The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions, reports and statements, related to police cases in Bahrain. Cases of note include the renewal of driving licences, and the distribution of ice by the Baladyia (Municipality).The main correspondence is between the Bahrain Political Agency, and the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave).1 file (34 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-35; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
This file contains correspondence between the British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, the India Office and the Government of India, as well as with Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo [Kānū].These papers concern various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags flown by the sheikhs of Qatar, Bahrain and the Trucial Coast. Contained within this file are descriptions and sketches of various flags, as well as a specimen of fabric (f. 38) demonstrating the colour of the flag flown by the Shaikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī.1 file (69 folios)This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.Foliation: Begins on front cover, circled, and continues to page before back cover.
This file consists of a report, written by Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Political Secretary, India Office, which provides the British perspective on recent events in Persia, from mid-1916 to early 1917. The report is divided into sections using headings, which cover the following locations: Tehran, Ispahan, Fars, Bushire, Kerman, Seistan and Khorassan.The report discusses the threat posed to Britain's position in Persia, mainly by Turkish troops, but also by tribal groups which are reportedly under the influence of German agitators.The report states that the Persian Government has acquiesced in the formation of a force [South Persia Rifles] commanded by Sir Percy Sykes, which will be incorporated into the Persian army and will amount to 11,000 men.The report concludes that the situation across Persia is 'in the highest degree unstable', with Turkish forces occupying 30,000 square miles of Persian territory.The report is followed by a cutting from the
Daily Telegraph, dated 21 February 1917, which reports on a House of Lords session from the previous day, in which Earl Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon] is reported to have spoken about Sir Percy Sykes's mission, and to have described the improvement in the general situation in Persia as considerable.1 file (7 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 68, and terminates at f 74, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
This file contains correspondence between Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, British Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Major Frank Holmes of the Eastern and General Syndicate; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; Cyril H Cane, His Britanic Majesty's Consul-General San Francisco; and Freshfields Leese and Munns solicitors. There are also copies of correspondence between various officials in the India Office and Colonial Office.The correspondence concerns the assignment of 1930 Bahrain Oil Concession (draft agreement, ff. 110-129); negotiations of Eastern and General Syndicate for concession for the remaining area of Bahrain group of islands; and application by Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited for a prospecting licence, including
Supplementary Agreement between H.E. Shaikh Hamad bin Shaikh Isa Al Khalifah and the Bahrein Petroleum Company Ltd(f. 224).1 volume (237 folios)This file is arranged in approximately chronological order.Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the second folio after the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 231, ending on the inside of the back cover.
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd); Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo [Kānū]; Major Frank Holmes of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited; and various representatives and employees of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, including Arnold Talbot Wilson, J B Mackie, J E Shuckburgh and T L Jacks.The correspondence concerns the initiation of negotiations for oil concessions between the Shaikhs of Bahrain, Kuwait and Ibn Sa‘ūd, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, as well as subsequent correspondence concerning exploration for oil. Within the correspondence are various draft and signed oil concessions documents, including a signed copy of the oil concession agreement in Arabic and English between Shaikh Ḥamad and Major Frank Holmes of Eastern and Syndicate Limited, dated 2 December 1925 (ff. 281-299).Towards the end of the file there is correspondence concerning a dispute between Major Frank Holmes and Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo relating to the rights for boring water wells in Bahrain vis-à-vis the 1925 oil concession agreement.1 volume (345 folios)This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the 3rd sheet and terminates at the sixth sheet from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in blue crayon with additions and corrections made using pencil, they are circled (except between ff. 199-270) and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except between ff. 286-299 where they can be found in the top centre).
