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'File 17/6 Books and Periodicals: Correspondence re. Supply and Rules for the supply of articles'
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The file documents the purchase of books and periodicals (and the management of subscriptions) by the Bahrain Political Agency. To this end it contains receipts and bills, correspondence between the Political Agent (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, and Charles Geoffrey Prio...
File 19/3 IV Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies (to Persian Gulf)
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The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Vice-Admiral James Fownes Somerville), travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Norfolk between 1938 and 1939. The file contains ...
'File 2/10 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay etc.'
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the Air Headquarters, Iraq, planning to carry out ground reconnaissance for landing grounds and refuelling stations mid-way between Masirah and Murbat. The volume also includes instructions for landing gr...
File 8/27 SULTAN'S TOURS to INDIA, U.K., FAR EAST, U.S.A. June to Dec 1937.
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This volume concerns the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] travels abroad. It includes discussion of proposed visits in 1937/1938 to India, Singapore, Japan, the United States, London, France, and Italy. Most of the correspondence discusses arrangements for the Sultan's ...
File 9/1 A I Visits of H. E. The Naval Commander-in-Chief to Muscat & Correspondence
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Correspondence and other papers relating to visits by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, to Muscat. The file covers several such visits and proposals for visits made between 1934 and 1949. They cover the following: notice of each visit, as well as any cancellations when they occurred; ...
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
A volume of letters sent outwards. Most of the correspondence is from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire, mainly to various company officials in India or elsewhere in the Gulf and surrounding regions. Correspondence is also frequently sent to Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], the Resi...
The volume consists of letters sent outwards from the Bushire Residency, along with correspondence sent by the Resident, Captain William Bruce, while away from Bushire. It covers the administrative proceedings of the Bushire Residency, and matters related to the British force stationed at Bassid...
The volume consists of letters sent outwards from the office of the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The subject matter focuses on British relations with various powers in and around the Persian Gulf during 1823; more specifically, on enforcing the provisions of the General Treaty with the Arab Tri...
The file consists of correspondence addressed to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Ephraim Gerrish Stannus. The subject matter covered includes British trade in the Persian Gulf, the settling of disputes between signatories of the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf 1820, and ...
