Correspondence relating to the Hague Arbitration Tribunal which decided on questions referred to it by Great Britain and France concerning the flying of French flags by dhows in Sur. Before the 2nd January 1892 when the Brussels Conference General Act was ratified France was entitled to authoriz...
File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances
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Correspondence relating to the reform of customs and finance at Muscat. Includes the contract of the Financial Adviser, Bertram Thomas and the financial statements he prepared for the state of Muscat. Correspondents include Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Ber...
Correspondence relating to the rebellion of the Sur area and issues of the extension of the authority of the Sultan of Muscat. Includes discussion by the Political Agent, Muscat of the creation of a protectorate in Muscat and Oman; a 'note on our present policy in Muscat'; questionnaire on plann...
Muscat. Desire of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal to Abdicate.
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Correspondence relating to abdication of Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal], Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Correspondence discusses how the Sultan had initially expressed a desire to abdicate in 1920 following the conclusion of the Omani rebellion and the Treaty of Sib. Correspondence rel...
'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
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Most of the correspondence relates to the appointment of a Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Letters discuss Bertram Thomas role as Financial Adviser and his replacement by Stuart Edwin Hedgcock. Also discussed is Thomas' crossing of the Rub al Khali; possible recruitment of British off...
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agents at Bahrain at the time, Major Cyril Charles Gordon Barrett, then Captain Reginald George Evelin Alban and Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, the Government of India and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regardin...
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Baghdad and Bushire, as well as with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah and other members of the Āl Khalīfah family. These correspondence concern the personalities and activities of various members of the Āl Khalīfah family,...
This file contains correspondence between Charles Geoffrey Prior, British Political Agent at Bahrain; Hugh Vincent Biscoe, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; and Trenchard Craven Fowle, Acting British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. These correspondenc...
File 1/A/1 I Stamps and Postage; Relations with Persia
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The file concerns the issue in Bahrain, at the request of the Ruler of Bahrain, of Indian postage stamps bearing the surcharge 'Bahrain' (i.e. overprinted with the word 'Bahrain') and the response of the Persian Government in view of Persia's claim to Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly betwe...
File 1/A/13 II TRANSHIPMENT OF CARGO & TRANSIT DUES
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The file concerns the transhipment of cargo in Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein) territorial waters, the collection by Bahrain of transit dues on cargoes, and relations between Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Britain. The correspondence is principally between the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieute...
