'File 28/1 Persian Gulf Residency Bushire Office Records. Births, Marriages & Deaths, Correspondence of'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the State Department in Washington and several individuals interested in regard to births and marriages of British and American nationals in Bahrain.
'File 4/3 AIII Statements in Form E (Progressive totals of expenditure) and correspondence relating thereto. from April, 1946'
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The file contains monthly statements recording running totals of expenditure (also known as '"E" form statements') for the Political Agency Bahrain, together with associated correspondence between the Agency and the office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi (AGCR). The expend...
File 4/31 Despatch of Currency Notes to Political Agent Muscat, via Bahrain, for want of direct steamers to Muscat.
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The file consists of a copy of a telegram from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Government of India, concerning the despatch of currency for Muscat. The telegram is forwarded by the Office of the Political Resident to the Political Agent, Bahrain, with a request that the Politica...
File 6/59 Proposal regarding presentation of a shield to be competed for by the various sections of the Bahrain Police
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The file contains correspondence relating to the design, purchase, and shipment of a shield to be presented as a prize for a competition held by the Bahrain State Police. The correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, later Tom Hickinbotham), th...
‘File 15/5 II Rules and Regulations. Rules and instructions for pilgrims to Hadjaz and other correspondence relating to pilgrims.’
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British officials in Bahrain and other Arab Gulf States received information at regular intervals about the regulations imposed on pilgrims travelling to the Hejaz, by the Saudi Arabian Government. This information enabled the British authorities to make the necessary administrative arrangements...
File 36/45 Applications for Assistance to Export Machinery & Cars from U.S.A. & U.K.
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This file contains applications for import/export licenses and shipping space that were sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain by a number of merchants active in the country. The applications relate to importing machinery and car parts from various suppliers in the United Kingdom and the United...
File 10/4 British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Ibn Sa`ud's Najd Conference of Chiefs (Riyadh Conference), 1928; Ikhwan raids on Iraq; rebellion of Faisal Al Duwish
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence concerns hostilities between the forces of Ibn Sa'ud and the Ikhwan during the rebellion led by Faisal al-Duw...
‘File XXXVIII/5 REPORT ON SUR. By MAJOR G. P. MURPHY., I.A. P. A., MUSCAT. 10-10-1928.’
Scope & Content:
The volume includes four copies of a report on Sur (ff 1-10, ff 13-23, ff 44-94 and ff 99-146) prepared by the Political Agent, Muscat, Major Gerald Patrick Murphy. The report is dated 25 October 1928 and it covers the affairs at Sur from the early 1800s up until the late 1920s. The table of con...
These Confidential subject files contain diary entries for the years and quarantine reports for the years 1913-17, and secret commercial intelligence reports on the activities of Hamburg-Amerika Linie for the year 1913-1914. Among the topics covered within the diary entries are: the First World W...
The file contains letters received by Captain Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, from the Government of Bombay, between 1843 and 1848. Some correspondents address him as Major Hennell rather than Captain Hennell. A few of the letters received in 1843 are a...
