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The volume consists of correspondence addressed to the Resident in the Persian Gulf in 1823. Initially, Captain John Macleod fills the role of Resident, but he is replaced following his death by Lieutenant-Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus towards the end of the year. This file is made up of corre...
'Confidential 86/7 - ix B.52. P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence in English and Arabic between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, John Baron Howes), the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Saiyid ‘Abd al-Razzaq), the India O...
File 29/23 i Contravention of Food Regulations and smuggling of quota goods
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about investigations conducted by the Political Agent, Bahrain into the maritime smuggling of rice, sugar, tea, matches, cotton piece goods and other essential commodities in short supply during the Second World War (1939-1945). Supply and trade in these goods be...
‘File 29/30 Civil requirements: miscellaneous items from India (pepper, spices, etc)’
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The file contains correspondence about the supply of various essential commodities from India, by sea from Bombay and Karachi to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, during the Second World War (1939-1945). Several commodities are mentioned including spi...
File 19/4 Tours of officers of the Residency, Bushire (EE, RS, Secretary etc)
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The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for visits of officers of the Political Residency to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries: the tours of the Assistant Engineer, Independent Persian Gulf, Bushire, in June 1934, January and November 1937, and October-Novemb...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the 1923-24 Kuwait Conference to arbitrate the Najd-Transjordan and Najd-Hijaz boundaries. The main topics discussed include the following: the Kuwait Conference: adjournment, 1924; further negotiations....
File 3/1 I Seizure or Detention of Kuwait sailing craft by Persians
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This file relates to several cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized or detained by the Persian authorities. The file consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and various British diplomatic officials. Most of the correspondence concerns the circumstances of the ...
File 13/8 'American Consular Posts in Persian Gulf and American Penetration'
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The file contains correspondence relating to American consular posts in the Persian Gulf. This largely consists of: correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the British Ambassador, ...
File 8/65 III RENEWAL of COMMERCIAL TREATY MAY 1938 – Feby. 1939
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This volume concerns the renewal of the 1891 Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. The volume covers the period M...
File 8/85 I MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BRITISH ADVISER FOR MUSCAT (ALSO FINANCIAL ADVISER)
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This file concerns efforts by the British authorities to recruit a British adviser for Muscat, on behalf of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The file begins with details of a request from the Sultan to appoint an officer (preferably British) as Minister for Foreign A...
