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Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [325r] (654/902)
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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and also probably on taking current from the Bahrain power
station to 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.
, or on installing a separate
electric light plant. The £ 5000 provided in the estimates
is for wiring all the buildings and providing the recessary
fans, lights, fittings, etc.
11. There is one further point which I would emphasise,
and that is, that the cost of putting up buildings of this
kind in Bahrain will be found to be high. It will certainly
be very much higher than in India. Practically all material
of every kind will have to be imported, no wood is obtainable
in Bahrain, and masons, carpenters, etc., will have to be
brought up from India at higher rates of pay than they would
receive in their own country. Freight charges are high. In
the case of the Kermanshah Consulate they came to £ 900 on
£ 1500 worth of material imported from England. Of course in
the caste of Bahrain they should not amount to so high a
percentage, but on the other hand a much larger proportion of
materials will have to be imported. For instance, the soil
of Bahrain is impregnated with salt. If local bricks are used
the saline deposit at once appears and additional expenditure
has to be incurred on upkeep. The Bahrain
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
is ^t present
thickly coated with salt deposit and is weathering exceedingly
badly. The Chief Engineer of the Imperial margraves Commission
recently visited the Gulf and informed ne that they had.had
the greatest difficulty owing to salt in the ceraeteries in
Irac^ the headstones, cross features, etc., re crumbling
a wav very rapidly, and he thought that if «ny building jo rk
was undertaken at Bahrain, it would be necessary to obtain
bricks either from Ahwfcz or India and to take special measures
by means of lead courses, etc., to prevent wie penetration
salt into the buildings. As he put it '’it will take Doth
bra ins a nd mo ne y to ove r c ome tn e sa f ^ 1
Yours sincerely,
Sd. H.V.Biscoe .
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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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
- Pages
- 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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