Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [360r] (724/902)
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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P.7938/30.
INDIA OFFICS,
«UTiSHALL, 8 .W.l.
18th ■‘-'ecorabar 1930 .
■ oL»—
ould you kindly refer to narau-ro^v, o
June 1930, K0.P.258-K/28, on the qSe" , tiIn 9 af‘'+S f y ourlatta r of 6 th
proposed in connection with the removal of th« h B» C<? ? 8Ular arr angemen
I enclose, for your information copy of som. de^'arr?^ f r ° m Bii8hir '
pondence which has since passed on the cor r«s-
Office. You will see from" the ‘ subject with the Foreign
on this subject between the Foreign off ? aen06 the discus3 ions
at the beginning of the year dfd St 5 *™! tf d th * india
Kerman. y Sr ula not C0Ter ^e paeition of \hbikz and
Ic ^.Baxter, d/ 22>.30 P. 5345/367
foreign Office fiiter^o^lSth Sctober^co 0 ^ ^f°ii ? 0 ? m8ncing yrith
ry weekly letter of 2 ?rd o«tnV.«^ SL? f /-'! , l :ich waB »«nt with
) 2 . ^tou will have seen the
J correscondenefi „
y weekly letter of 23rd October under p!7l61/3o) U Mw^di
general question of the area to be included hrh 8 f the
Vhich theVoreign Office have taken 01
exequa^T-fpy 0 f a 'f^rin^ 8 ?^S 8 ^fS«. 9CM ’ 8
S t#ly ( r 0 P °r ng a re * arran eenient of diatriota 'is being sent
on this the Government of^India
auestion ^ y +v lt 0 °wenient to consider the
-ith thlc letLr L tv,! h T U9 ™ i * 0fficial o^rrespondence enclosed
n comectinn^fii da P®nu 8 uce of -uhwas and -ermau on Bush ire,
aw It 1 the genera j. question of a reshuffle of districts
, " ' y Foreign Office. it may also be a matter for
ca whl ; ther the reshuffle if and so far as it is agreed
fh» ® -° J ld be made as part of the arrangements consequential on
or^whether 1 ! ? f f 1 ®. ,®* 1 t 9R °y ffher ‘ t ' 1 ® removal is carried through
io + f» “ ler 1 !' should take place first and independently of the
latter question.
* c&‘ 3,
1 v, i T"5garag points (c) and ( 0 ) in para. ( 2 ) of your letter,
had great difficulty at the time in getting the Foreign office
advance to the point represented by Baxter f s d>emi-official
er 22nd January 1930, of which copies went to you by the
+ ° r ^ auiliar y* and they have been extre ely reluctant
to define at this stage the future position of the Resident
kii® Gulf Consulates any more closely. But these points
^ Hi be further considered in connexion with the consequential
arrangements to be made on the removal of 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.
when that
takes place,
a matter of interest, we should much like to know
^»wcissly to what extent Ahwaz and Kerman are at the moment
•pendent on Bushire administratively.
••B* Howell, 88q.,CSl.,0i3.,iC3.
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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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- 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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