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157. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 84 of 1847, dated 30 September 1847. The enclosures are dated 9 June-11 September 1847.The primary documents are despatches of Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, and for the information of the President and Governor in Council, chiefly forwarding copies of reports and letters received, and his correspondence with various officials, notably: Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran]; Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent, Turkish Arabia. The correspondence of the latter two notably include letters addressed to them by Lord Cowley [Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley], HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul].The despatches cover numerous matters, including the following:1) The apparent designs of the Ottoman Empire to extend its authority and influence over the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain], including: a report from Commodore John Croft Hawkins, on the HC [Honourable Company] Steam Frigate Queen, describing a visit on board the ship by the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and confirming the non-appearance of either the Turkish vessel or Turkish agent said to have been proceeding towards the island; and the emphatic refusal, by Nejib Pasha, Governor of Bagdad [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], to recognize a letter apparently addressed to the Sheik of Bahrein by the Mootesellim [Mutasallim] of Bussorah [Governor of Basra], inviting the former to put himself under the protection of the Ottoman flag.2) The temporary detention at Shiraz, by an informant of Sheil, of a messenger said to be carrying a letter addressed to the Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] from an ‘influential Prince of India’ inviting him to ‘invade Hindoostan by the way of Affghanistan [Afghanistan], and assuring him of every support and cooperation’ (f 139), and Sheil’s dismissal of its seriousness.3) British measures in relation to effecting the abolition of the ‘African Slave Trade’, notably:The announcement to the Ottoman Porte that Hennell has obtained the consent of the ‘Independent Maritime Chiefs of the Arabian Coast’ (f 142) to the total abolition of the trade in enslaved persons from Africa (the agreement to come into effect at the end of the next year)Arrangements to be made by the Ottoman authorities regarding registration of crews of all vessels belonging to Bussorah and Koweit [Kuwait]Hennell’s desire, following reports that large numbers of ‘Hubshees or Abyssinian [Ethiopian] slaves’ (f 147) have been imported from the coast of Berbera, to bring the measures agreed with the Ottoman Sultan, Independent Maritime Chiefs of the Arabian Coast and the Imam of Muscat into full effect immediately, and his suggestions to strengthen the British naval presence and powers of inspection in the vicinity of Zanzibar, Berbera and Zelah [Zeila] and in the Gulf, and to make seizures of ‘contraband cargo’ to deter Persians from further trade in enslaved personsThe concerns of Hennell and Kemball regarding amended instructions issued by the Turkish [Ottoman] Government to Nejib Pasha, for the disposal of enslaved persons who are liberated under the recent convention, specifically the option that ‘rescued’ Africans may remain in Ottoman territory if they choose to rather than being conveyed on board a British vessel. Included is a translated copy of the Turkish Government’s instructions to the Governor of Bagdad directing that the ‘liberated... [ones] must be allowed to stay where they please’ (ff 155-156)Hennell’s advice to the senior naval officer at Bushire [Bushehr] to only take measures against a vessel belonging to a subject of the Imam of Muscat, lately arrived with ‘a cargo of 30-40 negro [Black African] and Abyssinian slaves from Muscat for sale’ (f 160), once it has left Bushire Harbour, as it is a foreign (Persian) portHennell’s and Kemball’s desire to ensure the swift implementation of instructions issued by Nejib Pasha to the Mootsellim of Bussorah (ff 204-205) regarding the measures to be taken against Turkish vessels and Turkish merchants involved in the exportation of enslaved persons from Africa, and for the speedy removal of manumitted persons from Bussorah temporarily to Bushire and Bassidore [Basaidu], and subsequently to India.4) Hennell’s mediatory involvement in the affair of the ‘plunder’ in 1846 of the wreck of the large bugla [buggalow] Akab, belonging to the Sheik of Kishm [Shaik of Qeshm], near Bushire Harbour, including: the complaint by the Sheik that the boatmen of Bushire plundered the boat’s rigging and stores; and the return in 1847 of plundered articles, via Sheik Nassir of Bushire [Shaikh Nāṣir of Bushehr], including a list of plundered articles (f 171) and a list of items handed in to Sheik Nassir by each Nakoda [Nakhuda, a boat captain or master] (f 175).5) Rumours that the officers of a Turkish vessel visiting ports of the Arabian coast are claiming they are going to replace British with Turkish influence in the Gulf, notably: the alarm of Shaik Muctoom (Debay) [Maktūm bin Butti bin Suhail, of Dubai]; the apparent exultation of Sultan ben Sugger (chief of the Joasmee [al-Qāsimī] tribe) [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Sharjah and Ra’s al-Khaymah, al-Jazirah al-Hamra and Ar Rams, variously]; the general concern of the independent Arab rulers on the coast of the Gulf; and Hennell’s dismissal of the story, insisting that the Turkish functionaries are only protecting their trade and preventing the importation of enslaved persons.Physical description: 1 item (75 folios)
