Abstract: Correspondence concerning the status of Hamriyah and whether it was a fiefdom of Sharjah, particularly as this impacted on the development of oil concessions. Correspondents include Captain Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent, Bahrain; and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers located in the top right hand corner of each page.