Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [227r] (458/902)
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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Extract from Despatch No.358 from Foreign Office
To Mr. R.H.Horre, Tehran. dated 23rd,June.1932.
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7.
As regards the Anglo-Persian Commercial
Treaty of the 28th,October 1841, the attitude of His
Majesty’s Govt was fully set forth in MrHenderson’s
above mentioned despatch of the 12th Sept,1930 (No.476)
from which you will see that Sir Robert Clive was given
discretion to draw the attention of the Persian Govt,
if he considered it desirable, to the fact that this
treaty had never been formally abrogated. As explained
in that despatch, the present validity of the 1841 Tre&y
is open to serious doubt, and I entirely share the views
expressed by you in para 6 of your despatch that it
would in practice be useless to rely on this treaty
in any attempt to maintain 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.
at
Bushire against the wishes of the Persian Govt. The
question whether it need now be mentioned in the
proposed Treaty article is one which I am content to
leave to the Persian Govt(s decision. Whether the
treaty is regarded as having lapsed or is expressly
abrogated, I adhere to the view stated in Para 4 of
Mr.Henderson’s despatch No.476 of the 12th Sept,1930
that there could be no question of a withdrawal by the
Persian Govt, of their permission that a British Resident
should cpntinue to reside at Bushire, except as a result
of friendly negotiations between the tv/o Govts. His
majesty’s Govt, would only be prepared to agree to
his withdrawal as part of a satisfactory general
settlement resulting from the present negotiations, end
presented to the Minister for Foreign Afiairs oy Bir
Robert Clive in his letter of the 1st October 19oG,
of which a copy was enclesed in his despatch No.488 of
the 6th,October of that year •
on certain conditions embodied in the draft notes
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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.
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- 1 volume (447 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 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:68v, 69v:214v, 217r:398v, 399v:416v, 420r:448v, back-i
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