File 10/18 (10/17) Allegations of misbehaviour among BAPCO American employees in SS Bandra
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The file contains a letter from the Political Agent at Bahrain to Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), complaining about the disturbance provoked by American employees on British vessels and the response from BAPCO's General Manager. The reference number 10/17 on the cover is amended and ...
This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily from the Foreign Office and the India Office) concerning two interrelated topics; the Persian Government's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain and discussions over whether or not Bahrain should be considered part of the British...
File 18/13 Bahrain State Police versus Lieutenant-Commander D R S Webster, RINR: Correspondence
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The file relates to the criminal conviction at Bahrain in September 1945 of Lieutenant-Commander Douglas R S Webster, Royal Indian Naval Reserve (RINR), who was based at the Royal Naval Base, Jufair [also spelled Juffair]. Douglas was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ...
File 30/7 Review of Middle Eastern Economic and Social Policy
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This file contains correspondence relating to the submission of information on the Persian Gulf states for a review of Middle East economic and social policy prepared by the Middle East Secretariat of the Foreign Office. The file includes: notes (ff 6-9) on Bahrain compiled by Herbert George Ja...
File 31/13 MUBARAK BIN NASIR AL KHALIFA OF SAUDI ARABIA.
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The file contains correspondence concerning the request of Mubarak bin Nasir Al Khalifa (based in Saudi Arabia) for financial assistance from Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain. The request was declined. The correspondents are Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Agent, Kuwait; Corne...
File 33/6 (5/16) Supply of Electricity to Naval Base by Bahrain Government
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This file contains correspondence related to an agreement made between the Government of Bahrain and the Admiralty for the supply of electricity to the Royal Navy's base in Bahrain. The file contains a copy of the final agreement (ff 26-29) as well as a draft version (ff 10-17). Also enclosed a...
File 34/3 (4/15) Training of Arab pupils from Kuwait in the Bahrain Technical School
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the entrance of Kuwaiti students to the Bahrain Technical School on scholarships given by the Kuwait Oil Company. Much of the correspondence is with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, adviser to the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad b...
File 35/2 (16/6) Agitation Regarding Administration of Estates and Proposed Reforms
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This file contains correspondence regarding disturbances that occurred in Bahrain following a government proclamation concerning inheritance law. The correspondence is primarily between Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Agent in Bahrain and Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Politic...
File 43/7 Non-Scheduled Flights by USSR or any of the Satellite States' Aircraft
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This file contains correspondence regarding a request made by William Rupert Hay, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, for the Political Agents in Bahrain and Kuwait to report the arrival of any unannounced flights from the USSR or its satellite states (listed as Albania, Bulgaria, Czecho...
File 1/1 III Appointment and Transfers of Political Agents (Leave, Pay, Allowances etc.)
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The file concerns changes of incumbent as Political Agent, Bahrain. The papers consist of correspondence, forms and certificates, and include charge certificates recording appointments as Political Agent; last pay certificates; papers concerning pay and allowances; papers concerning leave; pap...
