File 53/11 I (D 10) Koweit [Kuwait] Shaikh's Fao Properties 1903 and 1904
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to date gardens in Fao [the Al Faw Peninsula] owned by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ. The correspondence primarily consists of copies of letters between Mubārak and Ottoman and British officials and concerns an arbitration case regarding ...
File 53/11 VII (D 94) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, ...
File 53/11 VIII (D 98) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, ...
File A/14 Shaikh Hamad bin Muhammad Al Khalifa and his intrigues with the Turkish authorities
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the actions and grievances of Shaikh Ḥamad bin Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, cousin of Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, the ruler of Bahrain. The key correspondents in the file are Shaikh Ḥamad and Shaikh ‘Īsá, and a succession of Political Re...
File 1/1 Shaikh Sir `Isa bin `Ali Al Khalifah, K. C. S. I.
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh `Isa bin `Ali Al Khalifah, in regard to Shaikh `Isa bin `Ali Al Khalifah's opposition to reform and British jurisdiction and his so...
File 1/3 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Relations of Akhwan with Neighbouring States.
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The file relates to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (also referred to Ibn Sa'ud), Sultan of Najd (also referred to as Nejd), particularly relations between Najd (also referred to as the Akhwan [Ikhwān]) and neighbouring states. The file contains correspondence b...
File 1/13 I Major Head:- Political. Sub:- Head:- 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. Other correspondents include the British Consular Agent, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and the Adviser to the Governm...
The file’s contents are related to the acquisition by the RAF of a plot of land in between the existing RAF and civil aerodromes on Muharraq island. The principle correspondents in the file are the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and the Political Agent in Bahrain ...
File 8/42 Activities of the Development Division of the British Middle East Office
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The file consists of correspondence and memoranda relating to the activities of the Development Division of the British Middle East Office, Cairo. Contained within the file are periodic reports on the establishment and progress of the Division's work in the Middle East. These were sent to the Po...
File 9/10 Smuggling (gold, tea, etc.) between the Gulf and India
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Eastern Bank Limited, on the subject of smuggling of various goods and commodities. These include: import of unlicensed tea f...
