File 6/66 Correspondence regarding casualties reported at the house of Haji Muhammad Tayib Kunji - a Persian merchant of Manamah - during distribution of alms on the 10th Muharram/14th April 1935
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The file contains correspondence concerning an incident on 14 April 1935 which resulted in the deaths of at least 75 people due to crushing and suffocation. The incident occurred at the home of the Persian merchant Mohammed Tayeb Khunji, where a crowd had gathered to receive alms. The correspond...
‘File 12/9 Shipping – Proposal re: Chartering a vessel other than that of B.I.S.N. Co’s [British India Steam Navigation Company] + Japanese lines for importing various commodities in Bahrain by Messrs. Dhamanmal Isardas of Bahrain’
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The file comprises two pieces of correspondence. The first is from Dhamanmal Isardas, merchant and commission agent in Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), dated 3 January 1934. Isardas writes that he has received instructions from his Bombay office t...
‘File 13/4 Vol. II Application from individuals and Political Agent’s sanction to grant Passport and visa to travellers etc.’
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The file contains correspondence with several foreign residents in Bahrain, who requested visas, permits or identity certificates for travel to India, Europe or other Arabian countries. The requests were made to the Political Agent, Bahrain by American, British and British Indian subjects. The...
‘File 15/9 I RULES AND REGULATIONS. File No. 15/9 ORDERS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 1. POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT 2. INDUSTRY AND LABOUR DEPARTMENT & COMMERCE 3. INDIAN WORDS CODE CORRECTIONS ETC. 4. ARMY DEPARTMENT. 5. EDUCATION AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 6. Policy Dept.’
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The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued by several departments and in particular, the Army Department and the Department of Industries and Labour, Posts and Telegraphs Branch. These were regularly forwarded by the Political Resident in the Persian Gul...
‘File 15/9 Vol 2 Rules and Regulations Circulars received from the Defence Department, Government of India, Industries Deptt, Land Health & Education Deptt., Postal Telegraph Deptt, Commerce Deptt & Labour Department’
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The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued by several departments. These were regularly forwarded by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to the Political Agent, Bahrain and others for information and guidance. The circulars contain rules,...
File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to Ibn Sa'ud's adoption of the title Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, his capture o...
File 4/6 FORMAL CALLS BETWEEN COMMANDERS OF H.M. SHIPS, SHAIKHS OF BAHRAIN, KUWAIT, QATAR AND TRUCIAL COAST.
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The file contains a copy of a circular issued by the Political Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire, setting out rules agreed between the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on procedure to be followed by Commanders of HM ships when paying ...
The file contains correspondence relating to the history and status of Fujairah following its ruler, Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad Ash-Sharqi's [Muḥammad bin Ḥamad al-Sharqī] wish to enter into formal treaty relations with the British government. Included is the discussion over the interest of Petro...
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation of individual cases of the kidnapping and sale into slavery of Arab and Persian inhabitants of Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwin [Umm ul-Qaiwain]. These offences are committed mainly by Bedouins belonging to the ...
File 0602 Imperial Bank of Iran - Banking Agreement & Bank Reports, Vol. 1
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The file contains correspondence relating to the activities of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Dubai. The principal correspondents are: the British Agency at Sharjah; the Political Agency at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire (later, Bahrain); and representatives of the ...
