The file contains correspondence mostly between Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaq [Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzāq], Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the rulers of the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates), and several merchants. The papers relate to the trade of goods between t...
The file contains correspondence regarding the import of methylated spirit for use in gas lamps from Karachi to Dubai and Sharjah. It includes lists of names of trustworthy merchants in Dubai and lists of commodities exported from the Trucial Coast to India including: dried fish, scrap-iron, mel...
The file contains confidential news reports from the Trucial Coast. The reports were prepared by the Political Officer (in winter) or Residency Agent (in summer) and sent to the Political Agency at Bahrain. Each report covers a range of matters and is organised in short sections under a sub-head...
The file contains correspondence relating to the dispute between Abu Dhabi and Dubai over Khor Ghanadhah. The correspondence is between the British Agency at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm, the r...
The file contains correspondence relating to the affairs of Ra's al-Khaymah. The correspondence is mostly between the British Agency at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, the Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah (Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī, lat...
The Kuwait Agency archives cover the period from the establishment of the post in 1904 to 1949, the last year for which files were returned to the India Office Records. The papers were originally numbered in three separate series. First Series files, 1904-1929 (R/15/5/1-108) contain considerabl...
‘I/1 First Appointment of a Pol: Agent to Koweit, (Capt S. G. Knox).’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence sent and letter received by the Political Agent at Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox): a letter from Knox describing his arrival in Kuwait, the Ruler of Kuwait’s [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] response to his arrival, accommodation and food offered by the Shaikh, a...
Papers and correspondence about staff at the Political Agency at Kuwait, and at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and British Consulate in Bushire. Most correspondence deals with changes in staff. Some of the correspondence concerning staff members at the Kuwait Agency is of a personal...
Correspondence and papers, including confidential notes, relating to staff at the Political Agency in Kuwait (including the News Agent, Assistant Surgeon, and Head Clerk). Many of the papers relate to the recruitment, departure, and transfer of staff between British offices in the Persian Gulf, ...
