Publication Date
7 Nov 1933-23 Oct 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
259
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/260
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0003e3
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
7 Nov 1933-23 Oct 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The letters, telegrams and other items in the volume relate to the acquisition of land in Bahrain for the purposes of developing British aviation (both military and civilian) and naval facilities. The principal correspondents in the file are 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.
in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and officials at 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.
and Air Ministry in London. The land acquired at Jufair for naval facilities is discussed in detail in ‘File No. 5/7 I Jufair Naval Base’ (IOR/R/15/2/216).
In 1934 the British Government acquired four pieces of land in Bahrain: 1) an area, approximately 1200 x 1000 yards in size on Muharraq Island, for the development of an aerodrome; 2) a strip of the coast on Bahrain Island, approximately 800 x 400 yards in size, for use as a seaplane anchorage; 3) a large expanse of land at Jafair [Jufair], south of Manama, for the purposes of a British naval installation; and 4) a second plot at Jufair adjacent to the first, also for naval purposes. The correspondence indicates that Government officials in London were keen to acquire the land in question as expediently as possible, while trying to keep the identity of the purchasers (the Air Ministry) unknown.
The volume includes copies of public notices announcing the imminent acquisition of land (most in Arabic, folios 57, 58, 86, 87), copies of the title deeds (all in Arabic and with maps on the reverse, folios 179-82), details of the costs of acquisition, including excesses (folios 76, 77), and subsequent surveys of the acquired land (folios 210-17, 225-29). The volume also includes numerous large-scale maps, including sketch maps of the proposed areas for acquisition at Muharraq and Manama (folios 15, 16), and more detailed maps (accompanying reports) showing the boundaries and dimensions of all four areas of acquired land (folios 69, 83, 88, 194-98, 218-21).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The volume’s content are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the volume to the latest at the end. Office notes at the end of the volume (folios 245-60) mirror this chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Files: 7/1 I
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Map showing proposed reserve areas for future RAF requirements in northern Bahrain and Muharraq Island
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 15
Map of Muharraq Island showing the present and proposed sites of landing ground
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 16
Tracing showing private land in Jafair acquired by the Bahrain Government
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 69
‘PLAN SHOWING A PIECE OF GROUND AT QUADHAIBIA’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 83
‘PLAN SHOWING A PIECE OF GROUND BETWEEN BASAITEEN & DAIR MOHARRAQ’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 88
A tracing of Arabic plan showing plot of land at Juffair acquired by the British Government for Naval Base
1 image
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 179v
A tracing of Arabic plan showing land between villages of Busaitin and Dair acquired by the British Government
1 image
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 180v
A tracing of Arabic plan showing site south of Manamah acquired by the British Government
1 image
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 181v
A tracing of Arabic plan showing land at Juffair acquired by the British Government for Naval Base
1 image
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 182v
‘JUFAIR. No. 1’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 195
‘JUFAIR. No. 2’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 196
‘MUHARRAK’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 197
‘MANAMAH’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 198
Tracing copy of plan ‘JUFAIR. No. 1’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 218
Tracing copy of plan ‘JUFAIR. No. 2’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 219
Tracing copy of plan ‘MUHARRAK’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 220
Tracing copy of plan ‘MANAMAH’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/260, f 221
