File 10/1 F Collection of Persian Gulf Light Dues: from Tankers of BAPCO and CASOC
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Government of India, the Political Agent, the Political Resident and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the collection of light dues in Bahrain from BAPCO and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) tank ships and o...
File 10/16 (10/21) BAPCO's proposal to act as shipping agents: complaints against Gray Mackenzie & Co
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on BAPCO's application to act as Sh...
‘File 13/26 Refusal of Trading Facilities to inhabitants of Socotra & Mahris: Establishment of Landing Ground at Qishn’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to trading restrictions being placed upon the inhabitants of Al-Mahra [incorrectly written in some parts of the file as Manris; Al-Mahra is in present-day Yemen] and Socotra, in response to the authorities of Qishn refusing the British Government permiss...
‘File 28/62 Complaints about the behaviour of British, American and Indian troops in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence concerning complaints made by the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, of the behaviour of British, United States and Indian troops in Bahrain, and in particular reports of their ‘interference’ with women in local villages (...
File 31/14 Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa's assault on Father Anselm.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about an assault on a priest by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Khalifah [Shaikh ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] in 1949 following a traffic incident. Correspondents include the following: Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent, Bahrain; Reverend Father Anslem, Churc...
File 42/2 (6/2) C.C.L. De Grenier, Directors of Customs; G.W.R. Smith
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier, Director of Customs in Bahrain (1924-1943). The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns...
File no. 3/3 III Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of HMS ships and miscellaneous correspondence
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency at Bushire, the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited and the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, regarding expenses for catering for Royal Navy ships, sport activities, activiti...
File 5/9 Grant of Civil and Criminal Powers to the A.P.A. Bahrain. Corr. re:-
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the grant of civil and criminal powers to the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain ['A.P.A. Bahrain' in the file title] for the area covered by the Bahrain Order in Council, 1913 (which included Qatar and the Trucial Coast). The initials 'I.A.' (standing for Indian Assistant, Bah...
File 6/5B Miscellaneous correspondence with His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain and those allied to the royal family
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter of condolence from the Political Agent, Bahrain, Cornelius James Pelly, to Alawi bin Sayid Said for the death of his father, as well as the latter's reply of thanks. The file also contains letters from the Political Agent to Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifah [Salmān ...
File 6/16 Bahrain Assistant Adviser's (Capt L.S. Park) Account with Lloyds Bank Ltd, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a trust fund account held for the Assistant Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Captain L S Parke. The correspondence is between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lloyds Bank, and the Eastern Bank (where the ...
