‘File 16/32 VII Correspondence with the Bushire Residency’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’ (I...
‘File 16/32-A Purchases on behalf of Bushire Residency’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers, exchanged between staff at the Political Agency in Bahrain and others, including the British Residency and Consulate in Bushire and the Government of Bahrain, relating to the order or exchange of goods from suppliers, merchants and colleagues, with shipping arran...
‘File 16/33 Christian Cemetery Correspondence re:–’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Christian cemetery in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (numerous incumbents); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); representatives of the Arabian Mission in Bahrain, ...
‘File 16/35 Miscellaneous. Removal of corpses from Bahrain for re-burial at Karbala and other places.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers, including death and cremation certifications, relating to the removal of cremated and uncremated human remains at Bahrain, to other places. The principal correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent at Bahrain; representatives of the Government of Bahr...
‘File 16/37 Miscellaneous. Monthly reports of locust occurrences in Bahrain– Submission of–’
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Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the occurrence of locust swarms on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. The file chiefly comprises copies of monthly reports of locust occurrences at Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast, submitted by the Political Agency in Bahrain, at the request...
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to efforts, undertaken by representatives of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit (MEALU), to control desert locusts (first reported in western India in August 1942 (f 3)) along the Arab coast between Bahrain and Oman. The principal correspondents in...
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to locust-control campaigns taking place on the Arabian peninsula and in southern Persia [Iran] between May 1943 and September 1944. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’ (IOR/R/15/2/1544). The pr...
‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and file notes relating to horses (a young mare and filly) given as a gift to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1930. The correspondence concerns: Prior’s...
‘File 16/41 Miscellaneous. Horses belonging to late Sir Hugh Biscoe – Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning two horses given to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1932. The majority of the correspondence takes place between staff a...
‘File 16/42 Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, some of a demi-official nature, relating to visitors and guests at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Most of the correspondence is routine, and relates to enquires and arrangements for the arrival and departure of visitors, and in some cases the provision of accommodation and faci...
