The file comprises miscellaneous correspondence concerning shipping in the Persian Gulf, including: in March 1936, an enquiry from the Director of the Bahrain Customs House concerning the visit of the SS Arabistan to Muscat in February 1936 (ff 3-6); in June 1936, a notice issued at Bahrain by t...
‘File 12/14 Shipping. Miscellaneous accidents between dhows and steamers’
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The file comprises correspondence concerning three cases involving dhows, as follows: correspondence relating to a collision between a Bahrain-registered dhow and an Anglo-Iranian Oil Company tug at Khorramshahr in November 1943. Much of the follow-up correspondence concerns the seizure by the I...
The file contains applications made to the Political Agent, Bahrain, by local British and British Indian subjects, who were required by law to register as temporary or permanent residents of Bahrain. The file includes correspondence with individuals; businesses, such as the Bahrain Petroleum Com...
‘File 13/3 Repatriation of persons of all nationalities – deportees – refugees etc.’
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This file contains correspondence about individual repatriation and deportation cases. These concern the repatriation of destitute foreigners and the deportation of undesirable foreigners, who were resident in Bahrain or attempting to enter Bahrain. All repatriated persons and deportees are name...
The file contains numerous letters to the Political Agent, Bahrain from local employers, requesting the refund of Repatriation Guarantee Money Deposits they had paid in respect of their Indian workers. These monies were refundable, once the Indian staff hired to work in homes and businesses in B...
‘File 13/4 II General Repatriation Deposits. Correspondence – Re.’
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The file contains numerous letters to the Political Agent, Bahrain from local employers, requesting the refund of Repatriation Guarantee Money Deposits they had paid in respect of their Indian and Pakistani workers. These monies were refundable, once the Indian and Pakistani staff hired to work ...
‘File 13/5 I REGISTER OF DEATHS BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES’
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The file contains numerous quarterly death returns for British and British Indian subjects who died in Bahrain. The returns were compiled by the Political Agent, Bahrain and sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. There are several birth and death certificates, marriage not...
‘File 13/5 III Correspondence re – Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriage’
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The file contains several death returns for British and British Indian subjects who died in Bahrain. These were compiled by the Political Agent, Bahrain and sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. From 1943, the returns are annual not quarterly. There are several birth and ...
‘File 13/6 Introductory Letters given to Miscellaneous Persons’
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The file contains numerous letters of introduction and recommendation issued by the Political Agent, Bahrain, in response to letters of request he received from Bahrain subjects and foreign residents of Bahrain intending to travel abroad for business, pleasure or for medical treatment. The lett...
‘File 13/7 Visits of individuals to Nejd Territory Correspondence re:’
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The file contains requests from a few individuals to the Political Agent, Bahrain for: approval of their plans to travel to Saudi Arabia; provision of letters of introduction; help in obtaining permission from the ruler or other relevant Arab authorities in the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz. The fi...
