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'File No. 5/7 I Jufair Naval Base' [55r] (116/218)
The record is made up of 1 file (106 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1932-14 Apr 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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GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN.
ially
IV. 1
.ble
ior buildin
u G b
11 v.i 1 oc i liteiition
yjl
for cultivating "but "both c.rc b
as the foundation is rock.
The plot sold this year v;a^ oou^h.t
to sink a well and cultivate it«
In my opinion there would be no difficulty in purofcfesin t. e
plots which are independently own-ed and also the large plot owned bv
Yusuf cm HOO but all giouiid not actually occupied is claimed by S' '^ki
Mohanjmed bin I;
late Shaikh Ii
opinion,
^ A1 K:xilifah who holds
for ;& " the district of
high price for
J.:
Hiba " gift paper
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.lair
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from the
_ and ..ie v,i 11 1 in iu.y
a--. _• ii, ' „r I - . , ." • Lii o t he can claim to own#
Sna-kh konab^ea is contesting the ownership of Yusuf ^.noo to the
large plot wnich^ consists of a number of small plots in the B-Vrr^n
3o u rt, one case is being c.calt witli at present and it is difficult to
postpone it much longer. The case depends on the interoretc tion of
» Hiba » documents, 01
The owner ^ of ^ the^house in the corner of the headland, Snaiki
b A1 Knalifah, died recently and the 1
Lb del Rainijan bin Abael ^ uxuu xuuuxiuxy anci tne i3L.ixrai
/ourt io dealing v.-i oil ••..•.is estate. Ihis house ana. garden iiad been ift
)y the deceased shaikh to one of his wives and her sons who are now
living in it. Tney would, I am sure, be glad to sell it as they own
ither houses in the towns.
There are ome lish traps on tne shore wnich are the property
if tne neirs of Aodel R^nirng^n, if these are removed it would be
tecessary to compensate the owners, but the Government could ive th
.nother site in the neighbourhood,
Yusuf Kanoo when speaxing to me lately about his land said that
t was worth " notning " but this was because he had held it as a
ortgage and foreclosed.
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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)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/216
- Title
- 'File No. 5/7 I Jufair Naval Base'
- Pages
- 54r:55r
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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