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‘File 28/61 War. BAPCO and A.I.O.C. – Attitude of employees regarding enlistment in armed forces at outbreak of war’
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The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the appointment of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) as special police officers, to be engaged as part of BAPCO’s oil refinery defence scheme in time of war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at B...
File 6/51 Presentation of Kharitah from His Excellency the Viceroy to His Excellency Shaikh Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah, C. S. I., on his accession
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The file contains correspondence regarding the arrangements for the visit of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Bahrain in February 1933, in particular a dinner and presentation (sometimes referred to as a durbar or darbar) to mark the accession of Shaikh Hamad. The correspondence is ...
15/3 Vol I XV - B/1 VISITORS SUSPECTS & UNDESIRABLES SULEMAN AL BARUNI AL NAFUSI & HIS RELATIVES Jan 1923 - June 1940.
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Suleiman al Baruni and his relatives. The discussion in the file concerns: Baruni's travel to Iraq and Muscat his membership of the Ibadhi sect and the esteem he was held in by both the Sultan of Muscat ...
‘Letters inward; `diaries of Captain Hamerton’s proceedings at Sharjah’’
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The file contains correspondence and other papers received by the Residency in the Persian Gulf during 1840. The principal correspondents are Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Commander Anthony H Nott of the Honourable Company’s Brigantine Tigris,...
The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire between January and November 1847, mainly from the following British officials: Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, British Envoy at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran; Henry Wel...
This file consists almost entirely of letters written by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to the Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū]. The Resident at this time was Arnold Burrowes Kemball; the Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Pe...
14/72 B. 3. Messrs Malcolm and Abu Musa 1898 - 1906
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This file relates to the application of Arsham and Tigranes Joseph Malcolm for mining rights to iron oxide on Abu Musa island and other locations such as the islands of Dalma, Ghagha, Sir Abu Nu'air and Musandam Peninsula. Letters also discuss the resources of salt, gold and the activities of th...
File 14/115 VIII B 15 Abu Musa. Red oxide concession.
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Correspondence relating to the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa island. Correspondence topics include: The Second British Memorandum, December 1911 (printed copy). The migration of the Sudanese community from Sirri to Abu Musa. The activities of the German company Wonckhaus which was not permite...
'File 61/18 I (D 74) Bin Saud: discussion of Persian Gulf questions with'
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The volume contains correspondence pertaining to attempts to address issues between Ibn Sa'ud and Britain's Persian Gulf interests and responsibilities. The main correspondents are James More (later Harold Dickson), Political Agent in Kuwait, Cyril Barrett (acting, then later Hugh Biscoe), Polit...
‘File 86/2 IV (C 43) Bahrain Oil; Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’
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The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to ongoing exploratory oil drilling being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 III (C 42) Bahrain Oil, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’ (IOR/...
