‘File 15/48 Question of prospects of I.M.D. officers in the Persian Gulf consequent on the formation of the I.A.M.C.’
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The file contains two letters, dated 14 July 1944 and 20 February 1945, from the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, which were copied to the Political Agent, Bahrain and others, for information. The letters discuss the need to...
File 2/14 Iraq Government's request for their geologist to be permitted to carry out study of rock formation in Kuwait territory
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to a request by the Iraqi Government to have its geologists conduct tests on rock formations in Kuwaiti territory. The file is entirely comprised of correspondence between British officials regarding the matter, including proposals for mineral and geological exp...
This volume contains correspondence predominantly between Major W G Grey, Officiating Political Agent; Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; and A Barnett Barker, Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Lapwi...
The volume contains records of correspondence (abstracts, lists, copies and originals) concerning relations between Russia and Persia during the period 1837-1875. The papers are as follows: Papers relating to Russian proceedings on the island of Ashoorada [Ashuradeh] covering the years 1837-185...
File 61/8 Bin Saud's Relations with Trucial Chiefs
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The file concerns relations between Ibn Sa'ud (also referred to in the papers as Ibn Saud, Bin Saud, and Bin Sa'ud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] and the Rulers of the Trucial States. The papers include reports in Arabic with separate English translations f...
The file relates to the publication of the report of the Palestine Royal Commission, and British Government White Papers on Palestine, 1937-39; the reaction to them in Bahrain (and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf); the response of the King of Saudi Arabia [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣ...
The file discusses the Centre for Arabic Studies at Jerusalem which was set up by Colonel Bertram Thomas to give students (primarily those from the Army and RAF) a years grounding in the Arabic language and in Arab culture. Included in the file are a report from Tom Hickinbotham, Political Age...
The file comprises correspondence relating to the distribution of notices concerning shipping regulations at Bahrain and along the Trucial Coast. Correspondence dated 1935 (ff 2-8) relates to a notice, issued by the Deputy Conservator of the Bombay Port Trust, dated 12 June 1935, announcing the e...
'File No. B/14 V. O. DISTURBANCES ON THE TRUCIAL COAST.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, personal letters and meetings’ minutes. The file contains a few sets of correspondence. The first set (ff 4-37) is mainly between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Residency Agent, Sharjah, and the Political Residency, Bushire [Bushehr]. ...
This file contains correspondence regarding a period of tensions and hostilities that took place between the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm and Shaikh Shakhbūṭ bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān respectively. The correspondence discusses the reasons behind this c...
