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Coll 29/2(3) 'Royal Naval Base Bahrain: transfer and adaptation for use as Political Residency' [10r] (19/737)
The record is made up of 1 file (367 folios). It was created in 17 Apr 1946-13 Aug 1949. 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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water. The R.A.i 1 . Site is situated aver the artesian zone, at least
so I presume from the fact that all round the site are artesian wells.
Whether there actually is a well on the site I do not know, hut from local
though non-technical knowledge there is no reason to suppose that ample
v/ater is not available, wells would have to be dug, but the same applies
if an area of the Base were occupied for there the existing water supplies
are quite inadequate for ever present needs. An illustration of this is
tnat the Ward-roomavimming-bath takes 2 days to fill when supplies to
gardens are cut off. After a further 2 days the bath is the colour of a
village pond. ’he present value of this amenity pan be easily estimated,
though it is true some people dive into the pea-soup and indeed on a very
not day it is difficult not to. hew wells are required whether an area of
the Base or the R.A.F. Site is finally selected.
There are no other public services I can call to mind. There is no
drainage system in lianamah and the new piped-water supply would not extend
to either site.
There are no made , roads on the R.A.F. Site though .it is traversed by
beaten tracks. This might be considered an advantage over the Base where
existing roads would have to be dug up and re—made elsewhere.
xhere is little to choose between the two. If anything the air at the
m.. Site might oe a little drier than at the Base. Since 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.
is to oe air—condioioned this point is not wortn pursuing. As regards
outlook or view any portion of the north corner of the Base has aa
uninterrupted view o^ trie i\.ner Idiadiyan. From the R.A.F. site the. mud—roofs
of Kan amah can be seen as well as the sea. Anyone new to the G-ulf will
almost certainly prefer the former, and an older ,iand the. latter. Here
again air—conui^ioning aiiects tne situation for it provides the very great
boon of being able to sit and live in a house in the normal fashion as
agamot cnasing or avoiding the wind or perpetually changing rooms in search
of a breeze.
.proximity oo the sea is an advantage then the north corner of the
wase is preferable to tne R.F. 3ise. The former has sea on two sides and
tne latter on one. There is, however, nothing in this for, in ny view, the
mud flats at low tide more than counterrb^l^nce the attractiveness of the
high tides.
Tne j.L.A.f • jiue is, j. oelieve, aoout the size required. I have never
seen a plan of it. •
To return to the consideration of the Base, this can conveniently be
roughly in^o 3 areas, -xrea a, tne north east corner ^and undoubtedly
the ■ n best* area of the Base) would consist of the officers' garden and tennis
court, the officers' swimming pool, the ward-room in which are the R.N.
Intelligence Officer's quarters and those of h^s clerk, the squash court, the
S.iwj.'s bungalow in whicn the Resident is lodged at present, the sick bay
and above the captain’s quarters. There are roads, gardens and waste*pieces
of land joining all this together with the cricket ground. The cinema" and
theatre might also come into it.
Bo that tnese buildings, etc. snail not be just so many words or marks
on a plan the foilowing.explanatory remarks may be of use. It is necessary
to have a fairly accurate idea in order to be able to judge what the Admiralty
may be asked to give up.
xne officers' garden is a large pleasant date-grove in which, at the
western boundary, the tennis court is situated. The ward-room, swimming bath,
squash court and their gardens are at the eastern end of the main garden and
^ne whole forms the Officers' chief amenity. All are permanent structures,
ine 3.1..0, s house is merely a barrack partitioned off into rooms and with
tv/o oays and a verandah added. It is a temporary structure and ouite
unsuited for 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.
even with major alterations.
fhe sick oays are *our plain rooms and an oddment room together with one
sink to serve as bathroom. The captain's quarters are above where, strange to
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The file concerns the transfer of 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 in 1946, and the conversion of the Royal Navy Base in Bahrain for the use of 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. .
The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including the 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. , Admiralty, 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. , the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Secretary of State for India, HM Treasury, the Public Works Department of the Government of India, the Ministry of Works, the Commonwealth Relations Office.
The correspondence relates specifically to the following:
- new buildings required at the Naval Base, including four architectural drawings (ff 359-361, f 285)
- conversion of Jufair Naval buildings as site for the new 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.
- wireless transmitting station
- list of building and works at the Naval Base taken over by 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 August 1946 (ff 304-319)
- estimate of costs
- plan of empty land situated at Qadhibia (outskirts of Manama), Harbour of Bahrain, which has been sold by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain (f 208)
- air conditioning in the new 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. building
- regulations relating to the occupation of Embassy and Legation houses, the property of, or leased by, His Majesty's Government (ff 122-125)
- Ministry of Works report of visit to Bahrain and plans to build a new 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. (ff 107-117)
- Admiralty's need to reoccupy buildings in the Naval base at Jufair.
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- 1 file (367 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 last folio with 368; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-368; these numbers are also written in pencil, but the majority are not circled, where these have previously been circled they have been crossed through.
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- Coll 29/2(3) 'Royal Naval Base Bahrain: transfer and adaptation for use as Political Residency'
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- front, front-i, 2r:207v, 209r:368v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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