‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’
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Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 IV Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, ...
Reports and papers relating to the occurrence of locust swarms on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. The file chiefly comprises copies of monthly reports of locust occurrences at Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast, submitted by the Political Agency in Bahrain, at the request of the Imperial Counc...
‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’
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Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (...
The file contains correspondence regarding repairs to the Agency Building in Bahrain. Most of the work discussed is included in a list of requirements for original works, alterations and additions produced each year by the Political Agent, Bahrain and sent to the Assistant Engineer, Independent ...
The file contains correspondence and notices concerning telegraph services issued to the Political Agent, Bahrain by Cable and Wireless Limited, Bahrain. The correspondence and notices are mainly issued by the Officer-in-Charge (later Manager), Cable and Wireless, Bahrain. The papers cover: inf...
‘File B/10 IV A CLAIM OF JAWAD BIN ABDULLAH GHULUM HAIDARABADI AGAINST SHAIKH MAJID BIN SAQR’
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The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim in 1936 made by Jawad bin Abdullah Ghulum Haidarabadi, a resident of Sharjah, against Majid bin Saqr [Shaikh Majid bin Saqr Al Qasimi] the brother of the Ruler of Sharjah [Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi]. The correspondence i...
‘File B/10-7 CLAIM OF MANIBAI WIFE OF DHAMANMAL AGAINST SETH KISHANCHAND NATHAMAL OF DUBAI’
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The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim made in 1937 by Manibai, the widow of the Indian merchant Seth Dhamanmal Jethanand. Her claim is against her husband’s former business partner Seth Kishinchand (also spelt Kishandas) Nathamal, merchant of Dubai, regarding her enti...
File No. E/18 V. O. HEARING OF CASES AND TRIAL OF PERSONS BY WRONG COURT.
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The file contains correspondence regarding three judicial cases in Bahrain: A group of men accused of robbery, including the case hearing minutes and witness statements A petition raised by an Iranian man who requested that his son be tried by the Political Agency Court rather than the Bahrain C...
File No. E/22 Claim of Muhammad bin Abdulla bin Hasan al Bu A'yeneh of Askar, Bahrain.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of a petition and some memoranda regarding a case of land registration. The petition was raised by a Saudi Arabian resident in Bahrain called Muhammad bin Abdulla bin Hasan Al-Bu ‘Ayenen to the Political Agency in Bahrain. The petitioner was asking fo...
The file contains correspondence of the Political Agent, Kuwait concerning botanical matters. The form Koweit is generally used in the papers. Folios 4-5 contain correspondence dated 1905 between the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox) and the (Acting) Political Resident in the...
