Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [249r] (502/902)
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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preserves, but is prepared to believe that Maffey will
inform the Governor of matters of interest to him.
All this, of course, is an excellent argument
against moving 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.
from Bushire, and an even
stronger argument against trying to get the Persians
to agree that the transferred Resident shall mouch
around the Persian Ports in the false beard and mous
tache of an "Inspecting Consul-General". Pardon pour
1’expression, but it’s a quite absurd idea.
There is really no sort or kind of reason except
the "traditionalism" of which Teymour complains, why
the Persians should object to the Resident being at
Bushire, but there is, to my mind, every possible reason
for objecting to our proposal, which for reasons that
are a blankness to me, we say is a great concession.
As I’ve telegraphed to Oliphant, I am going to
see Teymour and Feroughi again before your instructions
reach me and I’ve told them that among other things
I want to know what they think of the proposal in the
draft exchange of notes in Clive’s letter of October
1st 1930 (see his despatch No. 484 of October 6th 1930).
I shall not argue with them, but if occasion offers I
shall accuse them of "traditionalism".
Presumably 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.
will have to leave
Bushire, but if you are n ot p repared to re move it u nles_s
the Resident is to be granted "Inspecting Consul-General
privileges by the Persians, I am inclined to think that,
pin-pricks or no pin-pricks treaty or no treaty you will
find it impossible to move 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.
.
And/
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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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- Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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