File 6/61 Fire extinguisher required for the Bahrain Municipality and fire accidents in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the need for a new fire extinguisher by the Manama Municipality. The correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior followed by Lieutenant Percy Gordon Loch), the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushi...
File 11/1 Correspondence re - SLAVE TRAFFIC AND Kidnapping etc: of Slaves (including Proclamations)
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of covering letters and extracts of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation sent between 1926 and 1938. The letters were sent by Political Residency staff to British representatives in the political agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait. The file contains five copies of the ex...
File 14/11 I Re: Security, Deposit, Accounts etc in the Post Office Savings Bank; Rules
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Finance Department of the Government of India, the British Residency at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Agent at Muscat, and the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain. The Finance Department of the Government of India asks for views on secur...
‘File 16/21 Miscellaneous. Supply of drinking water for the Agency etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the supply of fresh water at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent or Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain (numerous incumbents); the Clerk-in-Charge of the British Naval Base at Jufair [Al Jufayr]; the Senior Nav...
‘File 16/23-IV Payment of Military Pensions from Bahrain Treasury and Correspondence relating them’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements, forms, lists and other papers relating to the transfer to and from, and payment of military pensions from the Bahrain Treasury. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘16/23-III Miscellaneous – Payments of Military Pension from the Bahrain Treasury and oth...
‘File 16/28 II Miscellaneous assistance given to Persons other than Govt servants for Passages etc’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to requests for assistance received at the Political Agency, from individuals not employed by or associated with the British Government. A large proportion of the requests come from Indians employed in Bahrain who, as British subjects, request assistance in various matter...
File 17/15 Government property: advances for the purchase and upkeep of cars
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the financial arrangements and rules for purchasing motor cars for the use of Government Officials in the Persian Gulf. Comprising: correspondence regarding the need for motor cars, interest to be repaid on advances, and repayment schedules, between: the Political Agent in the P...
File 28/5 III Visits of tankers and steamers etc. to Sitrah Terminus.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and Gray, Mackenzie & Co. on shipments from Sitra terminus. The file...
File No. G/9 CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE WIVES OF POLITICAL AGENTS WITH SHAIKHA? WIFE OF H. H. THE SHAIKH.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of personal letters sent between the wives of the Political Agents in Bahrain, Mrs Loch and Mrs Weightman respectively, and Shaikha Aisha bint Rashid Al-Khalifa, wife of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, the Ruler of Bahrain. The letters are about excha...
File 9/9 Deportation of Jewish merchant, Salih Sasoon Nahlab, to Basra
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the detention and temporary deportation from Kuwait to Basra, of Salih Sasoon Mahlab, a Jewish merchant. Following official enquiries, the suspicion that Salih Sasoon Mahlab (also spelt Nahlab) was charging excessive brokerage on goods he bought from K...
