‘File 12/16 Merchant Shipping Acts and instructions to Consuls’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of instructions to British Consuls, in the form of letters, printed circulars, notices and forms, issued by the Ministry of Transport (or the Ministry of War Transport during the Second World War) and relating to merchant shipping, including regulations and government p...
‘Miscellaneous 16/7 Pension to Abdur Rehman – Civil’
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Correspondence relating to pension payments made by the Pensions Department of the Iraq Government, to Abdul Rahman bin Hassan, a resident of Hassa [Al-Aḥsā’]. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett); representatives of the Pe...
‘File 16/25 Iraq Government Gazette from 7th January, 1945 to’
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Copies of the weekly ‘Iraq Government Gazette, published in Baghdad by the Directorate General of Propaganda of the Ministry of Interior, Government of Iraq. The copies included in the file cover the periods 7 January 1945 to 1 April 1945, and 2 March 1947 to 11 May 1947. The Gazettes include: ...
‘File No. 16/32 Miscellaneous. Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire.’
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Routine correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency at Bahrain, and the Persian Gulf Political Residency at Bushire. The file’s principal correspondents include: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Persian Gulf Political Resident, or Secretary to the Political Resident; representatives...
‘File 16/32 III Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire.’
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Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the Persian Gulf Political Residency or British Consulate in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32-II Miscellaneous. Correspondence with ...
‘File 16/32 IV Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire’
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Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 III Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency,...
‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’
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Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 IV Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, ...
Reports and papers relating to the occurrence of locust swarms on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. The file chiefly comprises copies of monthly reports of locust occurrences at Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast, submitted by the Political Agency in Bahrain, at the request of the Imperial Counc...
‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’
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Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (...
The file contains correspondence regarding repairs to the Agency Building in Bahrain. Most of the work discussed is included in a list of requirements for original works, alterations and additions produced each year by the Political Agent, Bahrain and sent to the Assistant Engineer, Independent ...
