The file relates to the recess (that is the suspension of official duties, including court business, usually through grant of leave of one form or another) of Gazetted Officers [of the Government of India]. The papers fall into two categories: correspondence and related papers concerning the rec...
The file contains correspondence concerning the training and education of Bahrainis in India and Iraq. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (usually Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Political Agency in Bahrain, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in Bushire, Gove...
‘File 16/33 Christian Cemetery Correspondence re:–’
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the Christian cemetery in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (numerous incumbents); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); representatives of the Arabian Mission in Bahrain, ...
Letters and other papers relating to complaints made to the Political Agency in Bahrain: complaints from individuals over ration cards issued by the Manama Municipality, and missing ration cards or numbers; commercial and contractual complaints between employees and employers, in relation to wo...
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the Imperial Airways aerodrome at Muharraq, Bahrain. The correspondence is between: representatives of Imperial Airways Limited; Political Agency, Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Yusuf bin Ah...
The file contains correspondence regarding arms traffic through Kuwait to Turkish territory, the Persian Gulf and Persia, and British measures prohibiting contraband. The main correspondents are: the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); the Foreign Office; Per...
This volume primarily concerns the preparation and submission of annual trade reports. Most of the volume consists of copies of trade reports for Kuwait (for each financial year from 1912-1913 up to and including 1916-1917), which are submitted by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain William Hen...
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials discuss the Iraqi Government’s proposal to the Kuwaiti Government for cooperation to help control smuggling between the two countries. They also discuss the conditions under which permission is given to ship g...
‘File 2/32 ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AIR FACILITIES’
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the negotiation of either the acquisition or lease of a base at Masirah Island. The British Government acquired a base either by the purchase or exchange of Masirah Island for Kuria Muria or the lease of wh...
This file concerns a dispute between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Shaikh Rashid of Ajman [Rāshid bin Ḥumaid Āl Nu‘aymī]. It consists of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, and includes an enclos...
