File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.
Scope & Content:
The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued mainly by the Foreign and Political Department. These were sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire who forwarded them to the Political Agent, Bahrain and others. The circulars contain instruc...
‘File 15/36 I Departmental Examination of officers of the I.M.D.'
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The file contains one main document: a letter from the Government of India, Defence Department, Army Branch, New Delhi, 23 December 1939, to the Director General, Indian Medical Service (IMS). The letter notifies the Director General of the Government’s decision to suspend departmental examinatio...
‘File 16/3 Miscellaneous. Memorials and messages submitted to the Government of India and his Majesty’
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Copies of revised and reissued Government memoranda and official notifications, outlining procedures to be followed in the submission, receipt and transmission of memorials and petitions to the King and to the Governor General in Council. The instructions are distributed by the Government of Ind...
‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
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Correspondence and file notes relating to horses (a young mare and filly) given as a gift to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1930. The correspondence concerns: Prior’s...
‘File 16/41 Miscellaneous. Horses belonging to late Sir Hugh Biscoe – Correspondence ref:’
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Correspondence concerning two horses given to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1932. The majority of the correspondence takes place between staff a...
File 17/15 II Government Property: Advances for the purchase and up-keep of cars
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Circular issued by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, distributing a copy of Government of India Finance Department Memorandum D 7526-N/46, advising that Government servants may be granted advances for the purchase of motor cars.
File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)
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This file contains correspondence and documents related to passport and visa regulations in the various Shaikhdoms of the Gulf, primarily in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The majority of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Agency in...
File 36/38 Congratulatory Messages re. Allies' Successes in War
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This file contains letters and telegrams sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain from individuals, primarily members of the region's ruling families, as well as from a number of Bahraini institutions. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agency, the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Su...
File 21/7 Arms and Ammunition for the Shaikh of Qatar: Machine Guns for Shaikh of Qatar
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding Britain supplying Qatar with arms and ammunition. The correspondence is primarily between officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency in Bahrain and the British Agency in Doha. The file also contain...
File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21
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This file contains detailed tabulated trade reports (largely in Arabic) for the port of Kuwait for the year 1920-21. Expanded trade records are recorded on large folded sheets that organise the trade records according to method of transport (steam versus sailing ship), ports of origin, commodity,...
