Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [303v] (611/902)
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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(i) Although natural harbour is probably best in Gulf, it is undeveloped and
embarkation and disembarkation from steamers involve considerable difficult
at low tide. * ^
(j) Present sea communication, which is by slow Gulf mail calling weeklv
journey to Basrah, but only fortnightly on journey from Basrah, is unsatisfactory 1
The unpunctuality of this service is the cause of endless complaint.
(k) Situation at extreme northern limit of Resident’s charge makes headquarters
unnecessarily far from India and from Muscat and the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
which
requires more of the Resident’s personal attention than it has received'in the
past.
(V) Lack of security owing to liability to raids from desert.
(m) Absence of wireless and ease with which land line can be cut by raiders.
Of these defects the following can be remedied ;—-
(b) by building suitable
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.
on suitable site which is available ;
(d) by coming to an understanding with Bin Sand. This would probably be
facilitated by 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.
to Kuwait as this should kill Bin Sand’s
hope of forcing Shaikh to submit to absorption by Najd State;
(e) by making tennis courts and playing fields for staff and clerks who would
accompany Resident;
(/) Government would presumably supply Resident and his staff with the^P
necessities in the climate of the Gulf ;
(g) Government might consider question of condensing plant :
(G building of a
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.
pier would meet this drawback ;
(j) arrangements could probably be made for fast mail to call weekly. Owinxr to
proximity of Basrah, this, Plough great convenience which would make move
popular with inhabitants, is not such a vital necessity as it would be in the
case of Bahrain :
(0 although raids have been conducted up to walls of Kuwait no attempt has been
made to attack the town. 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.
would be safer than the Sabzabad
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 time of tribal trouble. tne sa abaci
Bin Sami, would wlome SLuTr^s^ \tvJhoryt he woukl Consider
decrease touch with the Persian coast south of Bushire. P ° BSlb e ’ but the move wlU
C. 0. J. Barrett, Lieut.-Colonel,
f optical Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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II.—Relative merits of KOWEIT and BAHREIN.
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of India, Simla. ’ I oi eign Secretary to the Government
Sir,
Relative merits of Kuwait and Bahrain as Headquarters of the
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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.
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The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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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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- 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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