This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to the development of education in Bahrain (with some reference to Kuwait). Specifically, the file contains details of the reform and expansion of Bahrain's educational system under Director of Education, C R L Adrian-Vallanc...
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Gilbert Laithwaite, India Office, London; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, Martin Eric Dunbar...
File 5/15 Exemption of customs and Other Duties on Naval Stores for Naval Base - Jufair
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This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; successive Senior Naval Officers in the Persian Gulf, including Captain V S Butler (1935), Captain Allan Poland (1937) and Captain Cosmo Moray Graham (...
File 5/23 Visits of U.S. Naval Vessels to the Persian Gulf
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This file contains correspondence between Cornelius James Pelly, British Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; the Commonwealth Relations Office, London; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; Captain ...
The file relates mainly to Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], first as Deputy Ruler of Bahrain, then Ruler of Bahrain from 1932; also to his younger brother Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa. The papers include: a note containing a personal assessment by the Politi...
The letters, telegrams and other items in the volume relate to the acquisition of land in Bahrain for the purposes of developing British aviation (both military and civilian) and naval facilities. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Per...
‘File 7/1 II Land purchased by H.M.G. at (a) Muharraq. (b) Qudhaibiyah. (c) Jufair for R.A.F. (d) Royal Navy’
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The volume, which is a continuation of ‘File 7/1 I RAF and naval bases in Bahrain’ (IOR/R/15/2/260) comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the acquisition in 1934 of land at Manama and Muharraq by the British Government, for air and naval facilities. The principal correspondents i...
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 in Bahrain ...
‘File 7/2 I Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
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The letters, memoranda and other papers in the volume relate to negotiations between Arab rulers and the British Government and Royal Air Force on the installation of air facilities along the Arab coast, between Qatar and Ra’s al-Khaymah. The principal correspondents in the file are Lieutenant-C...
‘File 7/2 II Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
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The volume is a continuation of correspondence from ‘File 7/2 I Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ (IOR/R/15/2/263), its contents relating to ongoing negotiations between Arab rulers and the British Government and Royal Air Force on the installation and maintenance of air facilities along ...
