The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, and correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and represe...
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Ministry of Fuel and Power, Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO), transmitting monthly reports, including data and tonnage on shipment of oil from Bahrain and petroleum product ex...
‘File 13/16 Crash of American aircraft on T.C. [Trucial Coast]’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of telegrams sent amongst British officials in the Gulf, in response to an American aircraft reported lost along the Arab coast, while flying on en route between Abadan and Karachi. A telegram sent by the British Agent at Sharjah to the Political Agent in Bahrain, dated 3...
This file contains correspondence between Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent at Bahrain, and Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, concerning a stopover by the Nawab of Bhopal, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Hamidullah Khan, in Bahrain in Septe...
‘File 24/1 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS RE: PASSPORT CONTROL’
Scope & Content:
The file contains the correspondence of the Political Agent, Bahrain, mainly with other British agency, consular and passport authorities in the Persian Gulf and India and also with the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (representing the Bahrain passport authorities). The correspondence conce...
The file contains two documents only, a short letter of enquiry and a short interim letter of reply, dated 28 December 1936 and 26 January 1937 respectively. The Political Agent, Kuwait, mentions that the Kuwait authorities are planning to introduce a passport system. He asks the Political Agent,...
The file comprises correspondence and notes relating to the possible sabotage and smuggling of mail: a telegram from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG), dated 18 November 1940, reporting a suspected case of sabotage in which a leaking jar of acid was found in a mail bag (f 2); a...
The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rup...
This file contains two letters regarding Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah's desire to construct a Customs and Police Post on the island of Sitra. In the first letter (folio 3), Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain asks R M Brown, the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain...
This file contains correspondence related to the appointment of a number of individuals to positions within the Government of Bahrain. Much of the correspondence relates to efforts to hire an assistant for Charles Belgrave (Adviser to the Government of Bahrain) who would also act as Chief of P...
