File 6/78 Necessity to start leper settlement at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The correspondence concerns the idea of a leper settlement in Bahrain and the question of r...
File 6/84 Miscellaneous help to Shaikh and his Relatives
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, the British Consul at Baghdad, and Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamdan Al Sultan bin Saqor of Braimi [Buraimi]. The correspondence covers a few miscellaneous matt...
‘Miscellaneous 16/10 Eastern Bank Ltd: Correspondence with ––’
Scope & Content:
Routine correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Political Agency and successive managers of the Eastern Bank Limited in Bahrain (H Barden, D Ham, M Gunn, C W F Skrimshire). Correspondence received from the Eastern Bank includes: notices of credits to the Agency current account; notices of ...
Correspondence between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and various merchants, regarding orders of office equipment and furniture. The file also contains correspondence with the Bahrain Government regarding the repair of Government vehicles, and police paperwork relating to a road accident involvi...
File 22/1 I Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers sent to and from the Bahrain Political Agency, relating to the set-up and subsequent day-to-day running of a weather observatory in Bahrain. The file begins with a letter from the head meteorologist of the India Meteorological Department in Kara...
File No. E/1 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Adviser, to the Bahrain Government.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence mainly in the form of petitions raised by local residents, shop owners, merchants, as well as foreign subjects of Bahrain. These cover various issues including debt recovery, marriage between Shia and Sunni Muslims, land ownership, and inheritance. The petitions ...
File No. E/6 V. O. Correspondence regarding the Senior and the Junior Joint Courts.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the Senior and the Junior Joint Courts in Bahrain. Letters were sent from the Political Agent to the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, informing him of the dates and times of court proceedings. Shaikh Hamad's replies confirm whether he ...
‘Payments on behalf of P.R.O. Bushire etc – Absentee statements – cash account’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises papers relating to the financial operation of the Political Agency in Bahrain, including the Public Relations Office (PRO) and, for most of the months represented in the file, contain the following: cash accounts for the Political Agency for each month, with a summary of the m...
File XVI/4. Establishment of a Quarantine Station at Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Political Residency in Bushire related to the establishment of a quarantine station at Kuwait after an outbreak of plague in Bahrain. In particular, the file contains correspondence on some disagreements with the rul...
File XX/4 Naval and Military Intelligence Queries.
Scope & Content:
The file contains information provided by the Political Agent, Kuwait in response to military and naval intelligence queries from the Government of India; Army Headquarters India; the Intelligence Officer, Bushire; the Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron, and other military and naval offici...
