File 19/163 I (C 33) Bin Saud's relations with Shaikh of Bahrain. Nejdi Agent's activities in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains documents regarding relations between the British, Bin Saud and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa between 1923 and 1931. The documents discuss the Persian-Nejdi violence that occurred in Bahrain in 1923, the activities and expulsion of Bin Saud's agent in Bahrain (Abdullah Al ...
File 26/157 (F 66) Arabistan and Luristan: Representation in, changes resulting from the War
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, memoranda and reports pertaining to British governmental representation in Arabistan [Khūzestān]. The correspondents include the Political Resident at Bushire, the British Minister at Tehran, the High Commissioner at Baghdad, the British Consul at Mohammer...
'File No: 1.b/2. Major Head:- Administration SubHead:- General. Subject:- Finances of the Bahrain State.'
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The file contains papers concerning the finances of the Bahrain State including correspondence between Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler o...
‘File 28/1 S Evacuation of personnel and families of BAPCO and CASOC employees and others’
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The file comprises correspondence, notices and lists relating to the numbers of, and plans for the evacuation of, British, British-Indian, American and other (chiefly Goans, described as Portuguese-Indian) subjects, particularly those employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and Califor...
‘File 28/6 War. Arrangements for the Control of Norwegian, Danish and other neutral ships, etc.’
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The file comprises communications and correspondence relating to the restrictions and orders imposed by the British Government on foreign vessels, and in particular those regarded as neutral or ‘enemy’ during wartime. The papers chiefly relate to Danish and Norwegian vessels, prompted by the Ger...
‘File 28/10-(c) Anti-British Activities of Abdullah bin Faris, Secretary of the Shaikh of Sharjah’
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The file contains correspondence and other papers related to anti-British and pro-German propaganda being disseminated at Sharjah, and specifically that being allegedly spread by the Ruler of Sharjah’s Secretary, Abdullah bin Faris. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Age...
File 37/2 (12/9 A) Duke of Gloucester's visit and presentation of Italian guns to Shaikh of Bahrain
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain regarding Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's visit to Sharjah and Bahrain. The file contains lists of invitees to formal parties in hon...
File 39/2 (1 B/8) Effect of abrogation of APOC concession by Persian Government on oil market in Bahrain
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The file contains a letter from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and a letter from Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), regarding the situation in Bahrain after the dispute between Britain and Persia, due to the cancellation of the 1901 D'Arcy Concession (see IOR/R/15/1/636). The file als...
File 1/16 II Clerical Staff: Establishment, Proposals for Increase or Decrease; Rulings Regarding Pay and Allowances, and Promotion
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The file contains papers relating to the following subjects: proposals by the Government of India for reductions in the numbers of temporary staff as a consequence of the end of World War Two, June to September 1945; allowances for clerks making enforced halts at Karachi or Bombay when returning...
File 5/6 DECLARATION OF GENERAL AVERAGE ON ACCOUNT OF S.S."BARENFELS" HAVING BEEN FOUNDERED NEAR FESHT AL DHIJBAL.
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The file concerns the decision of the agents of the German Hansa Line ship SS Barenfels to declare 'general average' after the vessel ran aground at the Fesht al Djibal (a reef off the east coast of Bahrain). (The location is spelled Fesht al Dhijbal in the title of the file). General average is...
