The volume consists of letters, telegrams, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence is made up of regular reports sent from the British Legation in Jeddah to the Foreign Office in London. The remaining correspondence is between the two aforementioned p...
The file contains correspondence about fixing profit rates on several goods including wheat, dates, sugar, rice, spare parts, watches and typewriters, as well as the relaxation of price controls on commodities usually classified as luxury goods, such as cigarettes, toiletries and medicines. Most...
The file contains correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Political Agency in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Commandant of the Bahrain State Police, Political Agent in Muscat, Government of India (Indian Stores Department a...
The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), the Government of Bombay (Public Works Department), Callender's Cable and Construction Company Limited, and various departments of the Government of Bahrain. T...
The file contains correspondence regarding the lease of the Post Office and Sub-Postmaster's house in Manamah. The file includes copies of the 1944 rental agreement, between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi (folios 20, 21, 26...
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to locust-control campaigns taking place on the Arabian peninsula and in southern Persia [Iran] between May 1943 and September 1944. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’ (IOR/R/15/2/1544). The pr...
The volume concerns political developments at Kalba, particularly the consequences of the death of Shaikh Said bin Hamad; the minority of Shaikh Hamad bin Said; the involvement of Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, in Kalba affairs; and the appointment...
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. The correspondence discusses the following: Operation of Iraq Customs launch in Kuwait territorial waters. The shooting of two Kuwait tribesmen in Kuwait territory by Iraq Preventive Police. Proposing a conference to be held...
This file concerns Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). It includes the following: cases of Persian customs authorities reportedly inhibiting (and in some cases preventing altogether) the passage of persons travelling between Persia and Kuwait...
This file relates to landing contractors at Muscat. The correspondence concerns the question of whether goods transhipped in Muscat harbour should be subject to landing charges. It follows a complaint from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company regarding charges incurred for transhipping aviation petrol ...
