A black and white aerial photograph of Muscat with the following marked on it in pen: The Sultan's Palace RAF Rest House and wireless station British Political Agency The Portuguese Fort The road to Mattra [Muttrah] from Muscat Mattra (in the background of the photograph).
This volume mainly contains letters on the implementation of the General Treaty of 1820 including a system of watch and cruise and what actions to take in case of suspected piracy. It also includes a letter from H R Durham, Assistant Political Agent, Qishm Island, to James Dow, Assistant Resident...
'Hiring of Accommodation for Residency Staff in Bahrain'
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This file contains correspondence between Lieutenant Colonel William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly of the office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Lieutenant Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway and Captain Hugh Dunstan R...
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the Royalty Gas Metering System in use to determine the royalties to pay to the Sheikh of Bahrain. There is an ind...
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on transaction in dollars for BAPCO oil. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 19).
FILE NO. 38/3 OF 1951. Petroleum Concession Limited Sharjah Concession.
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The file comprises correspondence relating to the question of defining the boundaries of Sharjah and the other Trucial Coast states so that Petroleum Concessions Limited (Basil Henry Le Riolet Lermitte) could continue with their oil concession exploitation. Included in the file is the followin...
File 4/21 Kuwait Nationality and International Status of Kuwait
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This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office and the Foreign Office regarding the legal status and historical development of Bahraini and Kuwaiti nationality. The rear of the file also contains correspondence and notes regarding the delineation of the Iraqi-Kuwaiti fro...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a wireless telephone set that was being used by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to address the public in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the technical details involved in this process as well as wha...
Distinctive Features: Blueprint plan based on a provisional survey carried out on 22 July 1934 enclosed to a copy of a ‘Report on areas acquired in Bahrein’ by Major K.M. Papworth (folio 187). Shows the extent of the property on the sea coast between villages of Busaitin and Dair with dimensi...
Distinctive Features: Blueprint plan based on a provisional survey carried out on 22 July 1934 enclosed to a copy of a ‘Report on areas acquired in Bahrein’ by Major K.M. Papworth (folio 187).Shows the extent of the plot situated about 1 ½ miles south of Manamah on the east coast of Bahrein in ...