The volumes consist of original correspondence sent to and copies of letters sent from the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, followed by Captain James Felix Jones as Resident in the Persian Gulf at the time, the Assistant Resident in Charge, H...
Vol 201 1855/56 Persia: correspondence with Tehran; Squadron; General
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This file contains copies of official correspondence divided up into three sections as follows: 1) 1855/56 Residency, Persian Gulf, Persia (folios 1b-50): This section contains copies of correspondence regarding affairs in Persia between Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persi...
File 13/276 I & II (B 61 & 67) Locust Campaign Arab Side
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This file consists of several telegrams and a letter relating to the proposal and planning of locust reconnaissance trips in southern Arabia, as part of a wider Middle East Supply Centre (MESC) effort to prevent food shortages caused by locust swarms in the region. The correspondence is between ...
14/86 ATTACK ON AJMAN AND MURDER OF THE CHIEF AND SUCCESSION ETC.
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This file relates mainly to the issues of succession in Ajman and some other Trucial States. The main correspondents are the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; and Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, Ruler of Ras al Kha...
File 19/109 VII (C 59) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers
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The file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire and Bahrain. The bulk of the correspondence relates to reports that Bahrain nationals resident in Gusba in Persia were being forced by the Persian government to forego their Bahraini nationality and ad...
Abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and accession of Sultan Saiyid Said ibn Taimur
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Correspondence concerning the abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal]and the accession of his son, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]. The file includes a letter in Arabic (folio 97) from Sultan Taimur with a translation in English, giving reasons as to why he cannot return to...
'CONFIDENTIAL VOL C 79 86/3-1 B.P.C. MISCELLANEOUS'
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The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch, Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch, Tom Hickinbotham, Hugh Weightman, Reginald Alban), and representatives of the Bahrain Petr...
Customs Duty on Goods Landed at Bahrain in Transit to the Mainland
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The volume records a dispute between the Ruler of Nejd [Najd] and dependencies and the Ruler of Bahrain [occasionally also referred to in the papers as Bahrein] over the imposition by the Ruler of Bahrain of a charge of 5% customs duty (previously 2.5%) on goods destined for Nejd and Hassa [Hasa...
File 1/11 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Tyranny of Ruling Family in Bahrain
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The file relates to allegations of unlawful or oppressive behaviour on the part of members of the ruling family of Bahrain, particularly Shaikh Abdulla [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and his father Shaikh Easa (also spelled Isa) [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain, incl...
File 9/22 Opening of second bank in Bahrain: Imperial Bank of Iran
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The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in Bushire, the Political Agent in Bahrain and representatives of the Imperial Bank of Iran on the opening of a branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Bahrain. The bank in question is the second bank in Bahrain, and the new branch ...
