14/225 I B 37 Unrest at Dubai and Trucial Coast Policy
Scope & Content:
Correspondence dealing with the unrest at Dubai due to the attempts on the life of Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum by his cousins Shaikhs Rashid and Buti and their efforts to usurp him. The file includes a genealogical map of the family of Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktoum. Letters discuss how the British govern...
File 14/262 Camel dispute between Shaikhs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a conflict between Abu Dhabi and Dubai over their eastern border and consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain (William Rupert Hay; A.C. Galloway); Political Agent, Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly); Residency Agent, Sharjah (Jasim ...
This file contains correspondence between various British officials regarding political affairs in Kuwait. The file includes copies of direct correspondence between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and British officials regarding Mubarak's desire for British protection and the natu...
File 61/19 I (D 68) Bin Saud. Supply of personnel and aircraft
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the institution and maintenance of a Hejaz Air Force by British Government officials based in the Gulf region and in London. In late 1929 the British Government authorised the sale of four Wapati planes, 1000 twenty-pound bombs and other equipment t...
(F 69) File 82/26 A.P.O.C. - Muscat Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, telegrams and notes of meetings between the Political Agent at Muscat and the Political Resident at Bahrain and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives regarding geologic surveys of Dhofar, Massirah and Batinah, Muskat, in Oman, and Gwadar, in Pakista...
‘File 7/6 Proposal to construct ammunition dump at Bahrain & Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the establishment of an ammunition and bomb store at the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome at Sharjah. Mention is made of the requirement for a bomb store at the RAF base at Bahrain at the beginning of the file, but it does not constitute a significant part of the file....
‘File 7/12 II Protection of aerodromes by levies (and locally recruited guards)’
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The file’s contents concern the withdrawal of Royal Air Force (RAF) levies from the RAF bases at Bahrain and Sharjah in response to the end of the Second World War, and subsequent arrangements to replace the levies with guards to maintain security at these bases. The principal correspondents in ...
File 9/12 Gray, Mackenzie & Co Ltd: affairs and activities in Bahrain
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The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning the activities of Gray Mackenzie & Co. Gray Mackenzie & Co requests from the Government of Bahrain a renewal of the licence to act as landing company for loading and discharging goods in the...
File 10/15 Annex. Radio telephone communications between Bahrain and Dhahran
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The file contains letters and telegrams by the Political Agent at Bahrain, authorising the use of radio telephonic communications between Bahrain and Dharhan, to communicate messages for California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), and confirmati...
File 10/32 Strike by crew of SS Alfred Clegg (Panamania)
Scope & Content:
The file contains the copy of a memorandum sent by the Superintendent of the State Police in Bahrain on the strike of 25 members of the crew of the Steam Ship Alfred Clegg at Sitra, demanding better pay. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 3).
