The file contains letters and telegrams about the efforts made to obtain supplies of rice for consumption in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain and Dubai. British officials in the Middle East and Bahrain Government officials discuss the procurement of rice surpluses from Iraq and ...
The file contains correspondence relating to Petroleum Concessions Limited's operations in the territories of Dubai. The correspondence is between the Political Resident at Bushire (later Bahrain) [Persian Gulf Political Residency], the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Officer at Sharja...
The file comprises correspondence relating to Sharjah’s sovereignty over the islands of Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá] and Tunb, chiefly in response to a Persian challenge to this sovereignty over Abu Musa. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-...
The file contains miscellaneous financial papers. These include: regulations issued by the Government of India, Finance Department and other Government of India bodies concerning issues such as procedures for sanctioning expenditure, the need for economies, prevention of fraud, the Reserve Bank o...
‘File 12/15 Proposal for building a slipway and workshop at Bahrain’
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The file comprises two sets of correspondence relating to the provision of dock facilities at Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly; Li...
‘16/85 Compensation Cases. Labour employed by local firms.’
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Correspondence, statements and other papers (some in Arabic) relating to compensation payments for the death of, or injuries sustained by, crew members of vessels while at Ra’s al Mish‘āb (spelt at Ras El Mishaab and Ras-el-Mishab in the file) in Saudi Arabia. The papers document the following: ...
This file concerns court fee stamps (a type of revenue stamp used to pay court fees), issued to the Bahrain Political Agency by the Government of India. Most of the file consists of indents completed by the Treasury Officer at the Political Agency, Bahrain (spelled Bahrein in some of the earlier...
Correspondence and papers, including confidential notes, relating to staff at the Political Agency in Kuwait (including the News Agent, Assistant Surgeon, and Head Clerk). Many of the papers relate to the recruitment, departure, and transfer of staff between British offices in the Persian Gulf, ...
The file discusses the Ruler of Kuwait's wish to import arms to maintain his territorial power by land. The file contains correspondence, permits to export arms and ammunition from Muscat to Kuwait, invoices and receipts for articles - mainly machine guns, other arms, accessories and ammunition...
Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations finalising and ratifying trade, ‘Friendship and Neighbourly Relations’ (referred to in previous correspondence on the subject as Bon Voisinage) and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The volume is a direct chronological continu...
