File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Bushire; Captain Oldham on board HMS Lapwing; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and the kaymakam (Ottoman governor) of al-Qaṭīf. These correspondence concern the murder in 1900 of Salmān bin Di‘aj Āl Kh...
File 42/5 (6/26) Lady Medical Officer, Bahrain Government (1) Dr (Mrs) M.M. MacDowell (2) Dr I.M.A. Doeg
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the position of Lady Medical Officer for the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Agency in Bahrain; and the Political Residency in...
File 1/1 IV Appointment and transfer of Political Agents (Leave, Pay, Allowances): Major R G Alban CBE, Mr E B Wakefield ICS, Major T Hickinbotham
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Papers relating to the appointment and transfer of the following Political Agents, Bahrain: Major Reginald George Evelyn William Alban (served 18 October 1940 to 16 January 1942); Edward Birkbeck Wakefield (served 16 January 1942 to 7 October 1943); and Major Tom Hickinbotham (from 7 October 1943...
File 1/6 I Appointment, Transfer etc. of Political Residents and Gazetted Officers Serving under him in the Persian Gulf: Correspondence re
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The papers consist mainly of express letters, circular letters, memoranda, notices, and telegrams announcing postings, leave, and transfers of Political Residents in the Persian Gulf. The notifications were sent to other senior British officials in the Persian Gulf, Middle East, India, and Londo...
‘File 13/18 ILLEGAL TRAVELLING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE AMIR OF JAALAN, - BENI BU ALI, TO MUSCAT SUBJECTS.’
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Passport Officer, Bahrain; and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence contains reports of three instances where Arab and Indian travellers used an...
File 23/1 Acquisition of property in Bahrain by Shaikh Muhammad ibn `Isa Al Khalifa; Hindu Bathing Pool
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The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agent (Colonel Barrett, from November 1927 to April 1929), representatives of the Hindu community in Manama, and the Khalifa ruling family. The correspondence refers to the ownership and use of freshwater pools (referred to as chauch...
File 36/23 Indian Red Cross and St. John War Organisation (Correspondence re formation of local Gulf centre etc.)
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This file contains correspondence regarding the possibility of establishing a St John Ambulance training centre in the Gulf (in either Bahrain or Kuwait). The file contains letters on the topic sent between Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, Political Agent in Bahrain and Major Tom Hickinbotham, Politi...
The file contains correspondence about local affairs in Trucial Oman. These mainly focus on the hostile relations between the Shaikhs of Trucial Oman, and the involvement of some rulers in the restriction of local activities. The file also contains reports sent between the Bahrain Agency, the Sh...
This file concerns the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership of Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī against the authority of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, al-Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd, and the subsequent intervention and deployment of B...