The file relates to the appointment and service of holders of the post of Additional Vernacular Clerk (also referred to as Third Munshi) at the Political Agency, Bahrain.The papers, which consist of correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, statements, last pay certificates, sanction orders, and office orders cover the following topics: appointment (including papers concerning the Agency's staffing requirements and proposed revisions to the Clerical Establishment, August 1930, and letter stating that the number of staff was insufficient for the work of the Agency, January 1931); testimonials of applicants; expenditure incurred during appointment; pay and advances; statement of amount of court fees stamps sold for the years 1927-30 inclusive; travel arrangements, expenditure, and allowances; temporary staffing arrangements; application papers; letters from members of staff requesting appointment; leave; leave salary; certificate confirming that the holder was a Government servant; correspondence concerning last pay statements; references for former clerks; papers relating to resignation/discharge from service; and personal details.The file includes two letters in Arabic from applicants for employment.1 file (266 folios)The file consists of a Part I dated 23 August 1930 to 16 July 1944, and (at the front of the file) a Part II containing documents dated 24 April to 13 December 1945, with an additional note that appears to be dated 25 March 1946. Within both parts the papers are arranged in chronological order from the fron to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1A on the front cover, and continues through to 240 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G, 1H, 1I, 1J, 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N, 1O, 1P, 1Q, 1R, 1S, 1T; ff. 23A, 23B; ff. 53A, 53B; ff. 57A, 57B; ff. 126A, 126B; ff. 139A, 139B; ff. 162A, 162B. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: 9, 18, 26. A second foliation sequence runs through the notes at the rear of the file between ff. 205-25; these numbers are also written in pencil, are underlined, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
The file relates to the appointment and service of the first Political Officer in Qatar, Arthur John Wilton, and his successors as Political Officer up to October 1950.The papers, which consist of correspondence and telegrams, cover the following topics: note on establishment of Political Agency, Qatar, subordinate to the Political Agency, Bahrain, August 1949; telegram concerning precedence of persons to whom the Political Officer should make official calls, October 1949; travel expenses and arrangements; telegrams concerning visits by representatives of the Ministry of Works (MOW), November to December 1949; permission to come to Bahrain for Christmas, December 1949; information on movements of the Political Officer generally; promotion within His Majesty's Foreign Service; cover during absence on leave; handover of duties between officers, including accounts, and statements of consular fees and court fee stamps, July 1950; correspondence concerning the shipping of a car for the Political Officer free of customs duty; and a personal letter [1950].1 file (50 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 and continues through to 51 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil or blue crayon, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 1, 1A. The following pagination ranges occur: 21-22; 36-37.
Correspondence relating to construction of a jolly boat in 1935 and launch in 1947 for Bandar Abbas Consulate. The correspondence discusses, costs, construction materials, place of construction. It includes a hand-drawn diagram for the design of the jolly-boat (folio 5) and a brochure for the Kelvin-Ricardo Petrol and Parafin Marine Engines (folio 56 to folio 99); a copy of The Motor Boat and Yachting (February 1945); technical drawings from the Bergius Co (ff 158-161); large hand-drawn diagrams of the launch (ff 164-166).Correspondents include: Haji Jasim Taitun, builder of boat; R P Watt, Secretary to the Political Resident; Captain George Ashmead Cole, Political Agent, Bahrain; Mesopotamia Persia Corporation; Haji Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo, Bahrain.1 volume (170 folios)The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: Foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1A, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 190. Foliation errors: ff.1A-C; ff.22A-B. No f.57, f.59, f.61, f.63, f.65, f.67, f.69, f.71, f.73, f.75, f.77, f.81, f.83, f.85, f.87, f.89, f.91, f.93, f.95, f.97, f.99, f.116, f.118.
