‘File 13/21 Flights by private aircraft in Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the use by private aircraft of aerodromes along the Arab coast of the Gulf, chiefly of the RAF aerodrome at Muhurraq, Bahrain, but also the RAF base at Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the file are the Acting Political Agent in Bahrain, Captai...
‘File 13/25 Amounts paid at Bahrain and Sharjah under air agreements’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to two separate requests (in 1944 and 1948) for information on payments made at Bahrain and Sharjah under the respective air agreements for each place. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrai...
This file concerns the importation into Qatar of a Roman Catholic statuette of the Virgin Mary by a Goanese member of staff of Petroleum Concession Limited at Dukhan [Dukhān]. The case is referred to the Political Agent at Bahrain on 3 December 1947 since there has been no resolution (folio 2) a...
‘File 21/13 DETENTION OF MUSCAT SUBJECT BY AMIR OF ZAKRIT'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the abduction and enslavement of a young man from Muscat, who was found working at Petroleum Concessions Limited’s (PCL) oilfields in Qatar, and attempts by the Political Agent and others, including Saleh Al Mana [Ṣāliḥ Āl Māni‘], a representative of ...
The file comprises copies of correspondence and notes containing guidance, issued in response to reports from the War Office, of German plans to sabotage oil fields and refineries and blow up shipping. The file includes: a copy of a telegram from MICE (Middle East Intelligence Centre) in Cairo,...
The file comprises correspondence and statistical tables relating to the production of oil and other petroleum products by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) during and immediately after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Chief Local Representative for BAP...
The file comprises correspondence and statistical tables relating to the production of oil and associated petroleum products by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are the Chief Local Representative for BAPCO (R M Brown, repl...
‘File 28/12 Establishment of Contraband Control Centre’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the transport and trade in contraband goods through the Gulf during the Second World War, with particular reference to the trade in goods of enemy origin or destination. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Res...
The file comprises correspondence and papers produced in response to Britain’s involvement in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, which began on 25 August 1941. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Poli...
The file comprises correspondence relating to the drawing up of: a) an Emergency Order in Council, with Defence Regulations, and b) proclamations by the Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar, for issue in the event of war with Germany. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in...
