IOR/R/15/2/1652

The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for the first official visits of the newly nominated Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior): to Bahrain, in December 1932, to the Trucial Coast in February and March 1933, cruises of the Gulf in September 1933 and January 1934, and visit of Qatar in March 1934.

The file contains programmes of the visits; seating plans for official dinners; arrangements for a 'durbar' organised in the Political Resident's honour by the Ruler of Bahrain in December 1932, including minutes of speeches in English and Arabic to be read by officials, dignitaries and other invitees; arrangements for a meeting with Major Frank Holmes.

The principal correspondents are: Yusuf Ahmed Kanoo; the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited; the Eastern Bank Limited; the Manama Municipality; the Muharraq Municipality; Haji Abdulnabi Bushiri & Sons; Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain; Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Āl Khalīfah; Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Jasim Al Thani, Ruler of Qatar; Major Frank Holmes; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.

Some of the documents within the file are in English and Arabic and in Persian, letters and notices from the Political Agency, and correspondence with local rulers of Qatar and Bahrain.