The file relates to possible Russian commercial activities in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein). The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There is also correspondence with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, A...
File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to arms trafficking and slavery in the Persian Gulf. Correspondence regarding arms trafficking takes up a small proportion of the file. It includes a printed copy of the British Government's Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunitio...
File 9/2 II Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence and other papers concern Bahrain’s state budget, and the rising costs associated with the Bahrain civil list and the Āl Khalīfah family’s allowances. Most of the correspondence takes place between the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave, and ...
File 1/A/43 Refinery Guards Pallant and McCracken.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to two cases concerning British guards employed at the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) refinery in Bahrain, which involved the intervention of the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Political Resident in Persian Gulf; and the Government of India. The first case arose from...
The letters, telegrams and other items in the volume relate to the acquisition of land in Bahrain for the purposes of developing British aviation (both military and civilian) and naval facilities. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Per...
The letters, telegrams and other papers in the file relate to various forced landings or crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft, as well as other incidents involving the RAF, in and around the Gulf, during and immediately after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file ar...
The papers in the file relate to the Royal Air Force’s [RAF] decision to abandon the lease of a petrol dhow for seaplane refuelling at Ra’s al-Khaymah, originally agreed with the Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah, and the British Overseas Airways Corporation’s [BOAC] arrangements to take over lease for t...
The file contains periodic reports on Saudi Arabian affairs written by the Political Agent at Kuwait. The reports were sent to the Political Agency at Bahrain on a roughly weekly basis and contain brief summaries of intelligence gathered in Kuwait on tribal affairs, the activities of Ibn Sa‘ūd, ...
File 8/38 Half yearly reports by Consul, Bandar Abbas
Scope & Content:
The file consists of three issues of Appreciation of the Conditions in the Bandar Abbas Consulate Area, for the periods 1 January-31 May 1945, 1 June-1 December 1945, and 1 January-30 June 1946. Each report is written by the British Consul at Bandar Abbas and distributed to the Foreign Office, v...
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Advisor to the Government of Bahrain concerning the restriction of the licences to export gold, silver and currency from Bahrain during wartime. The volume also contains monthly letters from the Eastern Bank Limited...
