File J/34 'Correspondence with Defence Office on Judicial Matters'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the jurisdiction of military staff to imprison or detain military personnel in civil prisons. Several folios in the middle of the file (4-9) pertain to one such case in Bahrain with regards to soldiers from the Indian Army stationed at Bahrain during 1941.
File J/36 'Correspondence received from outside Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence with claimants of funds and estates from outside Bahrain, but who either have relations in Bahrain or used to reside there as foreign subjects. Most papers relate to civil cases of divorce and inheritance, primarily between Bahrain, Iran and India.
This file contains a series of requests by various banks in Iran and their branches in Bahrain on legal action due to non-payment of funds by individuals to the Political Agent in Bahrain. It also includes responses by the Political Agent and forms legally acknowledging non payment.
File J/47 Orders issued by Political Agent under King's Regulations
Scope & Content:
This file contains orders issued by the Political Agent in Bahrain that regulate trade, customs duties, profit margins, and penalties on infringement of such trade regulations collectively known as the Kings Regulation No. 1. In addition to lists of goods subject to particular regulatory taxes or...
File J/51 'King's Regulations issued under the Qatar Order in Council'
Scope & Content:
This file contains orders issued by the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, pertaining to the appointment of 'Special Police Officers' in Qatar under the Kings Regulation and Article 83 of the Qatar order in council. The papers refer to the new regulation as the 'The Special Police Officers Regulat...
This file correspondence which consists of requests for letters of good offices to the Political Agent in Bahrain, and his responses to such requests. Most requests are submitted in order to facilitate travel elsewhere in the Middle East and India.
File K/2 Miscellaneous Petitions Received and Filed
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This file contains petitions, letters, requests, and other documentation sent to the British Political Agency in Bahrain from Bahrain and various other parts of the Gulf. The bulk of the papers are requests for the settlement of debt, although a large number of them pertain to personal disputes a...
This file contains correspondence regarding compensation for the accidental death of Musa bin Ali Sumali while on duty working for Calendar's Cable and Construction Company, Limited in Bahrain.
File K/5 Drilling of an Artesian Well in the Agency Garden
Scope & Content:
This file contains exchanges of letters between the Political Agency in Bahrain and various merchant contractors providing quotations for work associated with drilling an artesian well in the Agency garden in Manama.
This file contains detailed paperwork and correspondence pertaining to the appointment of wakils or representatives/court clerks at the joint courts and Agency Court. The file also contains documentation on the initiation of court proceedings by plaintiffs, usually foreign subjects, against vario...
