File B/4 Flag flying by Wonckhaus, Gray Paul and other Companies
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The letters, memoranda and other items in the file relate to requests made by steamship companies in Bahrain, to the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, to erect flagstaffs and fly flags on their office buildings, primarily for the purpose of communicating signals to steamships e...
File E 8/V. Shaikh Faisal bin Saud's Visit to London
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, Kuwait, the India Office and the Government of India, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) and his son, Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd. These correspondence co...
The file concerns issues arising from definitions of the limits of Iranian territorial waters. The papers consist of correspondence forwarded to the Political Agency, Bahrain by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and HM Representative at Tehran. Correspondence forwarded by the Politica...
The file contains transcripts and reports of press articles on Bahrain and the Persian Gulf, and associated correspondence. Much of the press is critical of the Government of Bahrain and the British administration there. The sources for the press articles are mainly the Arabic and French languag...
The volume’s contents concern the establishment of companies of levy corps to protect Royal Air Force (RAF) bases in the Gulf. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield until October 1943, Major Tom Hickinbotham from October 1943 to March 1...
The file contains intelligence reports on the Kingdom of Hejaz, Najd and its Dependencies (after September 1932, Saudi Arabia) written by the British Legation at Jeddah. Between July 1931 and December 1932 the reports are issued every two months, with the exception of the January-March 1932 and...
File 9/7 Report on Trade Conditions in Persian Gulf
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The file contains a report compiled by the Vice-Consul at Bushire, J G Baillie, on a commercial tour of the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf. The report focusses on trade; in particular: the importance of Bahrain; the abundance of cheap Japanese goods (cotton, silk and pearls), which has been dama...
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and the Legation of the United States of America at Baghdad, concerning enquiries and statistics for the Bahrain Trade Report.
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain about the proposal for the establishment of a cotton mill in Bahrain by a naturalized British subject, Mr Hussein Agar Etemad. The file contains correspondence with the Advisor to the Government of Bahrain and...
File 9/39 Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment
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The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning the visit of the Director and the Chairman of the Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment to the Persian Gulf, to investigate the possibility of the sale of equipment in the area.
