‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the first part of the volume relates to specific cases of the kidnapping of boys from Baluchistan/India to the Trucial Coast, and the efforts of the Political Resident and Political Agents to locate, retrieve and repatriate them. Reference is made to a court case in Karachi, in...
'14/165, 14/170 (1) B.I. Agent’s difficulties at Debai (2) Troops at Dibai B 20’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discussing the death of the agent of the British Indian Steam Navigation (B.I) company in Dubai. A new agent was sent out but the Shaikh of Dubai, Shaikh Butti bin Soheil, refused him permission to land. The First Assistant of the Residency, Captain Birdwood then accompanied the n...
Dispute Between Rulers of Muscat and Dubai Over Claims to the Village of Hatta
Scope & Content:
Correspondence about the dispute between the rulers of Muscat and Dubai over claims to the village of Hatta. Correspondents include the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Residency Agent, Sharjah; Sayyid Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat; Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum, Chief of Dubai; Foreign Secretar...
Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914
Scope & Content:
The first volume is Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914 (Government of India Foreign and Political Department). The treaties recorded cover the slave trade, Zanzibar, telegraphs, commerce, cession of territory, ...
File 1/A/24 I Persian Subjects in Bahrain and Registration of Foreigners in Bahrain with proposals for institution of Bahrain Nationality and Property Laws.
Scope & Content:
The early papers in the file relate to complaints by the Iranian Government over the treatment of Persian citizens in Bahrain; but the file mostly concerns the enactment of the Bahrain nationality and property laws, and the preparation of the Bahrain (Amendment) Order in Council (1937). The cor...
File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1351 AH. The report is written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. The report was submitted by Belgrave to the Political Agent at Bahrain, Percy Gordon Loch, who then forw...
File 9/4 Complaints of M/s Khunji against M/s Shasha of Manchester on account of defective goods supplied.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns two Bahrain merchants' (Messrs Mohd and `Ali Jamal Khunji) complaints about a defective supply of white mulls shipped by J M Shasha of Manchester; the case against him had implications for British trade. The file contains copies of letters between J M Shasha, the Chamber of Comm...
File 10/1 F Collection of Persian Gulf Light Dues: from Tankers of BAPCO and CASOC
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Government of India, the Political Agent, the Political Resident and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the collection of light dues in Bahrain from BAPCO and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) tank ships and o...
File 10/16 (10/21) BAPCO's proposal to act as shipping agents: complaints against Gray Mackenzie & Co
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on BAPCO's application to act as Sh...
‘File 13/26 Refusal of Trading Facilities to inhabitants of Socotra & Mahris: Establishment of Landing Ground at Qishn’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to trading restrictions being placed upon the inhabitants of Al-Mahra [incorrectly written in some parts of the file as Manris; Al-Mahra is in present-day Yemen] and Socotra, in response to the authorities of Qishn refusing the British Government permiss...
