This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between the India Office, London; the Foreign Office, London; Political Resident Per...
File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers
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This file contains correspondence about a number of topics regarding the relations of Bahrain and its ruler, Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, with foreign powers. The correspondence discusses the ownership of land by foreigners in Bahrain, Persian claims to sovereignty over Bahrain, the status o...
File 19/166, 168 (C 25) (1) Nejdis and Persians (2) Mehdi Al Jishi
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Most of the papers in this file relate to disturbances that broke out between Nejdis (people from the Nejd central region of the Arabian Peninsula) and Persians in Bahrain in 1923. The broader ramifications of the violence as well as its causes are discussed in detail. The file also includes cor...
Education of Saiyid Said, son of H.H. the Sultan of Muscat
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Correspondence on the education of Saiyd Sa'id bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], son of the Sultan of Muscat, Taimur bin Faisal. Letters discuss his education at Mayo College, Ajmer in a school for the sons of Indian rulers. The Sultan, Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr ibn Fayṣal] wished him to attend a sc...
File 4/13 Annexe Zubarah. Misc: Papers, Personal Correspondence, Shaikh Hamad's Visit, ETC.
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This file contains correspondence concerning a request made by Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, the ruler of Qatar, to allow his son, ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Thānī, to enter Bahrain in order to be admitted in to the American Mission Hospital for medical treatment. This request - to which Shai...
'File 8/9 Annual Report of the Bahrain Government for 1350 A. H.'
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The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1350 AH. The report includes the budget for the upcoming year (1351 AH). It is written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. The report was submitted by Belgrave to the Poli...
File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports
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The file contains the monthly intelligence reports of the Air Staff Liaison Officer in the Persian Gulf, based in Bahrain, for the period July 1946 to January 1949. The reports were distributed to several military and political offices in the Persian Gulf region, including the Bahrain Political ...
The volume contains telegrams and correspondence exchanged between Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Colonial Office, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident in Bushire. Most correspondence is about the negotiations for...
'File 10/1 (Vol III). Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.'
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The volume mainly contains correspondence and telegrams on the renewal of the Bahrain Oil Concession, exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Secretary of State in India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgra...
'11/11 Visits by P.R's in the P.G. to King Ibn Saud'
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This file contains correspondence reporting on visits to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud) undertaken by Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior in 1932 and 1946 respectively. The report of Prior's visit (ff 2-9), dated ...
