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Coll 30/65 'Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Purchase of land at Bahrain by H.M.G. for naval and R.A.F. purposes' [38r] (80/952)
The record is made up of 1 file (473 folios). It was created in 4 May 1933-14 Feb 1939. 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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Confidential.
D*0.NooC/96-7/1.
The
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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BAHRAIN.
6th February 1
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Wilf you kindly refer to Laithwaite f s letter No.
P.2.7826/34 dated the 28th December 1934 to Seal aboux the
Admiralty land in Bahrain.
x cannot help feeling that the Senior Naval Oliicer s
statement reproduced in His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-
Chief 1 s telegram dated the 19th December 1934 has given rise to
a wrong impression. X do not tnink that the matter has become
known "through the Shaikh's relations". The actual position is
that there is no definite knowledge locally, hut people canvass
ed four main solutions of the problem of the land acquisition:-
(a) for agricultural development by the
Bahrain Government(at an early stage),
(b) for the Royal Air Force,
(c) for the Roy a l Navy, and
(d) 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.
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3. Having seen the interest taken in Jufair by Kaval
Commanders-in-Chief and Senior Naval Officers, coupled with the
fact that it does not appear to be suited to the air, intelli
gent people guessed that Jufair was probably for the Navy,
do not think that local knowledge goes further than this and X
doobt if people are now much interested. The Shaikh's
relations no doubt discussed the matter like everyone else,
a. +1 • i +‘ha + it is lust to write of them as ii
but I do not think that it is
they had given away a secret.
4 . I should be grateful if something could be done to
. • -Khot thpre has been a '’leakage”
remove the apparent impression that there nas
in Bahrain.
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Yours sincerely,
sd.G.Loch o
Honourable ^ q t?
Kieut.-Col.T.C.Fowle,C.B.k., p ian
political Hesiaent
Gulf, BUSHlRk•
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This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to the purchase of land in Bahrain for the use of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force as a potential replacement for Britain's naval base on Henjam [Hengam] Island in Iran.
Copies of the minutes from several meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence's 'Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East' that took place throughout 1933 are also included in the file.
In addition, the file contains several maps of Bahrain (on folios 119-122, 231-232, 348, 413 and 421) and the following:
- 'Fishtrap at Bahrain' a simple illustration (folio 35)
- 'Notes of meeting with Mr C. Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Shaikh of Bahrain, 23rd July 1934' (folios 101-105)
- Government of Bahrain document confirming sale of land to the British Government (folios 157-158)
- 'Anglo Persian Relations. Naval Station in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Memorandum by the First Lord of the Admiralty', 1933 (folios 223-228)
- 'Notes of Meeting called to consider the question of purchase of lease of land at Bahrein on 6th November 1933' (folios 245-254)
- 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee. The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Report by Chiefs of Staff' 1928 (folios 367-371)
- 'Oil Concession signed by the Shaikh of Bahrein in favour of the Eastern and General Syndicate on the 2nd December 1925' (folios 416-419)
- 'Memorandum by Admiralty and Foreign Office, dated 23rd February, 1932 on the subject of the British Naval Depot at Henjam' (folios 447-458).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (473 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 475; 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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- Title
- Coll 30/65 'Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Purchase of land at Bahrain by H.M.G. for naval and R.A.F. purposes'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:118v, 123r:123v, 125r:155v, 159r:215v, 217r:230v, 233r:347v, 349r:354v, 360r:411v, 420r:420v, 422r:474v, 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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