The file consists of letters sent outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf by the Officiating Resident, Samuel Hennell; and Thomas Mackenzie, Acting Assistant in Charge. The most common addressee is John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Political Department of the Government o...
This file contains letters written and received by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Most of the letters written by Hennell are addressed to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at...
This file contains correspondence to/from Captain James Felix Jones, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file is divided into two thematic sections: 1) folios 2-61 contain correspondence regarding British attempts to locate and arrest four Indians accused of involvement in the Indian ...
This file consists of letters written and received by James Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Aside from Jones, the two most prominent correspondents are Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and Commodore Griffith Jenkins, Commander of the Indi...
‘File 5/183 (D 31) Manumission of slaves at Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the volume is related to a number of manumission cases involving Kuwaiti subjects heard between 1907 and 1909, either in Kuwait, or in another of the Political Agencies in the Gulf. A significant proportion of the file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident (Ma...
File 18/55 III (B Series 18/4) Bahrain Order in Council
Scope & Content:
Notices of King's Regulations made by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf under Article 70 (C) of the Bahrain Order in Council, 1913 (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913): The Christian Marriage (Amendment) Regulation 1947, signed and dated 30 July 1947; and The Christian Marriage (Amend...
File 19/109 IX (C 82) Bahrain - Relations with other Powers
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics. The correspondence discusses legislation regarding the ownership of property by Bahrainis in the Hejaz, the ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrain (and Iraq), the status and property ownership rights of Persians i...
A collection of correspondence that primarily relates to agitation that took place in Bahrain between 1935 and 1938. The main topics discussed are the reform of Shia religious courts in Bahrain, the factors involved in the unrest, a brief history of the Baharnah (the Shia community in Bahrain), ...
This file contains correspondence between various British officials regarding the transshipment of cargo at the port in Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence discusses Bahrain's right to levy transit dues from Saudi Arabia on cargo transshipped at sea and cargo entering the port at Bahrain (...
All the contents of this file relate to Irak [Iraq] between 1918 and 1933. The file includes: A report of the killing of Mr J.H Bill (Indian Civil Service) and Captain K.R Scott (31st Punjabis, Indian Army) by a Kurdish tribal force near Aqrah in 1919 (f 7). A copy of a telegram sent to King H...
