File 29/32 CIGARETTES FOR BAHRAIN & TRUCIAL COAST from INDIA
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The file contains correspondence regarding tobacco quotas imported from India, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to Bahrain, Kuwait, Trucial Coast, Muscat, and Gwadur [Gwadar]. The correspondence is mainly about fixing quota distributions between manufacturers. It also discusse...
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP BRITISH TANKERS IN THE SUEZ CANAL
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Correspondence discusses the possibility of an attempt to blow up British tankers in the Suez Canal by means of bringing up a small boat alongside. The Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf communicated this to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent, Bahrain, and R M Brown, C...
File 1/17 Revision Scheme for Clerical Cadre of the Persian Gulf Residency
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The file relates to the administration of a scheme to improve the quality of the Clerical (later Ministerial) Establishment in the Persian Gulf Residency generally, and specifically in Bahrain. The file opens with a report by Lieutenant Colonel Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth, Political Resident ...
FILE NO. 3/6 I cf. 1929. PURCHASE, UPKEEP, AND REPAIRS TO LAUNCHES.
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Correspondence concerning the purchase, upkeep and repair to the Bahrain Agency steam launches John Lambert and Felix Jones. The John Lambert was made in 1918 by the Royal Indian Marine Dockyard at Calcutta and had a thorough overhaul in May 1930. A large part of the correspondence is requests ...
File 3/21 I Construction of a Jolly Boat Launch for Bandar Abbas Consulate
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Correspondence relating to construction of a jolly boat in 1935 and launch in 1947 for Bandar Abbas Consulate. The correspondence discusses, costs, construction materials, place of construction. It includes a hand-drawn diagram for the design of the jolly-boat (folio 5) and a brochure for the Ke...
File 4/34 Pay Bills of the Asstt Political Agent, Bahrain.
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The title of the file in full is 'Pay Bills of the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain.'. The file contains monthly pay bills for the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, from April 1943 to March 1945 inclusive; and related correspondence between the Office of the Accountant General, Central Reve...
File 4/45 Travelling Allowance Bills of the Dubai Hospital Estt.
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The title of the file in full is: 'Travelling Allowance Bills of the Dubai Hospital Establishment'. The file contains travelling allowance bills of the Dubai Hospital Establishment (Compounder in charge, Dubai Hospital; and Medical Officer, Trucial Coast, Dubai), with accompanying itineraries o...
File 5/14 Judicial Powers of the Judicial Assistant to the Political Agent, Bahrain
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The word 'Indian' before 'Assistant' has been crossed out in the title of the file and replaced with the word 'Judicial'. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the grant of judicial powers (civil and crimi...
File 6/21 Proposed return of Shaikh Khallaf, late Shea [Shī‘a] Qadhi of Bahrain
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The file contains correspondence relating to the discussion over the proposed return of a Shī‘a judge and cleric, Shaikh Khallaf bin Ahmad al-Asfour. The discussion was triggered by a petition from Shī‘a village headmen, presented to the Political Agent, Bahrain, that called for his return from ...
File 6/24 Correspondence re sending Rais-i-Police Haji Salman, for practical training in India
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The file contains correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Political Agent, Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior), Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and Government of Bombay (Ho...
