File 9/1 A. Presentation of arms by P.C.L. to Rulers of Trucial Coast
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This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Political Resident at Bushire, as well as with E V Packer, Manager of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī of Qatar. Also included within this file are correspondence...
‘File 15/11 RULES AND REGULATIONS Reports on working OF THE BAHRAIN ORDER IN COUNCIL’
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The file consists mainly of annual reports submitted by the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, about the working of the Bahrain Order in Council, 1913. The reports are for the period 1926-1949 and provide summary information about: The number and type of civ...
‘File 16/56 Arrival and departure of the Bahrain State officials and other misc. officers and their families’
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Telegrams and other papers reporting the movements and anticipated movements (by sea and by air) of officials into and out of Bahrain, the Trucial Coast, and the wider Persian Gulf region. The officials referred to include British Political Agents and Officers, and the following representatives o...
‘File No. 16/84 List of staff of the Development Division, British Middle East Office, Cairo.’
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Lists of members of the Development Division of the British Middle East Office (BMEO). The lists provide members’ names, and short biographical backgrounds for each member. Correspondence from the BMEO detailing the departure from or arrival of new members to the Division is included in the file’...
File [10/12] Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids on Kuwait and defensive measures
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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 raids made by Ikhwan forces in and around Kuwaiti territory, military action taken a...
File 6/3 Survey of Kuwait and Neutral Zone by the Royal Air Force (also by American Navy)
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Kuwait, and British Authorities in London and Iraq regarding the aerial survey of the Neutral Zone that lies between the Kuwaiti-Iraqi and Saudi Arabian borders. Several papers discuss concerns held by Saudi authorities that aerial ...
Index to Place Names on Degree Sheets. (1st Series of Additions - August 1917)
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The volume, marked confidential, is Index to Place Names on Degree Sheets. (1st Series of Additions - August 1917), prepared at the General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters, India. The volume is an index of place names with reference to the Survey of India degree sheets upon which each place can b...
File XVIII/2 COAL, MINING RIGHTS AND MONOPOLIES Expedition to the neighbourhood of Sur, 1901.
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The volume contains telegraphs, letters and reports regarding the possibility of establishing a coal trade with the coast of Oman in the district of Sur. The correspondence is mainly between the Consul and Political Agent, Muscat, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Unde...
File XXXIII/11-A Affairs of the Ruling Family Sultan's Abdication Oct. 1919 to Nov. 1929.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between British officials in Muscat, Bushire and Delhi, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi, regarding the latter’s visit to India and his subsequent proposal to reside there and to abdicate the Sul...
FILE NO: 16/19 VOLUME I Sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat Harbour
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the sinking in June 1943 of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include: Reports of the sinking The investigation into the cause of the sinking and list of casualties Organisation of a guard o...
