File 28/39 Roster of Petroleum Concessions Limited Employees
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The file contains correspondence between the Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) representative, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on the roster of employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai and lists of employees.
The file contains correspondence between the Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited representatives and the Political Agent at Bahrain on compensation cases for injuries and accidents.
'File 28/41 Conditions of labour in BAPCO and other oil companies'
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The file only contains one folio with some notes. The notes refer to 2 letters, and one note says that the first letter was transferred to a 'Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) Labour file'.
The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives, the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait, Sharjah, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and various suppliers on arrangements and statement of accounts for a Desert Locust Survey. At the b...
File 28/47 Tyres and tubes, cements & c. for Bahrain Petroleum Company
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The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representative, the Political Agents at Bahrain and the Government of India on the delay of cement imported from India and the arrangements to receive 500 tons from RAF instead, and on other various supplies.
File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and Sharjah, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India at New Delhi, Gray, Mackenzie & Co. Ltd. and other suppliers, on arrangements and expenditures for sending an anti-locust delegation from ...
File 29/1 (1 A/26) Policy of H.M.G. in Arabian Affairs
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This file contains a number of British Government reports (and related correspondence) regarding its policy in 'Arabia', a label that in the file primarily refers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia but also includes Iraq, Trans-Jordan and the Persian Gulf region more broadly. The following reports...
The Consular sub-sub-series primarily contains files related to nationality, travel, passports and visas (and other travel documents issued by the British authorities). Also contained in the sub-sub-series are files related to British Government policy in 'Arabian Affairs' (IOR/R/15/2/1742), t...
File 29/2 Transfer of Responsibility for Gulf Affairs from Colonial Office to India Office
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This file contains a copy of a telegram (with covering letter) sent from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London to the Political Resident in Bushire on 30 July 1933. The telegram informs the Political Resident that effective from 1 August 1933, the India Office will take over respons...
File 29/3 (1 A/36) Institution of Bahrain and Kuwait Nationality
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This file contains a letter from Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office to George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department at the Foreign Office. The letter outlines the history of the creation of Koweiti [Kuwaiti] and Bahreini [Bahraini] nationality and the British Government's role in ...
