1. 'File 1/A/33 II Transfer of Residency to Bahrain.'

Description:

Abstract: The file concerns the selection of a site in Bahrain for the transfer of the Persian Gulf Political Residency from Bushire.The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the India Office. Correspondence forwarded to the Political Agent, Bahrain, includes correspondence from the Foreign Office and the Government of India. There is also correspondence from the India Meteorological Department, Poona and from staff of the Bahrein Petroleum Company (BAPCO).The papers include: discussion between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident concerning the relative merits of the previously-selected site, Busaitin on Muharraq Island, and Essex Point, near the Jufair Naval Base, November 1937 - January 1938; Foreign Office letter dated 19 November 1937 giving the reasons for the desirability of transferring the Political Residency to the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf, January 1938; daily temperature and humidity readings for Muharraq and Jufair, compiled by locally-appointed observers, with associated correspondence, May 1938 - February 1939; correspondence with the India Meteorological Department, Poona over the supply of thermometers to obtain the readings, June 1938 - February 1939; the decision to select Essex Point rather than Busaitin as the location for the Residency, March-April 1939; correspondence with staff of the Bahrein Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over the installation of air conditioning in staff accommodation, May-July 1939, including house floor plan, folios 141 and 142; and further discussion of potential sites, July 1946 and January 1947.The date range gives the covering dates for the main items of correspondence; the earliest dated documents in the file are the two plans dated 15 August 1936 on folios 141-142; the last dated additions to the file are a Bahrain Agency receipt stamp on the last main item of correspondence (folio 138) and an entry in the notes on folio 163, both dated 11 January 1947, and the date Jan/51 on the envelope that constitutes folio 140. There is no correspondence in the file between November 1941 and July 1946.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 164; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-164; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in same position as the main sequence.