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‘File 7/1 I RAF and naval bases in Bahrain’ [227r] (457/533)
The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1933-23 Oct 1934. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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Mr.Belgiave was asked whether a crew could be found
locally ioii* a aredger sent out from England with say, a
Master and Chief Engineer„ and replied thatjhe thought a
n itive c v t 1 j i /oljloly oi yomaliSf would be i ^uite efiicientf
alter a little training f as deck handSj, but not as Engineers
No dreagers capable of dealing with the coral were
available at Bahrein* '^ocal buildings were usually built
with walls of stone won from the foreshore or seabed, with
flat roofs constructed on shuttering of cement and plaster®
Practically all timber was imported from India and Persia
and was expensive; fittings and ironmongery have to be
imported.
i>iers or jetties would be of solid construction with
facings of thy harder kind of coral and fillings of spongy
coral. There would be no difficulty in building this
class of jetty by native labour. Underwater work would ^
be done ^ " ative divers wit,lout dre8S or any 8:5eoial >
apparatus. Mr*Belgrave stated that at the present uioment a
causeway connecting Bahrein with Muharrak was being
constructed in this way.
Mr.Hunter in asicing Mr.Belgrave for his views as to
what would be the best way to get our buildings actually
erected, mentioned that sometimes the Air Ministry if they
had Engineers on the spot undertook the work for the
Admiralty. Mr .Belgrave said the Air Ministry's nearest
organisation was at Basra, tot that if only simple
buildings were involved he felt sure the Bahrein GovernmaU
would do the work if desired#
Asked about the prevailing sanitary system, ;\ j
Mr .Belgrave stated that almost everywhere the dry system was
in use, but that a water -borne system on the Admiralty land
should be yuite possible as there was an excellent supply of
wa ter from an artesian well on Abdul Wahab's land ana an
inferior/
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (259 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts on the first folio and ends on the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 5-242; these numbers are written in either blue crayon or pencil, are not circled, and can be found in either the top centre or right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A third short incomplete foliation sequence is present between ff. 5-7; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
The volume includes a number of fold-out maps: ff. 15-16, f. 69, f. 83, f. 88, f. 103, ff. 195-198 and ff. 218-221.
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- ‘File 7/1 I RAF and naval bases in Bahrain’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:14v, 17v:30v, 32r:55v, 59r:68v, 70r:77v, 79r:80v, 84r:84v, 85v, 89r:89v, 90v:98v, 101r:110v, 112r:179r, 180r, 181r, 182r, 183r:194v, 199r:217v, 222r:264v, back-i
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