Abstract: Correspondence and papers, including confidential notes, relating to staff at the Political Agency in Kuwait (including the News Agent, Assistant Surgeon, and Head Clerk). Many of the papers relate to the recruitment, departure, and transfer of staff between British offices in the Persian Gulf, and are indicative of a general opinion amongst British officers that reliable and able staff are in short supply in the region. Many papers also discuss the pay of staff, and assessments of staff performance, skills (typewriting, proficiency in English, Persian and Arabic) and general demeanour. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Kuwait (most notably, Captain Stuart George Knox and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the First Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain L Birdwood).Much of the file’s correspondence relates to the sixteen-year career of Head Clerk Louis Michael D’Mello, and his movements between different British offices in the Gulf, including Kuwait, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and Bushire.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 217; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-216; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-ninth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Hennell reporting the departure of Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir III Āl Mazkūr], the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr], to Shiraz, and his replacement, during the period of his absence, by Hajee Baba Ally Sultan [Ḥājī Bābā ʿAlī Sulṭān].The item contains a table of contents (f 544), and the title page (f 543) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 29’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 5 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 543 and terminates at f 546, 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 items also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Correspondence relating to the departure (either permanently or on temporary leave) of current, and the arrival of new incumbents, to the post of Political Resident and Consulate General in the Persian Gulf. The file includes:circulars issued by the Political Resident to Political Agents and Officers in the Persian Gulf and in Persia [Iran], informing them of changes to the post of Political Resident;correspondence sent from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], informing of changes to the post of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, with the Ruler of Kuwait’s replies. Copies of letters sent to the Ruler of Kuwait are in Arabic. All replies from the Ruler are in Arabic, with most being accompanied by an English translation;covering letters sent between the Ruler of Kuwait and the Political Agent at Kuwait, and the Political Agent and Political Resident, with forwarded correspondence of diplomatic etiquette exchanged between the Ruler of Kuwait and the Political Resident;a copy of a press communiqué issued on the event of the death of the Political Resident John Gordon Lorimer, in 1914 (ff 7-8).Later correspondence in the file reports on changes to the posts of Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Political Agent at Bahrain, and Political Agent and British Consul at Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 191; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional mixed foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-188; these numbers are also written in pencil, and, where circled, are crossed through.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning employees of the Kuwait Political Agency motor launch. The bulk of the file’s correspondence concerns Cyril Bayer, Inspector in general charge of the launch, and relates to his role, his failing health, subsequent retirement to India, financial provision for him in retirement, and death in 1938. The file includes:a copy of an office order entitled ‘Care of “Agency Launch” and “Sailing Boats”’, outlining Bayer’s duties as Inspector for the launch (ff 13-14);notices dated 1943 relating to the status and movements of the Kuwait launch, the
Hugh Biscoe(ff 81-83);a list of motor launch equipment transferred between launch nakhudas (f 97).Principal correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent at Kuwait; the Inspector of the Kuwait Political Agency launch (Cyril Bayer); Cyril Bayer’s brother, Maurice P Bayer.Several of the file’s papers are in Arabic.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 106; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-106; these numbers are also written in pencil, and, where circled, are crossed through.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the appointment of an Agricultural Expert to the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Directors of Agriculture in Bombay and Punjab, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Secretariat of the High Commissioner for Iraq, and the Ministry of Irrigation and Agriculture in Iraq.The papers cover the search for suitable candidates in India, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq, the discussion over the terms of employment, the eventual appointment of Said Abdul Nur from Iraq, and the arrangements for his travel to Bahrain.The file includes a copy of the agreement between Said Abdul Nur and the Government of Bahrain (folios 43-44).