Author
the Royal Navy at Bahrainbetween 1932 and 1933
Publication Date
12 Feb 1932-14 Apr 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
106
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/216
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0003b7
Library Location
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.
Date
12 Feb 1932-14 Apr 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between the British
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 British
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.
at Bushire; Gilbert Laithwaite,
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; the Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for India, London; and Paymaster Commander J Dent.
The papers within this file begin with a number of items of correspondence concerning customs duties charged on imports by the Royal Navy at Bahrainbetween 1932 and 1933 (ff 6-10). From March 1933 onwards, the correspondence concerns the purchase of land in Bahrain for establishment of a naval base at Jufair [Jufayr], Bahrain, in the event of the British evacuation from Henjam [Hangām] island. Included within the correspondence are notes on meetings held by the Admiralty in London on 27 July 1933 (ff. 12-19) and 6 November 1933 (ff. 71-81); a report by the Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Captain J V Creagh, entitled 'Naval Base at Bahrain', dated 17 October 1933 (ff. 39-43); valuation and details concerning ownership of the land to be purchased made by Belgrave (ff 54-55); permission granted by the Secretary of State for India to purchase the land (ff. 83-84); details of the negotiations with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah and other members of the ruling family for the purchase of the land (ff. 85-89); and a translation of deed for the land sealed by Shaikh Ḥamad and signed by Belgrave and M Khalil, Superintendent of Land Settlement Department, Bahrain (ff. 90-91), dated 30 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1352 (14 April 1934).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
5 Naval and Marine: 5/7 I
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
‘VILLAGE of JAFAIR – 1933. IN MANAMA ISLAND – BAHREIN’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/216, f 53B
Copy of Arabic plan showing site acquired by the British Government for Naval Base Juffair, Manama
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/216, f 91B
Copy of Arabic plan showing site acquired by the British Government for Naval Base Juffair, Manama
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/216, f 91C
Copy of Arabic plan showing site acquired by the British Government for Naval Base Juffair, Manama
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/216, f 91D
ilgili birincil kaynaklar
ADM 116/3034 'Purchase of land at Bahrain for Naval and Air Ministry purposes', The National Archives, Kew [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C3671649, accessed 01/10/2013]
