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Coll 30/22 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein. Bahrein State Budget; Question of Successor to British Adviser to Shaikh of Bahrain' [7r] (13/66)
The record is made up of 1 file (31 folios). It was created in 2 May 1946-17 Sep 1946. It was written in English. 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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COk F IDEINTIAL
D.O. No. C/895 (
'E£ i
b946
The Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain.
J^ireTj the 12th August, 1946
V^
Will you please refer to your demi-official
letter No. C/580 dated the 2nd August,1946, regarding
the e s t iraat e a . 11 V (? of the Bahrain oilfield.
2. I have informed Belgrave of the substance
of paragraph, two of your letter, at the same time
making it quite clear to him that, for the reasons
0 iven in paragraphs three and four of your letter,
the- estimate is a rough one lor which no guarantee
can be given.
3, Belgrave expressed himself as being extremely
pleased to hear that the oilfield was expected to
last for so many more years, and I then took the.
opportunity of saying to him that, in view of this
information, you hoped it would now be quite possible
for the Bahrain Government to adopt a more liberal
financial policy.
4 # I emphasised that the^e now no longer seemed
any reason why the Bahrain Government should not
tackle the road improvement problem in earnest, nor
need they have any further financial qualms about.
implementing the scheme for a piped water supply in
11 Kanamah. Belgrave agreed the State could now easily
I afford these and other projects, and promised to press
[/ on with them.
Yours sincerely
Sgd H.D.H. Bance.
The Hon'ble Lt.-Colonel V. *R. Hay, C.^.I., G.I.L.,
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.
,
Camp Bahrain
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This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses the position of Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain, notably their frustrations with his management of the country's economic development and the need to arrange a succession process. The correspondence also discusses economic development in Bahrain more broadly and the size of the country's estimated oil reserves.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains a written summary of a discussion that took place between Belgrave and the 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. , Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, in Bahrain on 16 March, 1946.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (31 folios)
- Arrangement
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 33; 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 30/22 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein. Bahrein State Budget; Question of Successor to British Adviser to Shaikh of Bahrain'
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- front, front-i, 2r:32v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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