File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the conflict between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, and Shaikh Sa'dun Al Mansur of the Muntafich [Muntafiq] tribe as well as political developments in Kuwait and the Ottoman Province of Basra related to protract...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics, with the main ones being: The Dhafir raid, 1921. Shaikh Ahmad's loan to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921. Further raids by Iraq tribes and Najd counter-raids, 1921. Repairs to water plant, 1921. A...
File 4/38 Supply of Saluting Gun for the Shaikh of Kuwait
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to purchase a three-pounder saluting gun [cannon] to affix to his recently-built motor dhow in 1932 (folios 2-41). Subsequently, the correspondence in the file...
File 6/10 Foreign Interests: Persian Govt. Affairs, etc and miscellaneous papers re: Persians
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This file contains correspondence and documents concerning a number of different topics related to the Government of Iran as follows: Correspondence regarding a visit made to the Gulf by a Danish Fishing Vessel led by Dr. Harald Blegvad, Director of the Danish Biological Station. The visit was i...
'File 8/39 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: CLAIM OF INDEPENDENCE BY KHOR FAKHAN AND DHIBBA SHAIKHS'
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This file consists of two letters exchanged between the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It concerns the British response to news that the Shaikhs of Dibba and Khor Fakan [Khawr Fakkān] have recently declared themselves to be no longer subordinat...
This file contains correspondence regarding the employment of Palestinian teachers in the Middle East, primarily in government service in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency in Muscat, the Foreign Office, the Political Residency in B...
File 17/16 Fish Industry in Muscat (Dr. Bertram's Visit to Muscat)
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This file consists of the following: A copy of a report entitled 'Fishery Development at the Head of the Persian Gulf with Special Reference to the Needs of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Abadan. by G C L Bertram MA PhD, Middle East Supply Centre, 25th August, 1944' (folios 3-19) Correspondence rega...
This file consists of correspondence and related documents concerning the impact of the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944 on the Arab Shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf. The contents of the file are as follows: 'United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, U.S.A July...
The file contains numerous travelling allowance bills (certificates) submitted by staff either working for the Bahrain Political Agency or staff subordinate to it. The bills include particulars of journeys made and include information on the trips taken, their purpose, their cost, and the method...
14/111 B 13. Trucial Chiefs. Report on British relations with and increasing our influence over. 1901 - 1902.
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Correspondence between H.S. Barnes, Foreign Office, Government of India, and C.A. Kemball, Political Resident Persian Gulf, discussing how British influence can best be extended over the Trucial Shaikhs. If any foreign power sought to increase its involvemenet with the Shaikhs 'the Viceroy of In...