This file concerns the possible appointment of a vice-consul at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] by the Government of India. Correspondents in the file include Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, the Political Agent at Bahrain; and L...
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to two topics: 1) an increase in the number of Persians migrating across the Gulf to the Trucial Coast, Sharjah in particular. This correspondence includes discussions regarding British concerns about the political consequecnes...
The volume contains correspondence relating to the drafting and implementation of Civil Aviation Agreements and Air Navigation Regulations between the British Government and Sheikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait (frequently referred to as Koweit), all of which came into effect in 1934. The principal cor...
The volume contains correspondence related to a number of issues concerning the slave trade and slavery in the Gulf region. The volume includes correspondence between the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle), the Bahrain Political Agent (Hugh Weightman) and naval representati...
File 38/11 Annexe - P. C. L. Planes - Routine Correspondence
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The file contains letters from Basil Lermitte and F A Ball, employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited and its subsidiary, Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, to the Political Agent at Bahrain. The letters give notice of the arrival at Moharraq [Muharraq] aerodrome of planes chartered by the ...
File 42/7 (6/37) Dr R.H.B. Snow, State Medical Officer, Bahrain Govt
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This file contains correspondence regarding the contract and leave arrangements of Dr Richard Henry Barter Snow, State Medical Officer for the Government of Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Agency in Bahra...
File 1/13 II Recess of the Political Agent and the Assistant Political Agent
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The file concerns the recess (absence on extended leave) of the Political Agent and Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain (who were not allowed to proceed on recess at the same time). The papers, which consist of correspondence, telegrams, notes, sanction orders and circulars, cover the following...
The file relates to office procedure, and changes to office procedure following transfer of supervisory responsibility to the Foreign Office. The papers include a set of notes entitled 'Office Routine', compiled by the officiating Head Clerk of the British Residency, Bushire, which give guidanc...
Sea-going launch for the Political Agent, Bahrain. Corr. re: Kelvin Engine.
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Correspondence discusses the new launch Felix Jones for the Political Agent, Bahrain and includes: Brochure for a Kelvin Diesel engine by the Bergius Company, Glasgow. Diagram and description for a new reversing gear for marine engines, product of John I. Thorneycroft. Supply of Thornycroft eng...
File 6/5A Miscellaneous correspondence with the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain
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The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the British Consulate in Beirut, and a number of teachers in Palestine seeking employment in the Persian Gulf. The papers are mostly concerned w...
