File C 7/9 Repatriation of persons convicted in Agency Courts in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence sent primarily between the Kuwait Political Agent, the Persian Gulf Political Resident, and officials of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office. It is concerned with how deportations of prisoners from the Gulf States — under the Colonial Prisoners Removal...
File 13/4 II 'American Mission in Arabia (Includes Acquisition of Land)'
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The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to the American Mission. It includes correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Dr C S G Mylrea of the American Mission, Kuwait, and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir ...
‘File 2/23 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3M) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Shinas’
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The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters, related to exploring the possibility of a landing ground at Shinas for the use of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The landing ground was for emergency landing and presumably a petrol dump. The file also includes correspondence rel...
File 9/5 II R. N. Facilities in Sultanate: Khor Kuwai; (ii) Little Quoin Islands
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Correspondence and other papers concerning Royal Navy facilities in the territories of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The papers cover: the sale of naval property at Khor Kuwai (in continuation of IOR/R/15/6/310); the reversal of a decision to evacuate the base at Khor Kuwai and the subsequen...
File 9/6 Naval & Shipping: Survey of Kuria Muria Island & Um Al Quwain
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Correspondence concerning a proposal to land a survey party on the mainland of Oman in the vicinity of the Kuria Muria Islands. The papers cover the request for permission to make the landing and the advice that no such landing should be attempted due to the lawlessness of the area. The correspon...
Distinctive Features: Hand-drawn map of route between Sharjah and Kalba by Cornelius James Pelly, British Agent, Sharjah, to accompany letter to Political Agent, Bahrain (folios 79-80). Includes a key to symbols in the upper right-hand corner with approximate distances reported below.
The file contains an exchange of confidential correspondence, following a formal protest made by Ibn Sa’ud (King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia) to the Minister at the British Legation in Jeddah, about publication of an article in the newspaper Al Bahrain on 26 November 1942. The correspondence is ...
File D/1 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Baghdad (Iraq).
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This file is largely formed of miscellaneous correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the British Embassy, Baghdad (also spelled Bagdad in the file). Several items of correspondence are written in Arabic. The file contains translations of letters and memoranda from the Iraqi Min...
Distinctive Features: Hand-drawn map of tribal territories around Ras al Khaima with ports and valleys labelled, and routes indicated by pecked line. Muscat limits shown by hatched markings. Below map typed explanatory notes with references to the slave traffic, signed by Bertram S. Thomas and...
‘Rough sketch of Entrance to Bay of Kuwait Showing where Iraq Custom’s Launch Operated on 9th July’
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Distinctive Features: An outlined hand drawn map of the Kuwait Bay enclosed with a letter no. C-241 from Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Political Agent, Kuwait, dated 25th July 1935 (folios 26-28). Produced to illustrate an incident of violation of Kuwait territorial waters by Iraq customs lau...