Correspondence discusses matters relating to the Naval Base at Jufair, Bahrain, in the context of the redeployment of the naval stations at Henjam and Basidu on the Persian side of the Gulf.The topics include:Press cuttings from The
Timesand
Evening News, Portsmouth, on the redeployment of British naval forces from Henjam and Basidu on the Persian side of the Gulf to Jufair naval base in Bahrain.Lists of persons employed at Jufair naval base.Compensation for Bahrain fish traps due to relocation of naval pier.Rough plan of Jufair showing fish traps (folio 119).Diagram of a fish trap at Bahrain (folio 128).List of graves at the Christian cemetery at Henjam (folio 138).An incident involving some employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) taking photographs at the Jufair Naval Base. The photographs and negatives were returned (folio 179A).Procedure for entry into the naval base at Jufair including the 'naturs' system of night watchmen.Correspondents include naval personnel; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser, Bahrain Government; George Ashmead Cole, Political Agent, Bahrain; Colonel G. Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain; T.C. Fowle, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Captain V.S. Butler, Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Secretary of State for India, London; G.W.R. Smith, Chief Local Representative, The Bahrein Petroleum Company.1 volume (267 folios)The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: Foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 264. Some of the folios have Foreign Office index numbers circled in red and blue crayon. Foliation errors: f.20 is followed by ff.20A-C; f.53 is followed by f.53A; f.91 is followed by f.91A; f.96 is followed by f.96A; f.119 is followed by f.119A; f.172 is followed by f.172A; f.179 is followed by f.179A-M (f.179A is an envelope containing two smaller envelopes: f.179B and f.179I; within in each envelope are a small number of photographs and negatives, which have their references on the back); f.200 is followed by f.200A. The following numbers are missing from the sequence: f.5, ff.24-33, ff.37-42, f.49, f.113 and f.127.
The letters, telegrams and other items in the volume relate to the acquisition of land in Bahrain for the purposes of developing British aviation (both military and civilian) and naval facilities. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and officials at the India Office and Air Ministry in London. The land acquired at Jufair for naval facilities is discussed in detail in ‘File No. 5/7 I Jufair Naval Base’ (IOR/R/15/2/216).In 1934 the British Government acquired four pieces of land in Bahrain: 1) an area, approximately 1200 x 1000 yards in size on Muharraq Island, for the development of an aerodrome; 2) a strip of the coast on Bahrain Island, approximately 800 x 400 yards in size, for use as a seaplane anchorage; 3) a large expanse of land at Jafair [Jufair], south of Manama, for the purposes of a British naval installation; and 4) a second plot at Jufair adjacent to the first, also for naval purposes. The correspondence indicates that Government officials in London were keen to acquire the land in question as expediently as possible, while trying to keep the identity of the purchasers (the Air Ministry) unknown.The volume includes copies of public notices announcing the imminent acquisition of land (most in Arabic, folios 57, 58, 86, 87), copies of the title deeds (all in Arabic and with maps on the reverse, folios 179-82), details of the costs of acquisition, including excesses (folios 76, 77), and subsequent surveys of the acquired land (folios 210-17, 225-29). The volume also includes numerous large-scale maps, including sketch maps of the proposed areas for acquisition at Muharraq and Manama (folios 15, 16), and more detailed maps (accompanying reports) showing the boundaries and dimensions of all four areas of acquired land (folios 69, 83, 88, 194-98, 218-21).1 volume (259 folios)The volume’s content are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the volume to the latest at the end. Office notes at the end of the volume (folios 245-60) mirror this chronological arrangement.Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts on the first folio and ends on the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 5-242; these numbers are written in either blue crayon or pencil, are not circled, and can be found in either the top centre or right corner of the recto side of each folio. A third short incomplete foliation sequence is present between ff. 5-7; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.The volume includes a number of fold-out maps: ff. 15-16, f. 69, f. 83, f. 88, f. 103, ff. 195-198 and ff. 218-221.
The file concerns two Bahrain merchants' (Messrs Mohd and `Ali Jamal Khunji) complaints about a defective supply of white mulls shipped by J M Shasha of Manchester; the case against him had implications for British trade. The file contains copies of letters between J M Shasha, the Chamber of Commerce in Manchester and the Department of Overseas Trade.1 file (93 folios)The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 85-94. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-84; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning Japanese trade interests in the Persian Gulf; in particular, the correspondence concerns a request by Yusuf Kanoo to operate as agent in Bahrain for the sale of goods of Mitsubishi Enterprises.There is a letter in Arabic, with English translation, sent to the Resident Agent at Sharjah.1 file (32 folios)The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 30-34. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 34; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-34; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.