‘File 28/79 Discovery of wireless set at Jazirat Shaikh Shuaib’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the discovery of a wireless set, with parachute attached, at Kuwait, and four similar devices found near Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], reported by the Political Agent at Kuwait [Gordon Noel Jackson] and the British Consular Agent at Lingah respectively, i...
File 39/4 (10/4) Activities of Eastern and General Syndicate in Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Colonial Office regarding the interest of Frank Holmes, on behalf of Eastern and General Syndicate, in applying for an oil concession in Qatar.
File 39/11 (12/13) Magnetic observations in Bahrain by Kuwait Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding terrestrial magnetic observations as part of a seismic survey carried out in various stations of the Persian Gulf by Kuwait ...
'File No. 40/1 ENQUIRIES BY STRICK & CO. RE: GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN PERSIAN GULF'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter from Messrs Frank C Strick and Company to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Gordon Loch) regarding the possibility of sourcing gypsum from the Persian Gulf. The enquiry results in discussion between the India Office (Maurice J Clauson) and Foreign Of...
File 4/4 VIII Budget Estimates of Political Agency for the year 1946-47.
Scope & Content:
The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1946-47, and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period. The correspondence is between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Political Residency in ...
‘File 13/9 REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OF FOREIGN PARENTS BORN IN BAHRAIN’
Scope & Content:
The file contains numerous letters of request to the Political Agent, Bahrain from foreign families living in Bahrain, mainly Indians and Iraqis, asking for their Bahrain-born children to be registered at the British Agency, Bahrain as British protected persons or, in the case of British Indians...
File 14/2 II Arrival and departure of steamers, planes, launches etc; lists of passengers
Scope & Content:
The file contains documents sent by the Passport Officer of the Passport Department at Bahrain to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and in copy to the Political Agent at Bahrain. These include lists of passengers landed at Bahrain by sea and air, and some details on arrival and departure ...
File 14/2 III Arrival and departure of steamers, planes, launches, etc; lists of passengers
Scope & Content:
The file contains documents sent by the Passport Officer of the Passport Department at Bahrain to the Political Agent at Bahrain. These include lists of passengers landed at Bahrain by sea and air, and some details on arrival and departure of steamers and planes.
‘Miscellaneous:– Payments of Military Pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and their Correspondence regarding’
Scope & Content:
Memoranda, statements, forms and other papers relating to military pension payments made from the Bahrain Treasury. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Captain Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the Controller (or Deputy Control...
File 16/57 I Routine correspondence with British agencies and consulates other than Bushire
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers of a routine nature, exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain, and other British offices in the Persian Gulf, including those at Kuwait, Muscat, Sharjah, and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The routine correspondence covers: the ordering, exchange and de...
