The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the assigning of a concession to prospect for and exploit oil in Bahrain. Topics discussed include: The terms under which Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative, was allowed to reside in Bahrain ...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the precise terms of the oil concession in Bahrain and in particular issues regarding the translation of the lease from English to Arabic. Also included are some article cuttings (ff 51-62) from petroleum ...
Document outlining the administration and history of Bahrein [Bahrain] from 1908-28. Covering: administration – control by the Government of India and titular Shaikh of the Islands, Bahrein's status as an independent Arab State, internal administration conducted by the Shaikh and a European Fina...
Document outlining the administration and history of Muscat from 1908-28. Covering: administration – Sultan of Oman succession history; treaty relations; internal administration by Council of Ministers; role of the Political Agent, Muscat; and the responsibility for expenditure; 1908 to 4 Octobe...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, relating to the encroachment on the British Residency in Iraq by the Vali of Baghdad for the purpose of road widening. Also discussed is interference by the Turkish authorities with the property of Messrs Lynch Brothers a...
Correspondence, minutes and memoranda regarding the Société Internationale d'Études du Chemin de Fer Transpersan's proposed bid for an option to construct a railway in Persia. Parts one and two of three. Topics covered: the proposed application by the Société Internationale d'Études for the opt...
Papers regarding the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership of Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī, against the authority of the Sultans of Muscat and Oman, Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd and Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd. The volume consists of Mus...
Continuation of papers regarding the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership of Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī, against the authority of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd. The volume contains reports submitted by the...
The Ratification of the Treaty between the British Government and the Imam of Muscat
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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 48 of 1840, dated 22 July 1840. The enclosures consists of a letter from the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel Hennell, to the Chi...
Inquiry into the Death of Henri Lambert, Former Consular Agent of France at Aden
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Enclosures nos. 3-5 to dispatch no. 23 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 June 1861. The enclosures are dated 20 April-20 May 1861. Received 29 July 1861. The enclosures consist of letters from Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, in charge of the Resi...
