This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Dubai, primarily the impact (and continuation) of events as described in file IOR/R/15/2/2009, in which a reform movement opposed to Dubai's ruler emerged in the Shakyhdom but was subsequently quashed...
A collection of letters, which with the exception of one from L Darling to Her British Majesty's Consul at Bushire, are all from, or to, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The first is a covering letter for a package of samples of piece goods sent by Kemball to Henry ...
Correspondence relating to the interpretation and application of various King's Regulations under Muscat Order in Council, August 1935 - February 1937; and papers relating to the preparation, drafting, publication and implementation of revised Muscat Order in Council (His Majesty's Stationery Off...
File 18/78 I (C 100) Bahrain Order in Council, 1913
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Papers relating to the following published King's Regulations: King's Regulation under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council, 1913 ('The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation, 1922'), 1 October 1922; King's Regulation under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council, 1...
File 19/12 Bahrain, Precis of Zobara Affairs in 1895
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This file contains correspondence regarding an attempt by Sultan bin Mohamed bin Salamah (the head of the Al bin Ali tribe in Bahrain) - with the assistance of Shaikh Jasim Al Thani of Qatar and the Ottoman Governor (Mutasarrif) of El Hasa - to establish a settlement at Zubarah on the Qatar Peni...
File 19/109 VI (C 45) Bahrain Relations with Foreign Powers
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the harassment and mis-treatment of Bahrainis resident in Persia, notably in the town of Mohammerah (present day Khorramshahr). Much of the correspondence concerns the arrest of a Bahraini trader named Haji Hamid and reports...
The file concerns the decision by the Admiralty in 1935 to transfer the Royal Navy base at Henjam [Hengam] Island in the Persian Gulf to a site at Jufair (also spelled Jafair) in Bahrain. The papers consist of copies of correspondence relating to the Admiralty's decision to evacuate the naval ...
File 35/16, 40 Attack on Sohar; Jannabah disturbances at Sur
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Correspondence in this file discusses: The attack on Sohar in 1895 by Sa'ud bin Azzan [Saʻūd bin ʻAzzān]. Includes printed record of correspondence between the Political Resident, Persian Gulf and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; translation of a letter from the Wali of Sohar ...
Correspondence mainly relating to the collection of finances. Non-payment by certain tribes on the Batinah Coast is identified as a threat to the revenue of the Muscat State and the visit of a sloop or flying boat to these regions is recommended. Correspondents include the Political Agent, Musca...
File 53/11 II (D 11) Kuwait: Sheikh's Fao Properties, 1905-1910
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This file contains correspondence regarding Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ's (the ruler of Kuwait) ownership of date gardens in Fao [the Al Faw Peninsula]. Much of the correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains copies - in both English and Arabic - of correspondence directly...
