Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings'
- Date:
- 1937/1946
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including Central Public Works Department (A Croad), India Office officials (John Charles Walton, R Peel, E P Donaldson), Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick Pethick Lawrence), External Affairs Department of the Government of India (W R Hay, Aubrey Metcalfe), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Geoffrey Prior), the Foreign Office (C W Baxter, George William Rendel, Ernest Bevin, Orme Sargent, J T Henderson), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), HM Treasury, the British Ministry at Tehran (Reader William Bullard), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Colonial Office.The correspondence relates specifically to the following:discussion on the design of the new Residency building at Bahrainproposed Residency site on Muharraq Islandviews against the transfer from HM Ministry at Tehran and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Foreign Office's decision to go aheadTreaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union and Iran (ff 302-304)withdrawal from Bushireadministration of the Arab states in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 406; 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:
- Bahrain
Iran - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000072_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000072_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3553
IOR/L/PS/12/3553