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Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [‎230r] (464/902)

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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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it is not, in my opinion, a liability and the personal reasons
have largely disappeared, and I contend that so far from the
presence of the Resident being in any way obnoxious to the
i
Minister, so long as he regards him as his expert adviser in
Gulf matters, which always loom large in our dealings with the
Persians, the presence of a senior officer with a wide outlook
on both sides of the Gulf and who is also a channel of communi
cation with the .Navy, etc* is helpful to him*
The strongest arguments against the transfer, at any
rate at the present time, are, I think, the fact that it will
cost a great many lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , and secondly that it will
inevitably raise the question of India’s contribution towards
consular and diplomatic expenditure in Persia* howell, I
know, anticipates that India under the new regime will sooner
or later raise the question of the moiety, and it would seem
undesirable at the present juncture to weaken the case for
a continuance of the contribution. It would place an
additional burden on the already over-burdened British tax
payer, and even if sooner or later India should refuse to
continue it, it seems to me desirable to put off the evil day
as long as possible. At present it can be contended that
India has definite interests in the Gulf, strategic, commer
cial, etc*, and that it is desirable that they should have
some say in the general policy. The presence of the Resident
does, I think, enable a certain amount of weight to be
accorded to Indian views on many questions in which they are
considerably interested* 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. was transferred
the Government of India would have no adviser on Gulf questions
except from a purely Arab point of view, and would necessarily
find it difficult to express an opinion on some of the
questions involved.

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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:

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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English and French in Latin script
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