'Old Index - Book No. 157 From January 1846 to December 1846'
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The volume contains copies of letters sent by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Correspondents include Lieutenant Colonel Sheil, Envoy Plenipotentiary at the British Mission to the Court of Persia, in Tehran, the British 'Native' Agent at Bussorah [Basra], Parseigh Iohannes, the Poli...
12 File 323 I - Interference of Persian Agents in Bahrain Affairs
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This file contains correspondence related to the Persian Government's claim of sovereignty over Bahrain and the actions of some its agents in connection to operations taken by the British Government against the chiefs of Bahrain that it had accused of acts of piracy. The correspondence include...
14/88 I Islands of Abu Musa, Tunb and Sir Abu Nu`air: questions of ownership
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Correspondence relating to the islands of Abu Musa, Tanb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Correspondence discusses the claim by the Shaikh of Ras al Khayma to the islands and his wanting to prevent the use of the islands for grazing by the Shaikh of Dubai. The Shaikh of Ras al Khayma is reminded that ...
File 14/235 I (B Series 8/2) Succession to the Shaikhdom of Kalba and Kalba affairs
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This volume contains correspondence on two topics: the succession of the Shaikhdom of Kalba and secondly, Kalba affairs. Letters report that in 1937 Shaikh Said of Kalba died and the people of Kalba elected his son Hamad, a boy of twelve, but the right of succession by the firstborn child was no...
'Confidential 86/7-I c-66 AERIAL SURVEY OF BAHRAIN IN CONNECTION WITH B.P.C. OPERATIONS'
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The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), and the Air Officer Commanding at Baghdad (Ernest Leslie Gossage) regarding a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (B.P.C.) to...
Persian Gulf Gazetteer Part II, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section II Western Side of the Gulf
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The volume is Part II Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section II Western Side of the Gulf (Simla: G C Press, 1904). The volume contains notes, followed by subsections on Trucial Chiefs' Territory, Katar [Qatar], Bahrein [Bahrain], Hasa, and Koweit [Kuwait]. The v...
Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953
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The document provides historical information on the region during the period in question and, following a section on general matters, has separate sections on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States, and Muscat.
'File 10/15 CASOC DESIRE TO INSTALL W/T IN BAHRAIN FOR USE WITH BAHRAIN AND DHARHAN'
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The volume contains correspondence between the Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) representatives. The bulk of the...
The file’s contents relate to an enquiry made by the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), dated 27 October 1940, to the Political Agency in Bahrain, asking if British aircraft were flown over the company’s refinery at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in Saudi Arabia on the night of 25/26 October 1...
‘File 28/5 II License for export of oil from Bahrain. Rules, Regulations & correspondence’
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The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to the issue of licences (also referred to as permits) for petroleum exports from Bahrain during the Second World War, and to questions over the continuation of the issue of the same licences in the immediate post-war period. Correspondents i...
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