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‘File 16/53 Enquires Re: Calculation of Local Time’ [43r] (85/136)
The record is made up of 1 file (66 folios). It was created in 23 Nov 1940-1 Mar 1948. It was written in English. 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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BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION
telegrams : ‘flying’ Bahrain.
CODES : BENTLEY S & !. A. T. A.
TELEPHONE : 43M.
CONFIDENTIAL
NBS.525.1138.
BAHRAIN ISLANDS.
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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■ V
1st November, 1943.
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H.B.M'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.
,
BAHREIN.
Dear Sir,
BAHREIN LOCAL TIME
4 I.A. ^ Could I please suggest that Bahrein Local Time
might be slightly altered. It is, as you know, at present
3if hours ahead of G.M.T., but it might, with advantage,
be advanced to 4 or even hours ahead of G.M.T.
2 * I give below the timings at present in force
at Gulf Stations:-
Basrah
3 hours
ahead
of G.
M.T
Bahrein
3i
♦ t
it
it
it
Sharjah
4
H
i»
it
it
Jiwani
6
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tt
it
♦ t
Karachi
6 £
It
it
it
it
3. When I was at Jiwani, we altered the Local Time
from 5 to 0 hours ahead of G.M.T. by local agreement.
If the Local Authorities at Bahrein such as the Naval
Officer-in-Charge, the O.C. Levies, the Oil Companies,
Gray Mackenzie and other interested parties find such an
idea convenient, then presumably this could be put into
effect. In this case, Sharjah would also have to make
some alteration in their timings in order to conform.
I should be interested to know if you think this
is a good idea. In a few weeks from now, on present timing,
it will be quite dark at 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
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Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and various governmental, commercial and military institutions in Bahrain, aimed at gathering a consensus on the standardisation of time in Bahrain, and the establishment of a set local time in relation to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Organisations consulted include: the Government of Bahrain (represented by the Adviser to Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Victoria Memorial Hospital; Gray, Mackenzie and Company; Eastern Bank Limited; British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC); the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Cable and Wireless Limited; Petroleum Concessions Limited; California-Arabian Standard Oil Company; and British naval and army representatives.
Correspondence dated 1940 consists of replies from organisations responding to an enquiry made by 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. regarding the time, relative to GMT, that they used (ff 2-8). Correspondence dated 1941 relates to the Political Agent’s invitation of views from institutions over the introduction of daylight saving hours in Bahrain, the subsequent proposal to adopt a local time zone of 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT, and its implementation from 1 August 1941 (ff 9-42). Correspondence dated 1943 relates to proposals put forward by the Bahrain branch of BOAC, for Bahrain Local Time to be advanced to 4 hours, or 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT, and the subsequent adoption of 4 hours (ff 43-53).
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- 1 file (66 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 61-67) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-57; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- ‘File 16/53 Enquires Re: Calculation of Local Time’
- Pages
- 43r:43v
- Author
- British Overseas Airways Corporation (xx BOAC)
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