158. Persian Gulf Affairs: Bahrein
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 22 of 1844, dated 29 February 1844. The enclosures are dated 18-19 January 1844.The enclosures comprise despatches from Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, with related enclosures including Hennell’s letters to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran.The papers cover British policy with regard to the de facto ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain], notably: the Governor of Muscat’s wish to support Shaik Mahomed bin Kuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] in obtaining possession of the island and retaining it (including translated extract of letter, f 262) and Hennell’s preference that the Governor of Muscat not get involved; ‘intrigues’ between former chief Shaikh Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] and the Persian authorities regarding the former’s intention of re-conquering the island; confirmation that Abdoollah bin Ahmed has landed in Bushire [Bushehr] and that the Ameer of Sheeraz [Amir of Shiraz] has asked permission from the Persian Government to assist him in re-conquering Bahrein; and Hennell’s view that the Ameer’s expedition will not take place and advice to Sheil that he persuade the Persian Government not to provide monetary aid.Physical description: The enclosure numbers 3-4 are written on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure, which also contain an abstract of the contents of the enclosure.
159. India, Aden and Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 100 of 1847, dated 30 November 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-16 and are dated 6 October to 26 November 1847.The enclosures consist of resolutions of the Government of Bombay on despatches from the Secret Committee, and letters from the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet, forwarding copies of despatches from the Secret Committee and copies of other letters, to the following recipients: the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Henry Miers Elliot; the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Major Samuel Hennell; the Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball; and HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil.Enclosure Nos. 3-5 listed in the abstract of contents are not included in this item (a note dated 30 October 1906 states that they are missing). They are listed as being: a resolution on a despatch from the Secret Committee; a letter from Malet to the Political Superintendent of Sawunt Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi], requesting his opinion on the subject of extending to the refugee 'insurgents' now in Goa territory the clemency applied for on their behalf by the Government of Portugal; and a letter from Malet to Elliot, forwarding copies of the despatch from the Secret Committee and the letter to the Political Superintendent of Sawunt Warree.Enclosure Nos. 6-16 relate to the following:The Secret Committee informing the Government of Bombay that the Sublime Porte [the Government of the Ottoman Empire] has abandoned all intention of enforcing the ‘objectionable’ passport regulations recently promulgated in the Pachalic of Bagdad [Pashalik of Baghdad] towards British ‘Mahomedan’ [Muslim] subjects arriving at Bagdad, and the Government of Bombay requesting the Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia to state whether or not it is the intention of the Turkish Government to enforce these regulations in the case of ‘Hindoo’ [Hindu] or other British subjects who are not ‘Mahomedan’ travelling from India to Turkish ArabiaThe Secret Committee stating that it is their intention to pass no decision upon the proposed change to the future administration of Aden until they hear further from ‘His Lordship’ [the Governor-General of India?] on the subjectA conference between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain], Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], in May 1847, regarding the latter’s fear of an attack from a number of disaffected subjects who had settled on the Island of Kenn [Kish] on the Persian Coast, and Major Hennell soliciting authority, in case of necessity, to intimate to the Uttoobee [Banī ʿUtbah] settlers in Kenn that any attack made by them from that island upon the islands of Bahrein would be resisted by the British Naval Force in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
160. Coll 5/25 ’Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Bahrain Civil Air Agreement – Landing Ground at Bahrain’
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- Abstract: The file contains a letter from R Dewhurst, Director of Accounts in the Commonwealth Relations Office, addressed to the Manager of the Eastern Bank Limited. It details the sums due to the Shaikh of Bahrain under the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement for the lease of the aerodrome and services operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) through Bahrain for the year ending 1949. It also includes the sum due for additional services operated in 1948.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
161. Coll 30/153 'Visit of Sheikh of Bahrain to Mecca.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the visit of the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], to Mecca in order to undertake the Hajj (January 1938).The papers include: the decision to allow Shaikh Hamad to travel to Saudi Arabia aboard a Royal Navy ship (HMS Londonderry); reports on the Shaikh's visit by HM Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); and a report on the Shaikh's passage on the Londonderry, with papers concerning a request for payment for the purchase of articles on board ship for the use of the Shaikh, June - July 1938.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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 47; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
