File F/5 'Meeting Reports from Manama Municipality'
Scope & Content:
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 J/6 Proclamations Issued by the Municipalities
Scope & Content:
This file contains proclamations and public notices issued by the Manama Municipality. Most of them are municipal ordinances that cover a range of subjects from public sanitation to the regulation of the real estate market and traffic regulations.
File K/23 Correspondence regarding Notes of Protest
Scope & Content:
This file contains notes of protest presented by merchants and ship owners to the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of them pertain to cargo that was either damaged or destroyed between ports, at sea.
This file contains the full copy of the Manama Municipality's charter and by-laws from the year 1944. It covers the full range of the municipality's responsibilities and areas of intervention in urban affairs starting from the election of its own board. The list of regulations also cover other ar...
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 F/2 V 'Miscellaneous correspondence with Manama Municipality'
Scope & Content:
This file contains the meeting minutes of the Manama Municipal Board that cover a wide array of municipal governance, and translations of some minutes for some, but not all meetings. Of note are some foldouts with detailed municipal budgets.
File F/4 'Miscellaneous notifications and proclamations from the Municipalities'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and public notices issued from the Manama Municipality. The bulk of the file consists of public notices on municipal ordinances relating to public works, safety, health, roads, traffic, and other municipal matters. Some files contain ordinances or correspondence ...
This file contains exchanges of letters pertaining to collisions of boats moored in Bahrain waters or pearl banks, which have caused disputes between crews or sea captains.