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‘File 12/2 Accident between S.S. “Bandra” and a Dhow on the 12th August 1929, in the Bahrain Harbour.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, statements and other papers related to a collision which took place on 12 August 1929, twelve miles off the coast of Bahrain, between a steamer, the SS Bandra, operated by the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN), and a dhow, working on the pearl banks...
File 10/4 British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: `Awazim raids and negotiations; southern boundary of Kuwait; British Agency in Jidda changed to Legation
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence concerns the movements of the Awazim tribe, patrols of the neutral area between Kuwait and Ibn Sa'ud's terr...
File 14/155 I, succession to the Shaikhdom of Abu Dhabi, 1909 - 1921; 147/127 I Succession to the Shaikhdom of Umm al-Qaiwain, 1909 - 1929
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This file contains correspondence relating to the succession to the Shaikhdom of Abu Dhabi, 1909 - 1921; and correspondence relating to the succession to the Shaikhdom of Umm al Qawain 1900 - 1929. The main correspondents are: the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Secr...
14/169 Differences between Shaikh Rashid of Um ul Kowein and his brother Naser bin Ahmad, June 1912 to 22 Jany 1917
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This file contains correspondence about a disagreement between the ruler of Umm al-Qawayn, Sheikh Rashid, and his brother, Naser bin Ahmad, concerning the estate of their father. The main correspondents are Khan Bahadur 'Isa ibn Abd al-Latif, the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Pers...
File 18/56 I (B 70) The Trucial Coast Order in Council; File 18/51 I (B 70) The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910; File 18/131 I (B 70)The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council, 1927
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of three files, which have been brought together to form a single volume. The first file ('File 18/56 I, Trucial Coast Order in Council') runs mostly from May 1911 - July 1912, then contains three documents and two pages of file notes dated December 1943 - January 1944. The f...
‘File 28/61 War. BAPCO and A.I.O.C. – Attitude of employees regarding enlistment in armed forces at outbreak of war’
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The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the appointment of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) as special police officers, to be engaged as part of BAPCO’s oil refinery defence scheme in time of war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at B...
File 6/51 Presentation of Kharitah from His Excellency the Viceroy to His Excellency Shaikh Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah, C. S. I., on his accession
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The file contains correspondence regarding the arrangements for the visit of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Bahrain in February 1933, in particular a dinner and presentation (sometimes referred to as a durbar or darbar) to mark the accession of Shaikh Hamad. The correspondence is ...
15/3 Vol I XV - B/1 VISITORS SUSPECTS & UNDESIRABLES SULEMAN AL BARUNI AL NAFUSI & HIS RELATIVES Jan 1923 - June 1940.
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Suleiman al Baruni and his relatives. The discussion in the file concerns: Baruni's travel to Iraq and Muscat his membership of the Ibadhi sect and the esteem he was held in by both the Sultan of Muscat ...
‘Letters inward; `diaries of Captain Hamerton’s proceedings at Sharjah’’
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The file contains correspondence and other papers received by the Residency in the Persian Gulf during 1840. The principal correspondents are Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Commander Anthony H Nott of the Honourable Company’s Brigantine Tigris,...
The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire between January and November 1847, mainly from the following British officials: Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, British Envoy at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran; Henry Wel...
