Papers relating to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1946, including: a copy of a leaflet entitled Persons Abroad on 5 July, 1948, issued in June 1948 by the Ministry of National Insurance, detailing benefits and contributions for people eligible for National Insurance, but who a...
‘File No. 16/80 Labour Employed by Local Firms other than Bapco’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, and other papers received from employers in Bahrain, and from employees or former employees who are not native to Bahrain. In most cases the employees are of Indian or Pakistani origin, and require permits to live and work in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns: the recruitment ...
Papers relating to twenty Somalis who arrived in Bahrain from Qatar in February 1949, claiming to be survivors of a shipwrecking off the coast of Muscat. The papers include: an account by the survivors of their shipwrecking and journey to Bahrain (f 5, f 9); correspondence exchanged between the ...
‘File No. 16/83 Miscellaneous. Lists of officers serving at the American Embassy, Jidda, Saudi Arabia and other Posts and General correspondence.’
Scope & Content:
Lists, sent by the United States Consulate at Dhahran to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, detailing officers serving at the following United States’ embassies and consular offices in the Persian Gulf region: the US Embassy in Jidda [Jedda] (f 2); the US Consulate in Basra (f 3, f 8); ...
‘File No. 16/84 List of staff of the Development Division, British Middle East Office, Cairo.’
Scope & Content:
Lists of members of the Development Division of the British Middle East Office (BMEO). The lists provide members’ names, and short biographical backgrounds for each member. Correspondence from the BMEO detailing the departure from or arrival of new members to the Division is included in the file’...
‘16/85 Compensation Cases. Labour employed by local firms.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements and other papers (some in Arabic) relating to compensation payments for the death of, or injuries sustained by, crew members of vessels while at Ra’s al Mish‘āb (spelt at Ras El Mishaab and Ras-el-Mishab in the file) in Saudi Arabia. The papers document the following: ...
‘16/86 Correspondence regarding the Regular Army Reserve of Officers’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning recruitment to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. The file was instigated by an enquiry from employees of the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, about joining the Reserve of Officers. The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Pol...
Papers regarding stationery orders for the Political Agency in Bahrain, consisting of requisition orders, stationery indents, tonnage certificates, and designs for rubber stamps. Correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain; the Deputy Controller of Stat...
This sub-sub-series largely relates to the acquisition of stationery, tools, materials, supplies, and motor vehicles for the Political Agency, Bahrain. The files concerning stationery document the purchase of items such as rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and court fee stamps. Other files co...
File 17/1 Collection No. II Stationery Indent for 1945-1946, 46-47. Papers + Rubber Stamps etc.
Scope & Content:
This file contains: Papers regarding stationery orders for the Political Agency in Bahrain, consisting of requisition orders, stationery idents, bills, and annual budget statements. Correspondence between the Political Agency, Bahrain; the Political Resident for the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the...
