'File No. B/14 V. O. DISTURBANCES ON THE TRUCIAL COAST.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, personal letters and meetings’ minutes. The file contains a few sets of correspondence. The first set (ff 4-37) is mainly between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Residency Agent, Sharjah, and the Political Residency, Bushire [Bushehr]. ...
‘File B/16 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS REST HOUSE AT SHARJAH’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to three reported incidents at Sharjah Aerodrome, involving the servants, staff and property of Imperial Airways and its successor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The three cases are: the investigation and conviction of refuelling clerk Muham...
‘File B/19 CORRESPONDENCE WITH RESIDENCY, BUSHIRE, ABOUT DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENCY AGENT, SHARJAH’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the disposition of the estate of Shaikh Mazkoor (also spelt Mazkur) Nassori of Gabandi in Bahrain, following his death in Tehran in 1935, as well as the arrangements to be made for the care of his sons. The main correspondents are the Political Agent a...
File C/1 II Correspondence with Bombay & Karachi on Miscellaneous Matters
Scope & Content:
The file covers two topics. The first is a petition from Havildar Bandmaster Amar Singh dated 26 February 1940 regarding a lessee — Man Singh — that is refusing to leave his land (see folios 2-4); this petition is forwarded by the Bahrain Political Agent to the Deputy Commissioner for Amritsar, ...
File C/2 Miscellaneous correspondence with the Diplomatic Representative [Saudi Arabia]
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a letter — dated 28 June 1934 — from Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent at Bahrain, addressed to Ibrahim bin Muhammad al Muammar, Chargé d’Affaires for the Royal Legation of Saudi Arabia, Baghdad. It simply thanks the Chargé d’Affaires for his visit during Loch's recent stay ...
The file contains numerous travelling allowance bills (certificates) submitted by staff either working for the Bahrain Political Agency or staff subordinate to it. The bills include particulars of journeys made and include information on the trips taken, their purpose, their cost, and the method...
File C/3 Papers regarding reception of H. E. the Viceroy of India and Kharitas — From the Viceroy to the Shaikhs
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence — in Arabic and English — between Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin ‘Isa al Khalifah [‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and Percy Gordon Loch, the Political Agent, Bahrain. The correspondence is concerned with inviting the Political Agent to a reception in honour of the Viceroy...
The file consists of correspondence forwarding remittances to the Bahrain Agency; these largely consist of debt repayments and payments for court fees, and are often in the form of deductions from wages. By far the largest number of these remittances have been forwarded by the Superintendent of ...
File D/1 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Baghdad (Iraq).
Scope & Content:
This file is largely formed of miscellaneous correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the British Embassy, Baghdad (also spelled Bagdad in the file). Several items of correspondence are written in Arabic. The file contains translations of letters and memoranda from the Iraqi Min...
File D/1 J (A/8) ORDERS OF PROHIBITION and deportation PASSED AGAINST VARIOUS PERSONS
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of orders of prohibition and deportation (and in one particular case, a revocation order) passed, under various sections of the Bahrain Order-in-Council, by the District Court, Bahrain (and signed either by the Political Agent, Bahrain, usually in his capacity as Distr...
