‘File 28/16 I Defence measures in the Gulf – Bahrain’

Name: ‘File 28/16 I Defence measures in the Gulf – Bahrain’
Author: the Government of Bahrain

İsim	‘File 28/16 I Defence measures in the Gulf – Bahrain’
Yazar	the Government of Bahrain
Basım Tarihi:	9 Jan 1937-24 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Konu	1
Tür	Belge
Dil	ara,eng
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	154
Kütüphane:	Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	IOR/R/15/2/703
Kayıt Numarası	vdc_100000000241.0x000060
Lokasyon	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.
Tarih	9 Jan 1937-24 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar	The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to plans for the defence of Bahrain and the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in general, in the event of a global war. Much of the correspondence deals specifically with the defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and facilities in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle; Hugh Weightman as Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Hugh Weightman); the 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. , London (Roland Tennyson Peel). The file includes: correspondence dated 1937 and 1938, exchanged between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Government of India and British Government officials, on the strategic importance of Bahrain and the Gulf (oil reserves; RAF and naval base; air route); existing defensive measures (security forces; armaments; proposals for defence schemes); wartime capacity and production of fuel, including aviation fuel, at Bahrain (ff 79-81); arrangements for the extinguishing of port lights and buoys in the event of enemy invasion (ff 90-91, f 96); public notification by the Government of Bahrain (f 94), 4 September 1939, and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. (f 95), 18 September 1939, on the designation of the BAPCO oil refinery, oil field, terminal and tanks, as protected areas; copies of various instructions for the defence of the BAPCO oil refinery: ‘Detailed Orders for Police and Naturs’: guards’ duties; searching of local and Indian employees; mobile patrols; guarding of Sitrah terminal and tanks, Sitrah pier and wharf; oil field defence; refinery defence (ff 99-114); ‘Special instructions to staff men to be followed throughout the present state of emergency for internal defence of the Bahrain refinery’ (ff 120-121); ‘Precautions taken to ensure the safe operation of the BAPCO refinery’ (ff 122-123); ‘Orders for the officer in charge of the field’ (ff 124-135); a letter from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 14 October 1939, outlining progress made to date on Bahrain’s defence scheme since the beginning of the war: progress of the oil company defence plan; personnel difficulties at BAPCO (employee opinion of war, employees wishing to cut short their contracts); other protective points in Manama; letters to the Shaikhs of Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. demanding their cooperation; the arrival of the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Captain John Baron Howes, and his visit to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; imposition of food controls by the Government of Bahrain; opening of censorship office and censoring activities; preparations for Bahrain Volunteer Defence Force (ff 138-142).
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 154-155) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	Confidential Files: 28/16 File No. 1.a/43-I

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‘File 28/16 I Defence measures in the Gulf – Bahrain’

Yazar the Government of Bahrain

Basım Tarihi 9 Jan 1937-24 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Konu 1

Tür Belge

Dil ara,eng

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 154

Kütüphane Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası IOR/R/15/2/703

Kayıt Numarası vdc_100000000241.0x000060

Lokasyon 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.

Tarih 9 Jan 1937-24 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Notlar The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to plans for the defence of Bahrain and the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in general, in the event of a global war. Much of the correspondence deals specifically with the defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and facilities in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle; Hugh Weightman as Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Hugh Weightman); the 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. , London (Roland Tennyson Peel). The file includes: correspondence dated 1937 and 1938, exchanged between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Government of India and British Government officials, on the strategic importance of Bahrain and the Gulf (oil reserves; RAF and naval base; air route); existing defensive measures (security forces; armaments; proposals for defence schemes); wartime capacity and production of fuel, including aviation fuel, at Bahrain (ff 79-81); arrangements for the extinguishing of port lights and buoys in the event of enemy invasion (ff 90-91, f 96); public notification by the Government of Bahrain (f 94), 4 September 1939, and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. (f 95), 18 September 1939, on the designation of the BAPCO oil refinery, oil field, terminal and tanks, as protected areas; copies of various instructions for the defence of the BAPCO oil refinery: ‘Detailed Orders for Police and Naturs’: guards’ duties; searching of local and Indian employees; mobile patrols; guarding of Sitrah terminal and tanks, Sitrah pier and wharf; oil field defence; refinery defence (ff 99-114); ‘Special instructions to staff men to be followed throughout the present state of emergency for internal defence of the Bahrain refinery’ (ff 120-121); ‘Precautions taken to ensure the safe operation of the BAPCO refinery’ (ff 122-123); ‘Orders for the officer in charge of the field’ (ff 124-135); a letter from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 14 October 1939, outlining progress made to date on Bahrain’s defence scheme since the beginning of the war: progress of the oil company defence plan; personnel difficulties at BAPCO (employee opinion of war, employees wishing to cut short their contracts); other protective points in Manama; letters to the Shaikhs of Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. demanding their cooperation; the arrival of the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Captain John Baron Howes, and his visit to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; imposition of food controls by the Government of Bahrain; opening of censorship office and censoring activities; preparations for Bahrain Volunteer Defence Force (ff 138-142).

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 154-155) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) Confidential Files: 28/16 File No. 1.a/43-I