‘File 13/32 Joint use of Bahrain and Sharjah airfields by civil and military aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the proposed joint-use of the aerodromes at Bahrain and Sharjah for both civil and military purposes, and are chiefly comprised of a series of papers entitled ‘General Principles and Practices to be followed at Joint-User Airfields Overseas’, issued by the Ministry ...
File No. 17/25 RECORDING OF SHORT WAVE FREQUENCIES BY BAHRAIN AND SHARJAH.'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter received from the General Department, Foreign Office relating to the operation of radio stations in the Persian Gulf, including the frequencies that such stations could be operated on and the regulations to be followed in registering frequencies and call signs. Also i...
The volume comprises correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, in response to Sir George Maxwell’s (British adviser to the League of Nations Advisory Committee on Slavery) requests for information on the extent and nature of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Copies of c...
‘21/8 PRESENTATION OF GIFTS FOR SALEH AL MANAH REPRESENTATIVE OF SHAIKH OF QATAR’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the presentation of gifts by the Political Agent at Bahrain to Saleh al Mana, representative of the Shaikh of Qatar. The gifts are an appreciation of the hospitality provided by Saleh al Mana during the Political Agent’s visits to Qatar. Correspondent...
‘File 21/11 Communal tension in Qatar: appointment of special constables for Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to tensions arising between the Muslim and Sikh communities of Bahrain and Qatar, in response to the Indo-Pakistan war of 1947. The tensions referred to in the file are chiefly between Indian/Pakistani employees of Petroleum Concessions...
‘File 24/4 MR. EL MAKKI (Swiss) & MR. QUISAN (French)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small number of letters and telegrams as a result of enquiries made by the Political Agent, Bahrain, about Imperial Airways passengers Captain Henry Guisan, Swiss, born 1899, and his companion Mr El Makki or Mekki, French, born 1892. They had been refused permission to land at...
'27/1 SALUTES AND EXCHANGES OF CALLS BETWEEN H.M.'s SERVICES AND ARAB RULERS.'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in this file discusses the etiquette of gun salutes and exchange of calls in the Gulf. Topics include: the raising of the number of gun salutes for the Ruler of Kuwait and the Ruler of Bahrain from seven guns to eleven guns; a letter in Arabic (with English translation) from Shaik...
‘File 28/1 E Defence Officer, Persian Gulf. Station Commander Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the recruitment, particulars and activities of a Defence Officer for the Persian Gulf. Key correspondents in the file include the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban) and t...
‘File 28/1 I Defence against parachutists, obstruction of aerodromes and landing grounds, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and memoranda containing guidance relating to the perceived threat of enemy troops parachuting into British-Indian territory. Though the threat is most strongly perceived in the north-western provinces of India and Baluchistan, the guidance was distrib...
‘File 28/5 VI Licenses for export of oil from Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises requests made by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for licences to export petroleum products from Bahrain, sent by the Chief Local Representative for Bahrain (J O Fifer during 1945; R M Brown during 1946) to the Political Agency. Each of the export licence requests, which...
