The file contains correspondence related to the Bahrain censuses of 1941 and 1950. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave). In...
File 6/71 Motorcycles purchased by Bahrain Government
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The file contains correspondence and other documents relating to the purchase of motorcycles by the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Indian Stores Department, and repre...
File 6/72 Purchase of arms and ammunition by Bahrain Government for defence
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The file contains correspondence relating to the purchase from India of guns, ammunition, and other military equipment by the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is routine in nature and includes receipts, packing accounts, bills of lading, vouchers, invoices, and requests for payment. The...
The file contains correspondence relating to the import of livestock in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, later Captain John Baron Howes (acting)), Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), Advise...
The file contains correspondence concerning the deaths of Bahraini subjects in Iraq and Lebanon. Much of the correspondence is from British consular offices in Baghdad, Basra, and Beirut with enclosures from Iraqi governmental offices in Baghdad, Kerbala, and Basra. The letters, which give news ...
The file contains: Correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, the Political Agent, Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald George Evelyn William Alban, and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, concer...
File 6/76 Conditions of service relating to Bahrain State Employees
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The file contains the following: a document detailing the terms surrounding the Government of Bahrain Provident Fund that all state employees contribute to (folios 2-4); two versions (one updated) of the contract given to state employees, with conditions of service (folios 5-8); the conditions o...
File 6/77 Armourer for Bahrain Police; Training of Bahrain Police
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The file contains correspondence concerning the Bahrain Government's search for an armourer. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agent, Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-...
File 6/78 Necessity to start leper settlement at Bahrain
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The file contains correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The correspondence concerns the idea of a leper settlement in Bahrain and the question of r...
The file contains correspondence concerning the forwarding of kharitas (messages of good wishes sent at times of change) to the ruler of Bahrain. The correspondence enclosing the kharitas was sent from the External Affairs Department of the Government of India to Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khali...
