‘File 16/45 Case of certain thefts from the Political Agency, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements and other papers relating to incidents of theft occurring at the Political Agency: in June 1933, the theft of money from drawers in an Agency office (ff 2-9); in March 1934, another incident of money stolen from Agency cash boxes (ff 10-11); in August 1937, an incident...
‘File 16/65 Correspondence with the Imperial Bank of Iran, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence with the Imperial Bank of Iran, with which the Political Agency held a number of accounts, as listed on folio 2. The correspondence is of a routine nature: branch opening hours; the opening of a Dubai branch of the bank; the issue of bank drafts ‘at par’ (face value) for official ...
File 21/28 Correspondence regarding flight of Dutch Civil Aircraft Post "JAGEA"
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The file contains correspondence relating to the flight to Singapore of the Dutch Civil Aircraft Post 'Jagea'. The correspondence is between: Imperial Airways Ltd, both in Shaibah and Sharjah; Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Percy Gordon Loch, P...
File 22/1 II Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The correspondence and other papers contained in the file relate to the day-to-day operations of the weather observatory in Bahrain. These include the rising costs of living in Bahrain, in part a result of the growth of the oil industry, population growth and housing shortages which have caused ...
File 28/19 Labour for the Petroleum Concessions Ltd
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The file contains correspondence between the Petroleum Concessions Limited and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited representatives and managers, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on the employment and repatriation of British Indian and non British lab...
File 29/6 British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Khorramshahr
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The file contains a Confidential Foreign Office report entitled 'British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Mohammerah'. The report contains a detailed history of the relationship between the British Government and Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī, the Ruler of Mohammerah (present day ...
File A/2 I Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to around sixty cases, involving slaves who have applied for manumission at the Agency in Bahrain. Copies of correspondence relating to many of these cases can also be found in the following Bushire Residency files: 'File 5/161 IV Manumission of slaves at...
File A/2 II Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file is correspondence relating to about forty-eight manumission applications, most of which were made at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Some applications are made with the Residency Agent at Sharjah, and forwarded to the Agency at Bahrain for submission to the Political Re...
File A/2 IV [3 II] Slavery: cases of Trucial Coast slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to over forty manumission requests heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The cases involve slaves that had escaped from the towns of the Trucial Coast, notably Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Ra's al-Khaymah. Enclosed with most cases is the slave's statement,...
File A/3 III (3 B II) Slavery: cases of Muscat and Saudi Arabian slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to thirteen manumission applications heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the slaves making the applications had travelled to Bahrain from Muscat and the al-Batinah region of Oman. In these cases, correspondence was exchanged...
