Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
- Date:
- 1929/1938
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns the business case to transfer the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain.The file is composed of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office (C W Baxter), the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare), India Office officials (John Gilbert Laithwaite, John Charles Walton), the Political Residents in the Persian Gulf (Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Trenchard Craven William Fowle), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Foreign Department and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Basrah, HM Treasury, the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah).The correspondence relates specifically to the following:liaising with the Shaikh of Bahrainliaising with the Persian Foreign Ministerrumours that the Residency was to be moved to Darin Island [Tārūt Island, Saudi Arabia]preliminary arrangementsviews of the Government of India and the Foreign Office, that the transfer should happen immediatelyBiscoe's estimate of cost of transfer, discussion with the Treasuryestimated annual savings for telecommunications.There is correspondence in French, with the Persian Foreign Minister and a newspaper cutting from Near East.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 449; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- British
Consular services
Diplomatic service - Geographic region:
- Persia
Bahrain - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000071_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000071_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3552
IOR/L/PS/12/3552