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‘File 28/66 U.S.A.T.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to: 1) construction work at RAF Sharjah to accommodate troops and equipment of the United States Army Transport Corps (USATC); 2) questions over the policing of US troops at Sharjah, raised prior to and after an incident of alleged attempted a...
File 1/6D List of Staf [Staff] at HM's Foreign Service Posts in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains lists of staff at His Britannic Majesty's Foreign Service post in the Persian Gulf at 15 July 1949; 15 November 1949; 1 March 1950; 1 July 1950; and 6 October 1950. The lists were issued by the Political Residency, Bahrain and were sent for information to various officials and ...
File 6/2 IV Recruits for the Bahrain State Police and supply of Clothing to them
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Inspector General of Police in Poona, Superintendent of Police in Karachi and Tatta Districts, Government of Bombay (Home Department), Political Residency i...
File 6/15 Bahrain Financial Adviser's (C.D. Belgrave) account with Lloyd's Bank Ltd, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to a trust fund account held with Lloyds Bank Limited (Bombay) and, later, the Eastern Bank Limited for the Financial Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. The majority of the correspondence is between the two banks, Belgra...
‘File 16/23 [I] Miscellaneous. Payment of Military pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and other correspondence regarding.’
Scope & Content:
Memoranda, statements, forms and other papers relating to military pension payments from the Bahrain Treasury, including to former employees of the State Police in Bahrain. The principal correspondents include: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior; Lieutenant-Colonel Pe...
File 17/1 Collection No. II Stationery Indent for 1945-1946, 46-47. Papers + Rubber Stamps etc.
Scope & Content:
This file contains: Papers regarding stationery orders for the Political Agency in Bahrain, consisting of requisition orders, stationery idents, bills, and annual budget statements. Correspondence between the Political Agency, Bahrain; the Political Resident for the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the...
File 18/8 ‘Buildings:- Accommodation and furniture for A.P.A. (A.PA’s Furniture Fund) Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the residence of the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain. It includes correspondence concerning the following: The rental of the house The connection of the telephone system in the house The laying of a water pipe from the artesian well...
File 2/7 'Legislation to forbid Kuwait nationals to buy property in Iraq; and conscription'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding an enquiry submitted to the Political Agent at Kuwait by the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), asking him to confirm whether the Government of Iraq had passed legislation preventing Kuwaiti subjects from owning land in Basra or from registering it with the Tapu ...
'File 8/23 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE INTERIOR – (Dhahirah, Map of Dhahirah, Imam occupies Ibri)'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the political situation in the interior of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, specifically in the area named Dhahirah [Az̧ Z̧āhirah]. The correspondence mainly concerns the response of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to reported incursions by foll...
File 8/52 Muscat States Affairs: Shaikh Issa bin Saleh and his Father's Carreer (Shaikh of Oman)
Scope & Content:
This file concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Sa‘īd] and Isa bin Salih [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥārthī]. The correspondence, of which around half is written in Arabic, features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Musc...
