Imprint: Harrison & Son Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C. (90.3/13. 2496) F.O. Asiatic Turkey 2808 CC-2. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Proposed limits of Kuwait authority indicated by red line. Includes an explanatory note on sources used in compiling th...
File 6/33 Saqr, Jabar, Rizq and Abdullah bin Abdur Rahman bin Abdul Wahab bin Salman Al Khalifah - Claim allowances from the State
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The file contains correspondence relating to claims for financial support from the Government of Bahrain made by distant relatives of the ruler, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]. The correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain, Adviser to the Govern...
File XXXIII/11B (i) ABDICATION of SULTAN. DECEMBER 1929. (ii) SULTAN’S TOUR of DEHRA DUN. (iii) VISIT by MAJOR FOWLE. (iv) SAIYID SAID’S ILLNESS. DEC 1929- JUNE 1932.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between the Political Agency, Muscat, the Political Residency, Bushire, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taymur bin Fayṣal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding t...
File 4/12 (1.a/52) Publicity Officer, Persian Gulf
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This correspondence file discusses the suitability of Bertram Thomas for appointment as Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf, as recommended by the Political Resident and endorsed by the Government of India. The correspondence comprises: one secret letter and five confidential telegrams (refere...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the following main topics: Dissatisfaction with Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, 1918. A proposal to establish British detachment in Kuwait, 1918. A note (ff 34-38) on ...
File No 20/9 Honours & Ceremonials:- Corr. re: Grant of title of K.C.I.E, to H. E. Shaik Sir Hamad bin `Isa Al Khailifah, on 1st Jany 1935.
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The file contains correspondence regarding the grant of the title of KCIE (Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire) to His Excellency Shaikh Sir Hamad bin `Isa Al Khalifa. Letters of congratulation regarding the appointment were conveyed by the Political Agent in Bahrain Percy Gordon ...
Photograph of a Herd of Cattle on the Qutun Uplands
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Photograph of a herd of cattle on the Qutun uplands [Qaţan], Dhofar, near Thenoot, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land resources of Dhofar, produced by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director o...
The volume contains copies of letters, many with copies of their enclosures, sent by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel Hennell, to Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government in Bombay. The letters deal with a range of subjects, as follows: The extent of the slave trade betw...
The volume comprises letters sent from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at the time at Karrack [Bandar-e Chārak], under a number of different departmental headings (general, political, marine, territorial, judicial, financial, military, secret, steam), and written by Lieutenant-Colonel S...
The file comprises letters and their enclosures, sent under the heading of ‘Secret Department’, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell). The letters are sent by LR Reid, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The file’s contents include correspondence relating to: the...
