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File 61/14 XV (D 62) Relations between Nejd and Iraq (Akhwan Rebellion)
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports pertaining to relations between Najd and Iraq. The correspondence is between Harold Dickson, Political Agent in Kuwait, Hugh Biscoe, Political Resident in Bushire, Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies in London, Willia...
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), the India Office (Maurice Clauson), the Foreign Office (John Cecil Sterndale Bennett), the Colonial Office (Owen Gwyn Revell Williams), representatives of Petroleum ...
‘File 29/25 DATES QUOTA – 1944-’45 FOR BAHRAIN AND TRUCIAL COAST’
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The file contains correspondence about a British Ministry of Food scheme in 1944 for ensuring a controlled supply of Iraqi dates at reasonable prices to the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms during the Second World War (1939-1945), because local date crops were insufficient and imported dates were subject...
File XXII/1 Koweit relations with British Government
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Kuwait relations with the British Government: The discussion in the volume relates to: appointment of the Political Agent, Kuwait; visit of HM Consul, Basra; customs and railway negotiations; the Angl...
The volume comprises hand written letters, notes, typed correspondence and printed reports relating to the proposed adoption of a distinctive Kuwait flag and certificates of nationality for marine craft belonging to Shaikh Mobarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] or his subjects. Further disc...
This volume consists of letters written from the Bushire Residency. The first eighty-two items are attributed to William Bruce; the remaining items, with the exception of a few letters written by Bruce from various locations, are written by James Dow, Assistant Surgeon at the Bushire Residency, ...
The volume consists of letters sent out by Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and James Pringle Riach, the officer placed in charge of the Bushire Residency during his absences; the Resident is required to make a number of trips to the Arabian Coast during the period cove...
File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc
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The volume contains correspondence relating to banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Ministry in Tehran, the Government of India, High Commissioner in Iraq (later the British Ambassador), Political Residency in Bushire, t...
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident (Trenchard Craven Fowle; Percy Gordon Loch); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch; Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the British Minister and Legation at Jedda (Sir Reader Bullard; Andrew Spencer Calvert); the Secret...
'No 117 From August 1839 To May 1840. Translation Book Commencing 24th August'
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The volume contains translations of letters received by the Residency in the Persian Gulf from August 1839 to May 1840. The correspondence relates to affairs on the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf, in particular the situation at Braimee [Al Buraymī] (also given as Brenie, Braymee) where the N...