Abstract: The memorandum is concerned with progress towards the establishment of a Gendarmerie in Southern Persia; its cited purpose being to protect trade on the Ispahan-Shiraz-Bushire Road.Physical description: 1 folio
Abstract: Showing the badges of rank for Persian police officers, with collars and cuffs for:
Naib Dowum(cavalry),
Naib Awwal(artillery),
Sultan(engineers),
Yamar(transport),
Naib Sarhang(staff), and
Sarhang(veterinary).Physical description: Dimensions: 110 x 160 mm, on sheet 315 x 187 mm.Materials: Printed in colour on paper.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. It is the first in a series of four items concerning Aden.The item concerns reports by Haines on the level of crime at Aden. A six-month account of criminal cases, ending 30 June 1846, is present on folios 259-263. A statement showing the prisoners at Aden for the same period is present on folios 264-274. Civil cases and the treatment of prisoners are also discussed.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 13’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 249, and terminates at f 280, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 August 1855, Numbers 46-48) and the Government of Bombay (one undated and 29 August 1855, Number 57). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The subject matter of the letters from the President in Council (folios 67-69) includes the construction of police border posts along the Burmese Frontier, a proposal to build a wall around the cantonment at Peshawar, and an update on the dispute between the Maharaja of Cashmere [Kashmir] and his nephew Jowahir Singh.The section from Bombay (folios 70-74) covers Russian objections to the export of animals from Turkish Arabia to the Crimea by the British, and proposals for raising a detachment of irregular horse or mounted police at Aden.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 September 1855, Numbers 52-54) and the Government of Bombay (3 October 1855, Numbers 60-61). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The section from the President in Council (folios 83-87r) discusses an attack on the Kokan Pass by the Aka Kheil [Aka Khel] of the Afreedees [Afridi], the departure of the Kokan Envoy from Peshawar, the progress of the Government of India's diplomatic mission to Ava, and provides updates from Afghanistan.The dispatches from Bombay (87v-92) discuss a proposal to withdraw troops from Turkish Arabia, arrangements for peace between the Oulaki and Foutheli, a proposal to send Indian Cavalry to Aden for policing purposes, the policy towards slave ships arriving at Aden, and the blockade of the coastline of the Habr Owel tribe for the alleged murder of officers of the Somali Expedition.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (8 October 1855, Number 55) and the Government of Bombay (13 and 17 October 1855, Numbers 62-65). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The dispatch from the President in Council (folio 93r) is concerned with the site for the new city of Dalhousie and the construction of a lighthouse on the Alguada Reef.The section from Bombay (folios 93v-95) discusses the consequences of the peace agreement reached between the Oulaki and the Foutheli, and finding volunteers from India to serve as mounted police at Aden. It also provides brief updates on Turkish Arabia, Persia, and the Slave Trade.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between the British Embassy in Baghdad and UK High Commissioner in Karachi regarding the secondment of a tear-gas specialist to the Iraqi police force. The papers discuss the inability of the Iraqi police to use newly obtained stocks of American tear gas without proper instruction from trained officers. The need for tear gas had been made apparent to law enforcement agencies in Iraq after protests and disturbances against the continuing British military and political presence in the country during January of 1948.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden.The item concerns the proposed new building works in Aden, particularly Haines’ proposed new House of Correction, Police Office, and Post Office, and clearing the houses situated in the ‘Jews Town’ part of Aden for hygienic and safety reasons. The item also includes a request for an increase in the police force at Aden. The item contains a town plan of Aden on f 1018.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 299/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5480, Collection No 46’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1005, and terminates at f 1028, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file contains copies of the financial records of the Government of Bahrain that were sent to the British Political Agency in Bahrain by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The records cover the years 1352-1354AH (1933-1935). These records include details of the expenditure and budget of the government.The file also contains annual reports written by Charles Belrave that cover a range of topics including the pearling industry in Bahrain, education, agriculture, the police force, and public works.The file contains three black and white photos (ff 144-146), the titles of which are as follows:Police station at Hedd (outside view);New barrack room at the fort;Hedd Police post (interior).Physical description: 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 also present between ff 7-196; this sequence is partly printed and partly written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, although the numbers are not circled.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding the education of two members of the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain; Shaikh Khalifa bin Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa [Khalīfah bin Muḥammad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa [‘Abdullāh bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah].The correspondence regarding Shaikh Khalifa - which forms the majority of the file - concerns his police and military training with the Bombay Police Force and Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners respectively. It is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Hugh Weightman, Political Agent in Bahrain; and officials in the Bombay Police Force. The file also contains a letter in English from Shaikh Khalifa to Hugh Weightman (ff 180-182).The correspondence regarding Shaikh Abdullah concerns him being sent to Oxford to study and live at a private institution operated there by Colonel Gordon Browne. This correspondence is between Charles Belgrave and Hugh Weightman.The file also contains more general correspondence about suitable educational destinations for young members of the Al Khalifa family, Mayo College in India and Aden are both discussed as possible destinations. The file contains an illustrated Mayo College prospectus from 1936 (ff 27-47) and a British Government report regarding the establishment of an educational college in Aden (ff 15-21).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the 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 also present in parallel between ff 49-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to tensions arising between the Muslim and Sikh communities of Bahrain and Qatar, in response to the Indo-Pakistan war of 1947. The tensions referred to in the file are chiefly between Indian/Pakistani employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL), operating the oil concession in Qatar. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, Cornelius Pelly, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Sir William Rupert Hay.The file includes: a letter from Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte, Manager for PCL, to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 22 January 1948, reporting on tensions between Sikh and Muslim PCL employees, and enquiring if Special Police Constables can be employed by PCL, similar to those employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain (f 3); proposed searches of PCL employees for weapons, dismissal and/or departure of Sikh PCL employees (ff 4-7); correspondence between the Political Resident and H Dayal of the Ministry of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations in New Delhi, 1948, relating to ‘communal relations’ in Bahrain and the wider Gulf region, with reference to Sikh-Muslim tensions, and anti-Jewish riots in Bahrain in December 1947 (ff 10-12); the text (typewritten draft and printed) of a notice entitled
Kings Regulations under Article 83 of “The Qatar Order in Council, 1939” No.1 of 1948: Special Police Officers’ Regulations, dated 3 February 1948 and signed by Hay (ff 13-14, 16).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; 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.
Abstract: The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to the institution of a regulation, created under the Qatar Order in Council (1939) enabling the Political Agent at Bahrain to appoint specified employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) as Special Police Officers in Qatar. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly); and Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte (PCL Manager).The file contains:correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the PCL Manager, dated July to August 1947, relating to the dismissal and threatening behaviour of a PCL employee in Qatar, and the Political Agent’s subsequent proposal to the Political Resident that PCL be enabled to appoint selected employees as Special Police Officers to deal with such incidents in future (ff 2-8);correspondence between the Political Resident and Eion Pelly Donaldson of the Commonwealth Relations Office, relating to the proposal to appoint PCL employees as police officers under the Qatar Order in Council (ff 12-14);draft and printed copies of King’s Regulation under Article 83 of the Qatar Order in Council, 1939, No. 1 of 1948, entitled Special Police Officers’ Regulations (ff 17-18, f 27, f 29);correspondence and orders no. 1 and 2 of 1950, relation to the appointment of specific PCL employees as Special Police Officers in Qatar (ff 20-21, ff 31-35).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 41; 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 2-14; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.Condition: there is evidence of insect damage throughout the file, in the form of small holes in the papers. This does not affect the readability of the file.