The file contains correspondence relating to the renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement, including drafts and a copy of the final agreement, signed on 15 November 1951. The correspondence is principally between the British Agency at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Political Residency...
The volumes consists of original correspondence sent to and copies of letters sent from the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay and Her Majesty's Consul at Muscat. The main subjects cover...
Vol 178 1852/53 Bahrain; Arabian Coast; Slave Trade; Muscat
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The volume contains letters sent outwards and letters received from the Residency in the Persian Gulf. Outgoing correspondence was sent by the Resident of the Persian Gulf, who was Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell until April 1852. After April 1852, the Resident was Captain Arnold Kemball, who ...
File No. E/3. QATAR - Shaikhs Jasim & Ahmad al Thani & death of Shaikh Jasim in 1913
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain and the Foreign Department of the Government of India, as well as with Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, Shaikh Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī. The first part of the file cover...
File 3/4 Purchase of New Plot of Land Proposed to Acquire for the Agency Clerks' Quarters
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This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; F H E Townshend, Residency Engineer, Bushire; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah and his secretary, Saqr bin Muḥammad al-Zayānī; M Shafi, draftsman of Pu...
File 9/6 Reforms in Bahrain Court; formation of second court; preparation of civil and criminal codes
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The file's correspondence concerns reforms to and administration of the judicial courts in Bahrain. The first half of the file deals chiefly with reforms. In a demi-official letter of 17 March 1923 (folios 2-7) the Political Agent (Major Clive Daly) discusses proposed reforms with the Political...
