Most of the letters in this file are written by Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], who was the Native Agent at Bushire from October 1798 to January 1803, although there are also a significant number of letters received by him. Other correspondents include: Samuel Manesty, Re...
This volume consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Writing on behalf of the Residency are Commander (James) Felix Jones, Acting Resident (and later in the volume, Resident) in the Persian Gulf...
Bushire Residency correspondence, inwards and outwards. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the recovery of fines exacted against the rulers of the Trucial Coast. The reasons for the fines include breaching the maritime peace, abducting of slaves, and plundering of pearls. Topics include...
Correspondence concerning the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa island, issues involved in its commercial exploitation, and the award of the concession. Correspondence discusses the interest of Franck C. Stick and Co. Ltd. as well as Persian interest. Corrrespondents include the Political Reside...
B Series. POLITICAL 8/5 Jawasim-Shihuh situation (Dibba Affairs) (A Series 14/247)
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This brief file relates to a dispute involving the Sultan of Muscat, the Shihuh, and the Regent of Kalba over the building of a fortified tower and issues of protection against raiding. The main correspondents are the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Muscat; (Tom C. Higginbotham...
File 35/86 I A 32 Muscat Commercial Treaty, 1891: revision of 1905
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Correspondence concerning the Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891 and its revision in 1905. Includes drafts of the treaty articles with comments in the margins on possible amendments as well as the final signed agreement. A letter discusses the wish of the Sultan to be addressed as His Majesty. Cor...
The file contains letters, telegrams, memorandums, and maps relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, the status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf matters. The correspondence is between Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait...
File 1/3 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Relations of Akhwan with Neighbouring States.
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The file relates to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (also referred to Ibn Sa'ud), Sultan of Najd (also referred to as Nejd), particularly in terms of relations between Najd (also referred to as the Akhwan [Ikhwān] and Wahabis [Wahhabis]) and neighbouring states. ...
‘File 28/1 L II British personnel recruited as refinery guards’
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The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the recruitment, discipline, and resignation of members of the Bahrain Special Defence Police, who were charged with the security and defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and oil fields. The principal...
‘File 28/1 W (Bahrain Defence) N.C.O. – ‘Iraq levy officer’
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The file comprises correspondence related to the recruitment of NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers) from Iraq, to serve in the Bahrain Special Police Force. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain, Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban and the Air Officer Co...
