss the Eesidency move and if we are
to turn down, as we no doubt shall have to, the Foreign
Office idea of merging the offices of Besident and P.A.,
it may be worth jesting ^
of a resident Political Officer on the Irucial Coast,
even though he may maintain his Kesidenc*. at Bahrein.
I am not quite sure whether the discussion of 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.
move will involve discussion of the other
semi-connected questions, such as the division of
expenses at Bahrein and Koweit and the future arrangement,
in Persia as a whole. The draft telegram now submitted
does not refer to these other questions.
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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