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‘File 7/1 III R.A.F. air bases – Muharraq’ [8r] (15/38)
The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1944-28 Sep 1950. 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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POLITICAL AOfiNCY,
BAHRAIN.
Dated the 31st May, 1945,
C.J. Pelly, Esquire, O .B .E., I .C.S.,
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.
, Ba hrain .
The Adviser to the government of Bahrain,
Bahrain.
Sir
I have the honour to point out thac in your
Memorandum No. 73-12 dated the 9th of February, 1944,
you initiated the case for the sale of Area 'C of h
the Muharraq aerodrome to the Royal Air Force, In ^
your letter No. 967-31 dated the 10th May, 1945, the
price of the land was quoted and the natural assumption
therafrom - an assumption on which the case proceeded t <•
from the beginning - was that the Bahrain Government r b~
were willing to sell the land. .To write, therefore,
that your letter No. 974-31 dated the l^th May, 1946,
(informing me that Jiis Highness Shaikh Salman does
not wiah to sell) oame as a surprise, would be a master
piece of under-statement. 1 am unable to find any
suggestion throughout my record that there was ever any
question of His Highness' unwillingness to sell. Had
there been any i should have expected it to be pointed
out in reply zo my predecessor's letter No. c/345 dated
the 10th of March in which he intimated to you that it
had been decided to purchase the land.
2. The only suggestion I am able to make is that
His Highness should be requested to revise the decision
regarding the sale communicated in your letter No. 974-31
of the 12th May, 1945. I should be grateful if this
could be done forthwith and the result intimated to me.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obedient servant.
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.
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The file’s contents are related to the acquisition by the RAF of a plot of land in between the existing RAF and civil aerodromes on Muharraq island. The principle correspondents in the file are the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, 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. in Bahrain during 1945, Cornelius James Pelly.
Belgrave’s original proposal for the Bahrain Government to sell or lease the land in question (marked as plot C on Belgrave’s hand-drawn map, folio 3) was met favourably by the British Government. Plans for the acquisition proceeded, until it became clear that Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah did not want to sell or lease the land (folio 7), causing some confusion before Shaikh Salmān eventually opted to make a gift the land to the RAF A map of the area, showing RAF property, land leased for civil aviation purposes, and the new plot of land gifted to the RAF by Shaikh Salmān, is on folio 17. Five years after the transfer, officials at Air Headquarters requested copies of the title deeds of the land from 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. . Their request is enclosed in the file, accompanied by a map of Muharraq (folio 15) showing the plots of land owned by the RAF and civilian air authorities. A key to the map (folio 13) is also included.
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- 1 file (18 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the file are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front to the latest at the rear.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the back cover; 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 incomplete foliation sequence with significant gaps is also present between ff. 2-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Folios 15 and 17 are fold-outs.
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