Author
the Admiralty in 1935 to transfer the Royal Navy base at Henjam [Hengam] Island in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to a site at Jufair
Publication Date
16 Mar 1935-19 Jan 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
80
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/389
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x00016a
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
16 Mar 1935-19 Jan 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file concerns the decision by the Admiralty in 1935 to transfer the Royal Navy base at Henjam [Hengam] Island in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to a site at Jufair (also spelled Jafair) in Bahrain.
The papers consist of copies of correspondence relating to the Admiralty's decision to evacuate the naval base at Henjam and to construct alternative accommodation at Bahrein [Bahrain] at an estimated cost of £25,000, March 1935; correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and 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.
, Bahrain relating to the purchase of property at Jufair, with list of payments made to individual landowners, April 1934; papers concerning the question of the levying of customs duty on articles imported by Royal Navy ships into the new naval base at Jufair, and the use of alcohol at the base by Royal Navy personnel, including correspondence between Belgrave and Captain George Ashmead Cole, Officiating
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.
, Bahrain, and correspondence in Arabic and English between Cole and Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, April -June 1935; confidential letter from Belgrave to Cole, dated 8 June 1935, giving his opinions on the way in which the Sheikh had been treated by the British, and explaining how the price had been settled for the land bought from the Sheikh; and papers concerning the compensation to be paid to owners of fish traps adjacent to the naval area, July 1935 - January 1939, including receipts in Arabic, January 1939.
The covering dates of the correspondence (the main body of papers) in this file are 16 March 1935 - 17 January 1939. The closing date in the overall date range is provided by references in notes on documents at the rear of the file.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) would have referred to entries in the notes, but there are no notes present in this file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 33/11 VI Confidential Series: T 94
