The file relates mainly to Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], first as Deputy Ruler of Bahrain, then Ruler of Bahrain from 1932; also to his younger brother Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa. The papers include: a note containing a personal assessment by the Politi...
The file is about a change in administrative arrangements, following receipt of a general instruction in 1939, to send all future intelligence summaries to the new Middle East Intelligence Centre (M.E.I.C.) at Cairo. The file contains confidential, secret and most secret copy letters and telegr...
File No. 263 Government of India - Tariff of Schedule. (India)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of the Tariff Schedules produced by the Commercial Intelligence Department, India for January to December 1924, and January to December 1925. The schedules show the rates of Customs duties levied on goods imported into, and exported from British India from January 1924...
'In re estate of the deceased Sa'd bin Abdulla Musabahi'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to claims on the estate of Sa'd bin Abdulla Musabahi (also given as Saad bin Abdullah Musabhi) [Sa‘d bin ‘Abdullāh Musabaḥī] who died in June 1911. The claims are from individuals, merchants and companies who the deceased had business dealings with, ...
The file relates to the service of the Third Clerk (also referred to in the papers as Passport Clerk, Censor Clerk, and Upper Division War Establishment Clerk) of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers include correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, certificates, and notes, and cover appointment...
The file relates to the provision of items of uniform for members of the Menial Establishment of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers consist of correspondence, invoices, receipts, telegrams, despatch notes, and a personal letter, and cover correspondence with suppliers; correspondence rela...
The file relates to the appointment and service of holders of the post of Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain (from 1942 known as Public Relations Officer in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain), including Bertram Sidney Thomas (served December 1941 to October 1943). The papers, which include...
Routine correspondence received at and sent from the Bahrain Political Agency. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent; representatives of the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave; Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier). Most of the correspondence relates to a miscellany of...
A number of annexures to issues of the Iraq Government Gazette, published between June and July 1931: a treaty for the extradition of offenders between Iraq and Egypt, signed at Cairo on 20 April 1931 (ff 3-4); a treaty of friendship between Iraq and Transjordan [Jordan], signed at Amman on 26 M...
File C/1 II Correspondence with Bombay & Karachi on Miscellaneous Matters
Scope & Content:
The file covers two topics. The first is a petition from Havildar Bandmaster Amar Singh dated 26 February 1940 regarding a lessee — Man Singh — that is refusing to leave his land (see folios 2-4); this petition is forwarded by the Bahrain Political Agent to the Deputy Commissioner for Amritsar, ...
