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The volume contains a mix of inward and outward letters, received and sent from the Residency. Most of the letters are outward letters, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to various representatives of the Government of Bombay. The letters in th...
The volume consists of draft letters outwards from the British Resident in the Persian Gulf; up to 1831 the office holder is David Wilson, but following his departure Samuel Hennell fills the position — in an acting capacity — until the end of the volume. The correspondence can be divided into ...
This file consists mostly of translations of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, Major David Wilson, from a number of East India Company native agents. The letters concern developments on both sides of the Gulf. The most prominent correspondents are the following: Gool...
File 86/1 II (D 78) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
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The volume continues on from IOR/R/15/1/638 in discussing a proposed Oil Concession for Kuwait which is negotiated by Major Frank Holmes on behalf of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited. The correspondence focuses on a proposed clause in the draft concession agreement, known as the 'Nati...
'Confidential D 107 86/5-I Eastern and General Syndicate Ltd. - Saudi Arabia'
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The volume contains correspondence to and from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), and Political Agent at Kuwait (Harold Richard Patrick Dickson) regarding matters in Saudi Arabia and their affect...
‘File 24/3 SAYID MUHAMMAD TAHIR AL DABBAGH & ABDUL RA’OUF SABBAN, HEDJAZI AGITATORS’
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The file begins with a letter of complaint from Mr Ismail Ghaznavi (also spelt Ghuznavi) of Amritsar, India, and is addressed to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, in December 1927. This letter and the ensuing correspondence, mainly between British officials in India an...
File 29/18 II Tea and coffee: Bahrain, Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar
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This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact of the quota system and export licensing restrictions that were imposed by the Government of India, on the supply of Indian tea (and to a lesser extent the supply of coffee) to Bahrain and also to Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar, during...
The file contains correspondence about the export of Indian pulses, mainly dhal, from Punjab and Sind by sea from Karachi, to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities were in short supply and subject to Government...
File 38/15 Oil concessions in Arabia and the Gulf (Muscat)
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The file contains correspondence relating to the oil concession in Muscat, Oman, and Dhofar. The principal correspondents are: the Political Resident at Bushire (later Bahrain) [Persian Gulf Political Residency]; the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Agent at Kuwait; the Political Agent ...
File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar
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The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Agency at Sharjah and local rulers regarding their jurisdiction over the seabed adjacent to their coastline, for the purpose of oil drilling offshore. The correspondents are: Ruler of Qatar, Sh...
