File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Ibn Sa`ud's complaint about aid given to rebels by King Faisal and Shaikh Ahmad; fighting between rebel and loyal forces; Battle of Injair
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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...
CONFIDENTIAL, B. 26 File No. 14/215 Confiscation by Persian Customs at Farur of cargo, etc, from 2 Arab dhows
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This file consists of correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Sharjah, Tehran and Simla. The main correspondents include: the Political Resident Persian Gulf, Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persian Government. The file includes reports on two dho...
‘File 28/10 (a) War. Foreigners, Anti-British Activities, etc. Father Irzio Luigi Magliacani (Roman Catholic Priest in Bahrain)’
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The file comprises correspondence relating to the presence in Bahrain during the War of an Italian Roman Catholic priest, Irzio Luigi Magliacani. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior; Lieutenant-Colonel Arn...
‘File 28/38 Powers to appoint approved members of the Company’s [Petroleum Concessions Limited] staff in Qatar as special police officers’
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The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to the institution of a regulation, created under the Qatar Order in Council (1939) enabling the Political Agent at Bahrain to appoint specified employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) as Special Police Officers in Qatar. The princip...
File 6/58 Accession Celebrations on H. E. Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's accession as the Ruler of Bahrain Islands
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The file contains correspondence relating to the celebrations surrounding the anniversary of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah's [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] accession as ruler of Bahrain. The correspondence is between the following: the Political Agency in Bahrain; Shaikh Hamad himself an...
‘File 12/11 Piracy. (1) Alleged piracy in Muscat territory of boom belonging to Ibrahim bin Juma Doi, merchant of Muharraq Bahrain (2) Jolliboat No. 1495 BN belonging to Mohamed bin Amin of Muharraq reported missing since 2 June 1935’
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The file comprises correspondence relating to at least two alleged or suspected cases of piracy. The first case in the file (case number 2 in the file title) comprises a letter from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Co...
File 18/9 ‘Buildings:- Proposal re: Conversion of Sepoy livg’ [?] at Bahrain into I.A.’s Court Room etc.’
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The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to proposed additions and alterations to the Sepoys’ Barrack, within the grounds of the Political Agency compound in Bahrain, with a view to converting it into a Court and Office for the Indian Assistant. The correspondence is largely be...
File 10/11 Ibn Sa`ud and the Hijaz: Fall of Taif; abdication of King Husain; occupation of Mecca
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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]. In chronological order, the correspondence relates specifically to the capture of Taif by Wahhabi forces, the abdication of King Husain of t...
File [XVIII/10] Drainage of malarial pond; report on `Malaria in Muscat' by Maj Clifford A.Gill (Indian Journal of Medical Research, 1916-17); anti-malaria campaign
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This file contains papers relating to efforts to contain the presence and spread of Malaria in Oman by the Omani government with the aid of the British Political Agency in Muscat. Most of the file's papers are reports on the current state of wells, drainage systems, agricultural ditches and wate...
The 73 volumes and files forming the 'Oil and Minerals' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The majority of the files and volumes date from 1932-1951 except for IOR/R/15/2/411, containing documents from 1916. The 'Oil and Minerals' subjec...
