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File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, and memoranda relating to relations between Ibn Sa'ud, the Hejaz, and Trans-Jordan. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Agency in Kuwait...
The volume primarily consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch); Political Agent at Bahrain (Tom Hickinbotham); the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Abd ‘al-Razzaq) the India Office (John Charles Walton, Maurice...
'VOL. B. 60. CONFIDENTIAL 86/14 - vi. BAHRAIN UNALLOTTED AREA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Evelin Alban), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Admiralty (Clifford George Jarrett), ...
‘File 29/18 vol. iii TEA FOR BAHRAIN, EAST SAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact of the quota system and export licensing restrictions that were imposed by the Government of India, on the supply of Indian tea (and to a lesser extent the supply of coffee) to Bahrain and also to Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar, during...
File 19/2 II Tour. The Honourable the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for the first official visits of the newly nominated Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior): to Bahrain, in December 1932, to the Trucial Coast in February and March 1933, cruises of...
File 31/2 II Books and Periodicals - Government Publications, Supply of
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the supply of publications by the Government of India, and the request for subscription to newspapers by the Political Agency at Bahrain. The documents in the file also include letters and receipts, leaflets, orders for Navy lists, India Office lists,...
File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, notes, pedigrees, news extracts and telegrams. The correspondence is mainly related to the ruling family in Kuwait. Reports were sent between the Political Agency, Kuwait and the Political Residency, Bushire regarding the following: politi...
File 8/51 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID TARIQ & SAIYID FAHR BIN TAIMUR.
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This file relates to family members of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Sa‘īd]. It contains correspondence regarding the Sultan's younger half-brothers, Saiyid Tarik bin Taimur [Tāriq bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Saiyid Fahr bin Taimur [Fahr bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspo...
File 8/90 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ECONOMIC & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSCAT TERRITORY
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This file relates to British policy regarding economic, agricultural and industrial development in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It begins with proposals from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat for investigations into the possibilities of industrial development in three key areas: fish...
Letters Sent and Received by the Bushire Residency
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The volumes contain copies of correspondence sent to and from the Residency at Bushire, which was established on 12 April 1763 following the conclusion of a trade agreement with the Shaikh of Bushire. The Residency went into temporary abeyance from 1769 to 1775, owing to a deterioration in both ...
