The item contains the following photographs: Bilad as-Shamalia (North Village) and bay Hawar Fort Hawar Pier. The photographs accompany a statement and evidence submitted to the British Government by the Government of Bahrain relating to Bahrain's claim to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands: see...
The item contains the following photographs: Bilad as-Shamalia (North Village) and bay Hawar Fort Hawar Pier. The photographs accompany a statement and evidence submitted to the British Government by the Government of Bahrain relating to Bahrain's claim to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands: see...
This blueprint map, showing Bahrain, Qatar, and surrounding areas, is part of the draft oil concession entitled 'The Leased Area. Hawar Isla[n]ds', dated 1939, between Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrain, and Petroleum Concessions Limited (foli...
This blueprint map, showing Bahrain, Qatar, and surrounding areas, is part of the draft oil concession entitled 'The Leased Area. Bahrain', dated 1938, between Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrain, and Petroleum Concessions Limited (folios 189-2...
Ext 4195/45 'Suggested Pan-Islamic Congress to be held in Cairo'
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This file consists of correspondence regarding a proposal for a Pan-Islamic Congress based on the suggestion of Dr Zaki Ali, author of Glimpses of Islam, as reviewed by the Censorship Control Quarters in Cairo. The correspondence is recorded in English and French.
Coll 30/59 'Persian Gulf. Creation of Persian Navy, etc'
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning their response to the Government of Iran's desire to establish a navy in the Persian Gulf. Topics discussed include what role the British Government should play in terms of supplying ships, personnel and training and the subs...
Coll 30/210(4) 'Bahrein Petroleum Company: Recruitment of women-stenographers.'
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The file contains correspondence from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Petroleum Division; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent, Bahrain, concerning a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) to recruit women stenographers in the United Kingdom: ten immedi...
This file consists of letters, telegrams, and notes between officials of the Foreign Office and the Political Resident in Persian Gulf regarding an enquiry from the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Rome requesting the repatriation of Santo Gionfriddo, an Italian citizen who is supposedly ...
The file consists of an India Office Historical Memorandum on Bahrein [Bahrain] by John Gilbert Laithwaite, dated 14 July 1924. The memorandum is primarily concerned with the history of Bahrein from the point of view of the political status of the islands, and in particular with the claims to so...