File A/2 II [3/A II] Slavery: cases of Qatar slaves reported at Bahrain
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The file contains correspondence concerning Qatar slaves seeking manumission in Bahrain. In total there are five cases included in the file where the slave in question seeks manumission from the Political Agency in Bahrain. In one case, the manumission statement is made by the husband of a femal...
File No. g/8 vol. I Papers about issue of Motor car driving licences
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The file contains correspondence related to the issuing of number plates for the Political Agent’s car and the issuing of driving licences for the Bahrain Political Agency’s drivers. Fees were paid accordingly to the Manama Municipality. The main correspondence is between the Bahrain Political Ag...
The file contains a draft exchange of letters between the British Consul at Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman related to the Muscat Civil Air Agreement of 1947.
File 17/1 Government Properties. Christian Cemeteries'
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the European (or Christian) cemeteries in Muscat. Much of the correspondence is between British diplomatic and naval officials concerning their general upkeep and maintenance. As such, a number of lists of those individuals b...
This volume contains papers relating to the supply and gifting of arms and ammunition to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman during roughly the first half of the Second World War between 1939 and 1942. The papers are primarily receipts and lists of weapons and ammunition requested and subsequently tran...
This file contains correspondence about on-going tensions between Bahrain and Qatar regarding the ownership of Zubarah after the Al Khalifa and Al Thani families had signed an agreement (mediated by the British) in 1944. The correspondence discusses disagreements between Bahrain and Qatar concer...
This file consists of an envelope with a sealed document giving full powers to Lt Col Sir Trenchard Craven W Fowle to negotiate a new commercial treaty with Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The document is signed by King George VI and has his royal sea...
Cable and Wireless Concession Agreement with Shaikh of Bahrain
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This file contains two copies of a concession agreement between Cable & Wireless Limited and the Government of Bahrain (represented by Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain). The agreements (folios 5-18) were signed in the presence of Hugh Dunstan Rance, the British Politi...
The letters, memoranda and other notes in the file relate to the establishment of a branch of the Eastern Bank in Bahrain. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (chiefly Captain Percy Gordon Loch, who occupied the position from November 1916 to February 1918, and...
This file concerns finding a temporary home in Bahrain for a female Belgian artist named Mademoiselle Corbiau who wishes to visit there to earn money by painting portraits. The correspondents in the file include: Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Concession Limited, Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly,...
