Coll 29/2(3) 'Royal Naval Base Bahrain: transfer and adaptation for use as Political Residency' [32r] (63/737)
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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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.
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^ O. the 27th November 1947
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From:-
The Hon f ble Lt-Col. Sir Hupert Hay,
K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
BAHRAIN
To:-
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for
Commonwealth Relations,
LONDON
Sir
With reference to correspondence ending with
Commonwealth Relations Office endorsement No,Ext . 2391/47
dated the 29th October 1947 on the subject of the provision
of accommodation required by the Ro^yl Navy at the^Naval
Base Jufair and the site of the Hew
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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.
,
I have the honour to forward herewith the minutes of a
meeting held at 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.
Bahrain on the 25th October
1947 between Captain Dendy, Senior Naval Officer, Persian
Gulf, Mr. Walters, Estate Surveyor, Ministry of Works, Cairo,
and myself, together with an explanatory plan. I also
forward a copy of a letter since received from Baptain Dendy.
With regard to the objection raised by Captain
Dendy in his letter of the 3rd November, Mr. Walters has
had trial holes dug on the site Y and reports that there is
hard rock .close to the surface in the half of the site nearer
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.
. There is however a minimum of 3 feet of
soil in the other half and he is of -ppinion that there will
not be any difficulty in providing a garden as good as that
which already exists at B. When 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.
is
constructed much soil will be excavated which can be spread
over the hard portion of site Y and it will certainly be
possible to grow there trees and shrubs which will give ample
shade. There are trees and shrubs at least 15 feet high round
the fountain in the circular plot shown in the plan immediately
west 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.
.^
proposals contained in the enclosure appear to
me satisfactory so far as this
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 concerned and
fair to the Royal Navy and I trust that it will be possible
to adopt them. I would urge that in any case the building
proposed at Z should be constructed immediately as it will be
impossible for this
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 spare any of the existing
accommodation in the Naval Base‘until an alternative is provided.
•
4 * I am sending a copy of this letter without its
enclosures to the Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
I have the honour to be
Sir,
Your most obedient servant
1 LB ’ •
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
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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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- Title
- 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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