File 29/4 Application for British Nationality by Persian Shaikhs
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This file contains a translation of a letter in which Shaikh Yasr bin Mathkoor Nasuri requests assistance from Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain. The file also contains a letter from Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to Captain Hugh Dunstan Rance, ...
This file contains papers regarding two financial funds that were created in the Trucial Coast during the Second World War; the Subsidizing Fund (to provide cereals at subsidized prices locally) and the Dubai Hospital Fund (to fund the future construction of a hospital in Dubai).
File 29/6 British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Khorramshahr
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The file contains a Confidential Foreign Office report entitled 'British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Mohammerah'. The report contains a detailed history of the relationship between the British Government and Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī, the Ruler of Mohammerah (present day ...
File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)
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This file contains correspondence and documents related to passport and visa regulations in the various Shaikhdoms of the Gulf, primarily in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The majority of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Agency in...
This file contains correspondence and copies of relevant documents regarding travel regulations in the Persian Gulf, particularly discussions regarding landing and visa rules for entry in to Bahrain. All of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, notably the British Consul...
This file contains a copy of a telegram sent from the Foreign Office in London to a number of British embassies and residencies globally on 13 April 1948. The telegram concerns the proposed recognition of Seif el-Islam Ahmed as the King of Yemen. The file also contains a covering letter that f...
This file contains correspondence and documents regarding a number of foreign individuals that British officials were ordered to not grant visas to, without prior reference to the Government of India. On folios 2-10, the file contains a list of the names of a group of Pakistani Aramco employee...
This file contains correspondence between British officials and numerous applicants regarding the issuing of British passports and other travel documents. The file contains a large number of applications for British passports from British Protected Persons (primarily from India) and requests fo...
File 29/16 British Naturalisation, and Retention and Resumption of British Nationality
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This file contains correspondence regarding the retention and resumption of British nationality and the naturalisation of individuals as British citizens. The file contains copies of letters of application from a number of different individuals (some of which are in Arabic) and requests sent o...
File 29/22 B II Special Endorsement for British Territories etc
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This file contains correspondence and documents related to special endorsements for travel issued in Bahrain and Sharjah for individuals travelling to British territories including India, Palestine and the Union of South Africa. The file also contains lists of visas granted to 'aliens' (i.e. non...
