File 19/109 VI (C 45) Bahrain Relations with Foreign Powers
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the harassment and mis-treatment of Bahrainis resident in Persia, notably in the town of Mohammerah (present day Khorramshahr). Much of the correspondence concerns the arrest of a Bahraini trader named Haji Hamid and reports...
File 19/109 VII (C 59) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers
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The file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire and Bahrain. The bulk of the correspondence relates to reports that Bahrain nationals resident in Gusba in Persia were being forced by the Persian government to forego their Bahraini nationality and ad...
File 19/109 VIII (C 68) Bahrain Relations with other Foreign Powers
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the drafting of a Bahrain nationality law and a law regarding the ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrain. Draft copies of both of the proposed laws are included in the file. The file also contains documents concerning...
File 19/109 IX (C 82) Bahrain - Relations with other Powers
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This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics. The correspondence discusses legislation regarding the ownership of property by Bahrainis in the Hejaz, the ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrain (and Iraq), the status and property ownership rights of Persians i...
File 19/116 VII (C 21) Oppression of Bahrain subjects by the ruling family: miscellaneous correspondence
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This file contains correspondence that relates primarily to Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa and an Egyptian individual referred to as Mullah Hafiz (Hafidh). Abdullah's responsibility for a number of abuses committed against the native population of Bahrain (the Baharna) is discussed as is Ha...
This file contains items related to a number of topics spanning the period between 1933 and 1935. The file includes - in the following order - an account of the election of the Shia Waqf Committee in Bahrain, a discussion regarding the arrival of Everard Gastell as the new political agent in Bahr...
This volume contains correspondence regarding the appointment of the first Political Agent to Bahrain (1900). The documents include an assessment of Shaikh Isa bin Ali's rule and discuss the rationale behind the appointment of an Agent to the island as well as the logistics and price involved in...
This file contains correspondence related to the administration of the Customs House in Bahrain from 1914 until 1929. The earlier correspondence relates to a disagreement between Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Bin Saud regarding tariff charges on goods entering and leaving Bahrain from the ...
File 19/163 I (C 33) Bin Saud's relations with Shaikh of Bahrain. Nejdi Agent's activities in Bahrain
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This file contains documents regarding relations between the British, Bin Saud and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa between 1923 and 1931. The documents discuss the Persian-Nejdi violence that occurred in Bahrain in 1923, the activities and expulsion of Bin Saud's agent in Bahrain (Abdullah Al ...
This file contains correspondence regarding relations between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The topics discussed in the file include the signing of a Treaty of Extradition between the Government of Bahrain and the Government of Hejaz-Nejd, a visit made by Amir Saud to Bahrain, visits made by Ibn S...