File 53/11 XII (D 124) Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the ruler of Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, and the impact o...
File 53/44 II (D 36) Sheikh Mubarak's Fao and Faddaghiya Properties
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a decision taken by the Ottoman Tapu Office to allow the registration of properties in Iraq in the names of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait and Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī of Mohammerah. On ff 14-15 the file contains ...
File 1/13 II Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Persian Pretensions to Bahrain
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The file concerns Persian claims to Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein). The correspondence is mainly between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent, Bahrain. There is also correspondence from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. Enclosures to...
‘File 7/3 Scope and functions of F/Lt. Finch at Sharjah’
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Correspondence in the file relates to the appointment of Flight Lieutenant Finch of the Royal Air Force to Sharjah, to assist in the construction of the rest house at the Sharjah aerodrome. Fluent in Arabic, Finch was warned by the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle) no...
‘File 7/5 Proposal to base R.A.F. squadron in Bahrain’
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The file contains correspondence and blueprint plans, related to the acquisition of land at Muharraq for the establishment of a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Bahrain. The plan to establish an RAF squadron at Bahrain was precipitated by the relocation of Squadron 203 from Basra to Aden, with Bahra...
File 8/20 Annual Report on the Trucial Coast for 1934
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The file contains the annual administration report on the Trucial Coast for the year 1934. The report, prepared by the Officiating Political Agent at Bahrain, Captain George Ashmead Cole, summarises important information relating to the Trucial Coast during 1934. It was delivered to the Politica...
File 8/49 Monthly Political Appreciation from United Kingdom High Commissioner in Pakistan
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The file contains documents, with covering correspondence, relating to the situation in Pakistan following the partition of India. The documents were written by the High Commissioner in Karachi, Laurence Barton Grafftey Smith. There are three parts to the file. The first is a memorandum on the ...
File 9/10 II Export of gold and silver from Bahrain "Routine"
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The file contains applications to the Political Agent at Bahrain for licences to export gold, silver or currency from Bahrain. Each application is followed by an export license issued by the Political Agent, and sometimes is accompanied by notes or correspondence. Some applications are in Arabic,...
File 9/33 Complaints made against Gray Mackenzie's Dubai Agent
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The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning complaints made by some merchants from Dubai that Gray Mackenzie & Co's Agent in Dubai has been bribing passengers travelling by boat. There are letters from Gray Mackenzie & Co's representa...
File 9/43 Invitation to Shaikh of Bahrain to attend the Karachi Economic Conference
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Government of Pakistan concerning an invitation to the Shaikh of Bahrain to attend the Economic Conference of Islamic countries, to be held in November 1949 in Karachi.
