Undated and unsigned plan of the Christian Cemetery at Bahrain. The plan, which is annotated with dimensions expressed in imperial feet, indicates with solid red lines the perimeter of the cemetery. Inside the cemetery area, graves and paths are marked, as is a circular feature, coloured blue, wh...
File A/13 Correspondence between Shaikh `Isa and Turkish officials
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The volume contains correspondence, exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident, concerning letters received by the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, from Turkish authorities, and chiefly from the Wali [governor] of Busreh [Basra]. Some items of ...
Oppression of Shiah Subjects, Bahrain by members of Ruling Family
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The file consists of the following papers: transcript of a statement made by a Shiah Bahrein [Bahrain] pearl merchant, in which he accuses members of the family of the Sheikh of Bahrain, especially his sons, of conducting a secret persecution against members of the Shiah community. The merchant...
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; R H Peck, Squadron Leader, No.84 (Bombing) Squadron, Royal Air Force; Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the...
File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles
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The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agency and others (including the Political Residency and the British Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Belgrave) discussing the publication in newspapers and journals of texts that were critical of Britain's policy in the Mi...
'Dental Treatment for Certain Members of the Residency & Agency Staff'
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This file contains one letter with forwarded from the Persian Gulf Residency at Bahrain to the British Political Agent at Bahrain. The letter (f. 3) is from The Persian Gulf Residency to B Crow, Bahrain Petroleum Company at Awali, concerning the offer of dental treatment facilities to Residency s...
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and the India Office, London. The correspondence concerns an incident in January 19...
This file contains telegrams between Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, British Political Agent at Bahrain, and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, and repeated to the Government of India at New Delhi. These papers concer...
This file contains correspondence between Cornelius James Pelly, British Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; the Senior Naval Officer in the Pe...