This file contains an exchange of letters between the president of the Manama municipality and the Political agent in Bahrain. The exchange pertains the president's suggestion to introduce a water distribution system for Manama.
File F/5 'Correspondence with Bahrain Municipalities'
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This file contains correspondence and meeting minutes sent from the Manama Municipality's governing board to the Political Agency, and their translations. The meeting minutes focus particularly on the actions and decision's of the municipality's various committees. The documents also contain bala...
File F/5 'Meeting Reports from Manama Municipality'
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This file contains copies of minutes from the meetings of the Manama municipality, along with some translations. The document's subject matter vary across a variety of subjects, all of them relating to municipal administration and the internal organisation of the municipality, particularly its bu...
File F/6 'Papers Regarding the Supply of Ice by Municipality to the Agency Staff'
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This file contains an exchange of letters and documentation between the Manama Municipality and the Political Agency in Bahrain on a dispute arising from the supply of ice to the Municipality during 1935. Subsequent to letters with complaints by the Agency about the Municipality's staff appropria...
File No. G/1. II Miscellaneous correspondence with H. E. Shaikh Sir Hamad bin 'Isa and other members of the ruling family.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent mainly between the Agent in charge at the Political Agency, Bahrain, and members of Al-Khalifa ruling family. The letters were regarding visiting one another to discuss state-related issues. Other letters were sent from both sides to i...
File No. G/2 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Manamah Notables.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain including Percy Gordon Loch and Tom Hickinbotham and the notables of Manama, including, Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo and Abdulaziz Al-Qosaibi (al-Gosaibi). The letters are mostly personal and contain in...
File No. G/3 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Muharraq Notables.
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The file contains correspondence regarding school enrolment and arrangements for a car to pick up the Political Agent upon his arrival from Basra. The correspondence is between the Political Agent in Bahrain (Charles Geoffrey Prior), Ahmed bin Yousuf Fakhroo and Khanbahadur Abdul Hay al-Hashimi...
File No. G/4 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Qadhis.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain including Percy Gordon Loch and Tom Hickinbotham and the Qadis (judges) of the Shia and Sunni Sharia Courts in Bahrain such as the Shia Court Qadi Ali bin Hasan Al-Musa, and the Sunni Court Qadi ...
File No. G/5 V. O. Correspondence with the Qadhis regarding judicial matters.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, petitions and reports, regarding divorce cases of local women in Bahrain. The correspondence is between a Qatari local woman, the Bahrain Sharia Court, the Bahrain Political Agency, and the Ruler of Qatar (Abdullah bin Qasim Al-Thani). The...