The file comprises correspondence exchanged between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the British Government’s representative at Jedda, and officials at the Government of India and India Office ...
The file comprises correspondence relating to the presence on board the tanker Helka, sailing from Aden to Bahrain, of an Italian, whom British officials instruct should not be allowed to land at Bahrain. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the Chief...
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of a Ship’s Warrant Scheme by the Government of India, intended to restrict access to British port facilities during wartime to vessels that are either British, or belong to the British Commonwealth, the United Sta...
‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: 1) copies of extracts, or complete copies of, Persian Gulf Trade War Bureau reports, numbered 29 to 37, and issued weekly and dated between 15 August 1942 and 2 November 1942; 2) copies of correspondence concerning the re-export trade from the Arab Coast, chiefly from Dubai t...
The file comprises copies of letters and Government of India circulars relating to the arrangement of celebrations to commemorate the defeat of Germany and the end of hostilities in Europe, and subsequent letters of congratulation, received by British officials in the Persian Gulf from some of t...
‘File 28/55 Provision of machine guns for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of machine guns by the Government of Bahrain, through the Political Agency, for use in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fo...
The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
File 39/13 (10/13) Visit of APOC officials to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Resident at Bahrain, concerning visits of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives to Bahrain. The file also include a letter from J MacPherson, Vice-Presid...
File 1/5 V Applications for Appointment in the Menial Establishment
Scope & Content:
The file consists mostly of applications for employment with the Bahrain Political Agency at menial grades. The positions applied for consist of: farrash/farash [ferash], peon, nokhoda [nakhoda], launch driver, office boy, and any post. The papers also include a letter of resignation from a sweep...
File 1/25 Correspondence re Additional Clerk (Confidential Clerk)
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the appointment and service of holders of the position of Additional Clerk (Confidential Clerk from April 1937) at the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers, which consist of correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, sanction orders, receipts, last pay certificates, other certifi...
