‘File 28/1 H Proposal for provision of Indian Infantry Company for Bahrain defence’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 28/1 H Proposal for provision of Indian Infantry Company for Bahrain defence’
- Date:
- 1940/1940
- Description:
- Abstract: The file comprises three items:a copy of a telegram (f 2) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) dated 28 May 1940. The Resident states that he is considering requesting a company of Indian infantry to be stationed in Bahrain, pending the formation of a local defence force, and asks the Political Agent if any local objection might be raised;the Political Agent’s reply to the Resident (f 3), dated 29 May 1940, in which the Agent suggests that the presence of such a force ‘may do more harm than good’, adding that careful explanation to the Shaikh and to the public would be required, and that mistrust and alarm might be the result;a typed list (f 4) of files in the War subject series (File 28). The list is similar to that given in Penelope Tuson, The records of the British Residency and agencies in the Persian Gulf(London: India Office Library & Records, 1979), with the exception that the list includes those files subsequently destroyed and thus not listed in Tuson. Some files in the list have pencil annotations in the margin reading ‘With P.A. [Political Agent] S.’ It is unclear why this file list is included in the file.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 2; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An addition foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-3; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Indexes
Civil defence
Indian Army - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000033_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000033_en
IOR/R/15/2/658
IOR/R/15/2/658