The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
File 39/13 (10/13) Visit of APOC officials to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Resident at Bahrain, concerning visits of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives to Bahrain. The file also include a letter from J MacPherson, Vice-Presid...
File 1/5 V Applications for Appointment in the Menial Establishment
Scope & Content:
The file consists mostly of applications for employment with the Bahrain Political Agency at menial grades. The positions applied for consist of: farrash/farash [ferash], peon, nokhoda [nakhoda], launch driver, office boy, and any post. The papers also include a letter of resignation from a sweep...
File 1/25 Correspondence re Additional Clerk (Confidential Clerk)
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the appointment and service of holders of the position of Additional Clerk (Confidential Clerk from April 1937) at the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers, which consist of correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, sanction orders, receipts, last pay certificates, other certifi...
File 1/43 Personal File: Captain Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the service of Captain (later Major) R C Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial Coast, who reported to the Political Agent, Bahrain. The papers, which consist of correspondence, telegrams, forms, certificates, and notifications, cover the following topics: pay and allowances; l...
Correspondence concerning the visit of HMS Ormonde to Bahrain to conduct surveys of Bahrain, Yas Island and Muharraq; the survey party consisted of two officers and eleven ratings and was engaged in surveying work on a number of visits. Includes notice in Arabic with English translation, signed ...
File 4/2 III Objection Statement. From 1st April 1935.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns objection statements (accounting queries) made by the Office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi against items of expenditure made by the Political Agency, Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein). The correspondence is mainly between the Office of the Accounta...
The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1944-45, and associated financial statements and correspondence. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agency, Bahrain and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. There...
The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1947-48 and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period. The correspondence is mainly between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Political Residen...
The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1948-49, and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period. The correspondence is between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Political Residency in ...
