Papers relating to the disposal at Bahrain and Sharjah of annual incomes derived from the Haji Khudadad charitable fund. The origin of the fund, named after the late Haji Khudadad bin Mohammed, who was Supply Agent at the British naval station at Bassidu [Bāsa‘īdū], is explained in a note writte...
Correspondence relating to the fishing industry in the Persian Gulf, and discussions regarding the industry’s expansion using modern technologies such as trawlers and refrigerated storage. The file includes: requests from the British Government (Foreign Office and Ministry of Agriculture and Fis...
This file contains correspondence regarding the repair and maintenance of the Political Agency's tennis court. The early correspondence is mostly concerned with replacing the surface of the existing court and requests for advice from the En-Tout-Cas Company regarding suitable material and mainte...
‘File B/13 Papers about an Indian who was murdered by a Shihuhi cameleer’
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The file contains correspondence relating to the reporting and investigation of the murder of a Mohammedan and British Indian subject at Al Shagi in the territory of Ras al Khaimah, on 6 January 1936. The murder victim, who was never identified, had travelled to the Trucial Coast from Karachi via...
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials suggested a mixed commission representing both the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Iraqi Government, and authorized the investigation all the frontier incidents by land and by sea that had occurred between the two st...
This file contains correspondence regarding the purchase of a number of launches [large motor boats] from the Royal Indian Navy by the Sultan of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd. Some of the correspondence also concerns the purchase of guns to be mounted on these boats. The primary corresp...
Vol 188 1854/55 Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General
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This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf based at Bushire. The correspondents include William Taylor Thompson (Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia), Meerza Hussein Ali Khan (the Governor of Bushire...
‘File 5/161 VI, 168 IX, 179 II Cases of slaves manumitted at Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Kuwait’
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The volume is comprised of manumission requests made by slaves seeking refuge at the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Sharjah and Kuwait. Cases heard at Bahrain and Sharjah were covered by treaties signed between the British Government and coastal shaikhdoms, which meant that the assessment of man...
File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case
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Correspondence includes the originals and annexes of the Abu Musa report of May 1911; Residency material for first British reply; printed copy of second British reply; Hassan Samiyah's complaint. It also includes the printed arguments of the Foreign Office case. Correspondence discusses argument...
File 14/198 Attempted murder by Abdur Rahman of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul-Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah.
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Correspondence concerning the attempted murder of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah at the instigation of Abdur Rahman, headman of the village of al-Hira. Correspondence discusses how the Residency Agent acquired many enemies in the execution of his official duties in co...
