This file contains correspondence regarding the purchase of a number of launches [large motor boats] from the Royal Indian Navy by the Sultan of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd. Some of the correspondence also concerns the purchase of guns to be mounted on these boats. The primary corresp...
Vol 188 1854/55 Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General
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This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf based at Bushire. The correspondents include William Taylor Thompson (Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia), Meerza Hussein Ali Khan (the Governor of Bushire...
‘File 5/161 VI, 168 IX, 179 II Cases of slaves manumitted at Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Kuwait’
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The volume is comprised of manumission requests made by slaves seeking refuge at the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Sharjah and Kuwait. Cases heard at Bahrain and Sharjah were covered by treaties signed between the British Government and coastal shaikhdoms, which meant that the assessment of man...
File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case
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Correspondence includes the originals and annexes of the Abu Musa report of May 1911; Residency material for first British reply; printed copy of second British reply; Hassan Samiyah's complaint. It also includes the printed arguments of the Foreign Office case. Correspondence discusses argument...
File 14/198 Attempted murder by Abdur Rahman of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul-Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah.
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Correspondence concerning the attempted murder of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah at the instigation of Abdur Rahman, headman of the village of al-Hira. Correspondence discusses how the Residency Agent acquired many enemies in the execution of his official duties in co...
'B Series POLITICAL 8/2 SUCCESSION TO THE SHAIKHDOM OF KALBA (A Series: 14/238 II)'
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This file consists mainly of letters (with translation in Arabic) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad al Qasimi, Regent of Kalba. The file discusses how the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf informs Shaikh Khalid that he His Majesty's Government is ple...
14/266 I (B 72) Headman of Hamriya's desire to sever his connection with Sharja
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Correspondence concerning the question of Hamriya becoming independent of Sharjah and disturbances at Hamriyah; also the case of the murder of Shaikh Abdur Rahman of Hamrieyeh. Includes Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad's declaration that Hamriyah is independent. Correspondents include the Residency Agent...
File 18/66 (B Series 18/10) Annual Reports on the Working of the Mascat Order in Council 1915
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Annual Reports of the Political Agency and Consulate, Muscat (later Political Agency, Muscat), on the working of the Muscat Order in Council, 1915, for the years 1916-1947 inclusive. The reports provide lists of officers appointed as Political Agent for the period in question, statistical informa...
File 18/110 (B Series 18/12) Annual Report on the Working of the Kuwait Order in Council
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Annual Reports of the Political Agent, Kuwait to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on the working of The Kuwait Order in Council, 1925 (later The Kuwait Order in Council, 1935). The Reports cover the period 1 October 1925 (when the Order came into force) to 31 December 1925, and the year...
File 1/14 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Retirement of Shaikh Isa & Najdi-Persian Riots of May 1923.
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The file concerns intercommunal and religious rioting in Bahrain between Persians and Najdis (also referred to as Nejdis), which resulted in the deaths of a number of people. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident, Bahrain (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly) and the (acting)...