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 49; 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 5-48; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the appointment of an agricultural expert to the Government of Bahrain. The correspondents include the Political Agency in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), British Ambassador at Cairo, Government of India (Accountant General, Central Revenues), and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The papers cover the search for a suitable candidate from Egypt, the appointment of Hussain Mohammed Wahdan, the terms of employment and arrangements for travel, his resignation in October 1941 (soon withdrawn), a renewal of his contract in 1943, and his eventual departure in May 1945. Some of the documents are connected with financial transactions between different British and Indian Government departments to cover costs of travel and repayment of Hussain Wahdan's provident fund.The file also contains papers concerning the request for seeds from Egypt from the Bahrain Government.Near the back of the file (folio 82) is a letter (dated 28 October 1950) from the British Residency in Bahrain to B J Hartley, agricultural officer in Aden, expressing thanks for a recent agricultural survey of the Batinah Coast carried out by Hartley and reporting that the Bahrain Government have appointed a 'young Scot called Edmond' as agricultural officer.Folios 83-89 are internal office notes.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 90; 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 2-80; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the discharge of Fazal Hussein, clerk, from Bahrain Government service in July 1928. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Bahrain, Commandant of Bahrain State Police (Captain L S Parke), Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Fazal Hussein himself, and Bahrain-based merchants, the Ashraf Brothers.The file covers several matters, including:the discussion over the reasons for the dismissal of Fazal Hussein and Sultan Ahmed, also an employee of the Bahrain Police Force;a claim by the Ashraf Brothers that Fazal Hussein owes them money;Fazal Hussein's return to Bahrain from India and his movements in the country;a claim by Ali Muhammad of Hazur Pur, sepoy, for unpaid wages from service in the Bahrain Police Force.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 46; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains two copies of a list of Bahrain government employees with monthly salaries of 50 rupees or more. The list is divided into governmental departments and shows the employee's name, salary, and nationality. Also contained in the file is correspondence from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, reporting changes in government personnel.Folio 11 is internal office notes.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; 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 3-10; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the appointment and transfer of Government of Bahrain officials. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, the Political Agency in Bahrain, the India Office, and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India. The papers concern new appointments within the Government of Bahrain and the appointment of acting officials for those on leave. Much of the correspondence is routine in nature and is connected with the recuperation of costs for travel and shipping for incoming and outgoing employees.Folios 68-73 are internal office notes.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 74; 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 2-62; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning the deputation of a Customs Officer from India to work for the State of Muscat and Oman, at the Sultan's request. A suitable candidate is nominated and matters of pay are discussed. The correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India, External Affairs Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning the presence of non-British foreigners in Persia [Iran], usually reported by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare, Horace James Seymour. The papers include: a memorandum dated 1929 written by Alan Charles Trott, on foreigners employed by the Persian Government, with details of nationalities and post occupied (ff 33-36); the issue of an order by the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi] in 1931, curtailing contact between foreigners and Persian military officers (ff 27-28); the appointment in 1931 of Belgian financial experts to positions in the Persian Government (f 26); the discharge in 1932 of a number of Germans from their employment in the Persian arsenal (f 24); the dismissal in 1932 of Dr Lindenblatt, a German citizen, from the Persian National Bank (ff 21-23); the Persian Government’s engagement in 1933 of a number of Austrians and Germans, who are experts in forestry, geology, botany, metallurgy (ff 18-20); in 1934, the non-renewal of contracts of a number of Belgian customs officials (ff 13-17); orders issued by the Persian Government in 1938 for the expulsion of Jews from Persia (ff 4-12), with particular reference to the implementation of the order in the province of Khuzistan [Khūzestān].The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 37; 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 main contents of the volume are exchanges of letters about government expenditure on the Kuwait Political Agency, primarily between British officials at the Foreign Office, India Office and Treasury in London and Government of India officials at the Foreign Department in Calcutta and Simla. They discuss cost estimates and actual expenditure in relation to the approval of Government of India proposals for the expansion of the cadre of the Indian Political Department in order to fill Consular posts in Persia, 1904-1905 and 1909; the establishment of a new Political Agency at Kuwait (spelt Koweit), 1904-1907 and the purchase of the steam launch
Lewis Pelly, built at the Government Dockyard in Bombay, for the use of the Political Agent at Kuwait, 1906-1907, 1909-1912 and 1914. The volume also contains a sea chart of Kuwait Port, by the Marine Survey of India in 1905.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 182; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.