Plan of the Office Building of the Political Agent, Bahrain
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This architectural drawing consists of a plan of the Office Building of the Political Agent, Bahrain. The drawings are hand drawn in black and red ink and grey and yellow pencil on tracing paper. Labels on the drawings are hand written in black and red ink and grey and red pencil.
‘Tracing from Annexe Numéro V (to Anglo Turkish agreement of 1913). Map to show the Limit of Kuwait and Adjacent Countary’
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Distinctive Features: Tracing produced to show the location of Dohat Balbul (Dohat Balaibīl) within limits of Kuwait authority. The map partly copied from Annex no. 5 to unratified Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 29 July 1913 and enclosed to the letter dated February 8th 1919 from D.V. McCollum, Po...
ARABIA. Route Traverse Across the RUB' AL KHALI from DHUFAR TO DOHA by BERTRAM THOMAS 1930-31
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Map published by the Royal Geographical Society. From the Geographical Journal, September 1931. Shows Bertram Thomas's 1930-31 route, and earlier routes, in red. The map accompanies a telegram from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London to the Political Agent, Bahrain, dated 18 Nov...
A tracing of Arabic plan showing land between villages of Busaitin and Dair acquired by the British Government
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Distinctive Features: Copied in Air Headquarters, Iraq at Hinaidi. A tracing of Arabic plan relating to the deed of purchase for the land on the sea coast between villages of Busaitin and Dair. The extent of the plot shown in red with dimensions reported.
A tracing of Arabic plan showing land at Juffair acquired by the British Government for Naval Base
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Distinctive Features: Copied in Air Headquarters, Iraq at Hinaidi. A tracing of Arabic plan relating to the deed of purchase for the land designated for the Naval Base situated at Ras Al Jufair about 3 miles south of Manamah. The extent of the land shown in red, properties labelled with owner...
‘Bahrein. Maps showing areas of land belonging to and leased by R.A.F. No. BAH 109’
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Distinctive Features: Copied from drawing no. R15A and enclosed to letter from the RAF Chief Engineer (folio 12) dated 18th August 1950. Shows the land owned by the RAF and civilian air authorities with position of wireless transmitters indicated and dimensions reported. Plots outlined in col...
Plan and Elevations of the Proposed Clerk’s Office of the Political Agency, Bahrain
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These architectural drawings show a plan and elevations of the proposed Clerk’s Office of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The drawings are hand drawn in black and red ink on tracing paper. Labels on the drawings are hand written in black and red ink and red pencil.
This file contains correspondence between Stuart George Knox and David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, British Political Agents at Bahrain, and Percy Zachariah Cox and Richard Lockington Birdwood of the British Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, as well as with Sheikh ‘Īsā bin ‘Alī ...
Post of Indian Assistant and Assistant Political Agent
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This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire and the High Commissioner of Baghdad. The correspondence concerns organisation and reorganisation of staff within the British Political Agency at Bahra...
File 9/1 Institution of Reforms & Sunni opposition intrigues
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The first part of the volume (folios 2 to 146) covers the period 1922 to 1927, and concerns proposals for reforms in the Sheikhdom of Bahrain, and their subsequent implementation and impact on the kingdom. This part of the volume contains letters exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain ...