'File No. 5/7 I Jufair Naval Base' [‎54r] (114/218)

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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).

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1 file (106 folios)

Arrangement

This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation squence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are circled and written in pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: 53A, 53B, 91A-91D

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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