File 17/13 Acquisition of Gwadar Political Bungalow by Air Ministry for Imperial Airways
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the acquisition of a bungalow in Gwadur [Gwadar] by Imperial Airways. Prior to its purchase the bungalow was used primarily by British political officers passing through Gwadur. The correspondence also discusses the furnishing...
The majority of this volume includes letters from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. They concern details of his appointment following the dismissal of Captain William Bruce and various instructions, including regarding t...
'Old Index - Book N. 147 from January 1845 to December 1845'
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The volume contains letters sent by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Correspondents include Lieutenant Colonel Sheil, Envoy Plenipotentiary at the British Mission to the Court of Persia, in Tehran, the Native Agent at Bussorah [Basra], Parseigh Iohannes, the Political Agent for Tur...
‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’
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Correspondence in the first part of the volume relates to specific cases of the kidnapping of boys from Baluchistan/India to the Trucial Coast, and the efforts of the Political Resident and Political Agents to locate, retrieve and repatriate them. Reference is made to a court case in Karachi, in...
'14/165, 14/170 (1) B.I. Agent’s difficulties at Debai (2) Troops at Dibai B 20’
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Correspondence discussing the death of the agent of the British Indian Steam Navigation (B.I) company in Dubai. A new agent was sent out but the Shaikh of Dubai, Shaikh Butti bin Soheil, refused him permission to land. The First Assistant of the Residency, Captain Birdwood then accompanied the n...
Dispute Between Rulers of Muscat and Dubai Over Claims to the Village of Hatta
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Correspondence about the dispute between the rulers of Muscat and Dubai over claims to the village of Hatta. Correspondents include the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Residency Agent, Sharjah; Sayyid Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat; Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum, Chief of Dubai; Foreign Secretar...
Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914
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The first volume is Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914 (Government of India Foreign and Political Department). The treaties recorded cover the slave trade, Zanzibar, telegraphs, commerce, cession of territory, ...
File 1/A/24 I Persian Subjects in Bahrain and Registration of Foreigners in Bahrain with proposals for institution of Bahrain Nationality and Property Laws.
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The early papers in the file relate to complaints by the Iranian Government over the treatment of Persian citizens in Bahrain; but the file mostly concerns the enactment of the Bahrain nationality and property laws, and the preparation of the Bahrain (Amendment) Order in Council (1937). The cor...
File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351
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The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1351 AH. The report is written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. The report was submitted by Belgrave to the Political Agent at Bahrain, Percy Gordon Loch, who then forw...
File 9/4 Complaints of M/s Khunji against M/s Shasha of Manchester on account of defective goods supplied.
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The file concerns two Bahrain merchants' (Messrs Mohd and `Ali Jamal Khunji) complaints about a defective supply of white mulls shipped by J M Shasha of Manchester; the case against him had implications for British trade. The file contains copies of letters between J M Shasha, the Chamber of Comm...
