'11/11 Visits by P.R's in the P.G. to King Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence reporting on visits to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud) undertaken by Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior in 1932 and 1946 respectively. The report of Prior's visit (ff 2-9), dated ...
‘File 28/1 H Proposal for provision of Indian Infantry Company for Bahrain defence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises three items: a copy of a telegram (f 2) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) dated 28 May 1940. The Resident states that he is considering requesting a company of Indian infan...
‘File 28/1 O Prevention from sailing of Swedish, Finnish, etc. craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises two secret telegrams, sent by the C-in-C (Commander-in-Chief), E.I. (East Indies Station), both dated 29 April 1940. The first (f 2) states that ‘All Swedish, Finnish, Latvian and Estonian ships in British Ports and bound for Scandinavian, Danish or Baltic Ports should by some ...
‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from the Political Resident to his Agents, dated 16 Novem...
‘File 28/40 Proposed military occupation of Gulf ports & coast watching system’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises three items of correspondence relating to plans for reconnaissance flights over parts of the coast in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with a view to their occupation by British forces if necessary: a memorandum from Tenth Army headquarters, dated 25 June 1942 and marked mos...
‘File 28/79 Discovery of wireless set at Jazirat Shaikh Shuaib’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the discovery of a wireless set, with parachute attached, at Kuwait, and four similar devices found near Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], reported by the Political Agent at Kuwait [Gordon Noel Jackson] and the British Consular Agent at Lingah respectively, i...
File 39/4 (10/4) Activities of Eastern and General Syndicate in Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Colonial Office regarding the interest of Frank Holmes, on behalf of Eastern and General Syndicate, in applying for an oil concession in Qatar.
File 39/11 (12/13) Magnetic observations in Bahrain by Kuwait Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding terrestrial magnetic observations as part of a seismic survey carried out in various stations of the Persian Gulf by Kuwait ...
'File No. 40/1 ENQUIRIES BY STRICK & CO. RE: GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN PERSIAN GULF'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter from Messrs Frank C Strick and Company to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Gordon Loch) regarding the possibility of sourcing gypsum from the Persian Gulf. The enquiry results in discussion between the India Office (Maurice J Clauson) and Foreign Of...
File 4/4 VIII Budget Estimates of Political Agency for the year 1946-47.
Scope & Content:
The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1946-47, and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period. The correspondence is between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Political Residency in ...
