The file contains duplicate accounts and correspondence received by Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell, HM Consul General and the East India Company’s Agent in Egypt at Alexandria, dated 30 September 1848-31 December 1869. The papers relate to events in Egypt and the Red Sea, and include: Tabula...
'Book No 197. Turkish Arabia, Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] & Miscellaneous'
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The volume contains letters sent and received by the Resident at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones and by Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Commanding Resident's Escort. Correspondents include the India Office in London, the Government of Bombay, H M Minister at the Court of Persia. The ...
‘Vol 262 Historical Sketches and Administrative Reports’
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The volume contains three administrative reports submitted by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, to the Government of Bombay. The first report (folios 6-36) covers events occurring within the key towns and tribes of the Arab coast of the Gulf between the peri...
‘File T/8 C 62 Banks at Gulf Ports: Bahrain, Eastern Bank Ltd’
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The volume contains correspondence concerning proposals for the opening of commercial banks to assist trade in the ports of the Arab coast of the Gulf, and in particular at Bahrain. The chief correspondent in the file is Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gu...
‘File 5/168 V Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases’
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The volume is comprised of correspondence related to twenty-four manumission or other slave-related cases, received by the Political Residency from the Political Agents at Bahrain, Sharjah and Muscat. The majority of the cases are of a straightforward nature. The Political Residency received the...
'File 5/197 I – Absconding of Slaves from Sharja and Henjam'
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The volume contains correspondence related to two specific incidents of Arab slaves absconding to the Persian territory of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām]. The first incident took place in March 1930, when four slaves absconded from Umm al Qaiwain to Jazīreh-ye Hengām, pursued by a group of armed Ara...
14/240 I B. 69. JURISDICTION IN THE TRUCIAL SHAIKHDOMS
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This file contains correspondence relating to jurisdiction in the Trucial Shaikhdoms. The main correspondents are the India Office, Foreign Office, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Bahrain. The correspondence discusses the creation of new Orders-in-Council for the Trucial Coas...
File 18/78 II (B Series 18/6) King's Regulations under the Bahrain Order in Council
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The file contains papers dating from 1936 and 1947 only. The file consists of a signed copy of King's Regulations under Article 70 of The Bahrain Order in Council, 1913, Number 2 of 1936: Special Police Officers' Regulations, dated 8 December 1936, with covering letter from the India Office, Whit...
File 19/109 IV (C 28) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers
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File contains correspondence regarding the access requirements of Persians entering Bahrain (from Persia), correspondence regarding reports of Bahrainis resident in Persia being pressured to adopt Persian nationality and several discussions related to the logistics and legality of travel in the ...
File 52/4 (B 1) Persian Islands (1) Kais [Kish] Island
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status and ownership of Qais [Kish] island off the coast of Iran. The file contains a discussion of the island's history and a copy (with English translation) of the sanad (deed) through which the family of the Kowam-ul-Mul...
