Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [‎303r] (610/902)

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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.
SITUATION OF PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. .
Arguments for and against Koweit and Bahrein as alternatives
to Bushire.
The telegrams, &c., reprinted below give the views of Lieut.-Col. Barrett, as Acting
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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , on the advantages and disadvantages of Koweit,
and the relative merits of Koweit and Bahrein, as a site for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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 event of a decision to move from Bushire.
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. , J. G. L.
10th January 1930.
I.—Arguments for and against KOWEIT.
Express Message No. 293 S. of 1929 from the Hon. Lieut.-Col. C. C. J. Barrett, C.S.I.,
G.I.E., 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire, to the Foreign Secretary
to the Government of India, Simla.
Your telegram No. 2243 C. of the 17th July 1929.* Transfer of 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.
* Not printed. headquarters to Kuwait.
Arguments for :—
1. Brings Resident definitely on Arab side, and in close personal touch with Gulf
Arabs and their special problems.
2. Location of 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 enhance the prestige of Kuwait and will support
Kuwait independence against aggression of Iraq and Najd. . .
3. Resident will be brought into closer touch with the High Conmnssionei for
Iraq and with Arab politics. . .
4. Resident will be in closer touch with the Navy, who now definitely avoid
Persian ports as much as x^ossible owing to Persian attitude. He will also be
in touch with the Royal Air Force, which finds it difficult to visit Bushire
owing to Persian regulations.
5. Harbour is probably best in Gulf. u
6. Motor-cars have brought Kuwait within four hours of Basrah and its sea and
air communications. In favourable weather Baghdad cou c ic icac ka )j
air in three and a half hours. ... . f . 1 , ^
7. Kuwait offers excellent harbour for flying boats, whici vi m 11 me .mom
more and more useful as means of rapid transportation for inspection visits of
8. ReJbn“'be freed from Persian bureaucratic control and at his own
headquarters will assume position of high British representative instead of
mere Consul-General. . n .„
9. Taken throughout the year best climate in the Gu .
Of the above, 1 and 7 apply with greater force in favour of Bahrain, while <S cou t
apply to both.
Argument, again* >- summer, and Resident would
(a) Climate, though best m Gulf, is very baa m suuiu c ,
have to recess for three months each year. •i q |u p
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missionaries there are no Europeans in Kn" al • , conveniences are
(d )Bill Sand’s oolicv has killed trade of Kuwait and tew conveniences ate
] pmcuraUeinRs bazaars, which are much worse than those of Bahrain.
M No facilities for recreation ice . These are available in
(/) No conveniences such as efectric pow
Bahrain and Bushire. . .. „ ,r
(9) Lack of water. This is brought m dhowsfrom the^upb ^ ;t ^
G) Depressing scenery owing to sand ar
much worse than Bushire or Bahrain. ^
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