162. Coll 30/202 ‘Persian Gulf. Photographs of Notabilities (Sheikhs &c) (used for propaganda purposes)’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the use of illustrations for propaganda purposes during the Second World War.It includes correspondence regarding a request from the Ministry of Information for photographs for the Middle East edition of a proposed fortnightly War Pictorialpublication, and for the Arabic Listener(which they hoped would soon be produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)).The file also includes correspondence in connection with another letter from the Ministry of Information to the India Office, seeking the latter’s advice as to whether enclosed coloured portraits of Emir Abdullah of Transjordan [IOR/L/PS/12/3942, f 21], the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [IOR/L/PS/12/3942, f 22], and the Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain] [IOR/L/PS/12/3942, f 23] should be used for distribution on a large scale in the Middle East, especially in the Hadhramaut and the Persian Gulf.In addition, the file includes a black and white photograph of Khan Sahib Said Abdul Razzak al Razzuki, Residency Agent, Sharjah, whom the text typed on the back of the photograph states was a native of Kowait [Kuwait] [IOR/L/PS/12/3942, f 31]. The main correspondents are the India Office, the Ministry of Information, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior).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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 32, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
163. Proceedings of the Government of Bombay connected with the Affairs of the Persian Gulf
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, No. 104 of 1842, dated 28 September 1842. It contains material related to the following:The Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant H D Robertson’s consultations with local merchants on the status of trade in the port of Bushire [Bushehr]The arrival of a Dervish, claiming to be Jehan Soz Mirza [Jahānsūz Mīrzā], son of the late Futteh Allee Shah [Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh Qājār], and uncle of the current King of Persia [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran], on the Island of Karrack [Kharg]The intention of Mahomed Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār] and the Prince of Fars [Ṭahmāsb Mīrzā Qājār Mu’ayyid al-Dawlah] to go to war against TurkeyThe war between Shaik [Shaikh, also written here as Sheik] Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] and Shaik Abdullah bin Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] on Bahrein [Bahrain], and the fighting at Monamah [Manama] and Sitrall [Sitra]The death of Dhej [Shaikh Duʿayj bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], brother of Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa, in a skirmish against the forces of Shaik Abdullah bin AhmedThe meeting of Shaik Ali bin Khuleefa [Shaikh ‘Alī bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] and Sheik Humood bin Sulmon [Shaikh Ḥamūd bin Salmān Āl Khalīfah] with Shaik Abdullah bin AhmedThe victory of Shaik Abdullah bin Ahmed’s forces over those of Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa, led by Abdool Rahman bin Abdool Luteef [‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf]; the death of Shaik Abdullah’s grandson, Mahomed bin Moobarak [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Mubārak Āl Khalīfah] during the battle and the flight of Shaik MahomedThe arrival of Shaik Mahomed at Lahsa [Al-Ahsa], and the possibility of assistance from Ameer Abdoolla bin Sooneyan [Amīr ‘Abdullāh bin Thunayān Āl Sa‘ūd] at Riaz [Riyadh]The permission given by Shaik Abdullah bin Ahmed to pearl fishers to go to the banks; his departure for Guttur [Qatar] on 12 Jumadee ool sanee [Jumadī al-Thānī]; and intention to repair the town of Zubara [Al Zubarah] and settle the people of Guttur thereThe rumours about the King of Persia’s intention to invade Bahrein, with part of the army passing through Koweit [Kuwait]The voyages of the ‘piratical Arabs’ of Shargah [Sharjah, also written here as Sharga] to Africa and the Red Sea, and the considerable profit derived from their trade in the ‘article of slaves’ [enslaved persons]The status of a Soomalee [Somali] ‘slave’ belonging to the brother of Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā] of Oomulgevein [Umm al-Qaywayn]The dispute between Abdoolla bin Rashid and Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] of Shargah and Ras al Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]The visit of an envoy from Abdoolla bin Sooneyan and Said bin Mootlook [Sa‘īd bin Muṭlaq?] to [Shaikh] Sultan bin Suggur of Shargah, [Shaikh] Abdoolla bin Rashid of Oomulgevein, [Shaikh] Khuleefa bin Shackboot [Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], [Shaikh] Hamid bin Seeroor [Ḥamīd bin Surūr] and [Shaikh] Mahomed bin Abdoolla [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh] of Booraymee [Al Buraymi], as well as [shaikhs] Hamed bin Allee bin Hamood [Ḥamīd bin ‘Alī bin Ḥammūd], Fazil bin Mahomed [Faḍil bin Muḥammad] and Hamed bin Saeef [Ḥamid bin Sayf?]The rumours of a possible fallout between the British Consul, Captain Atkins Hamerton, and the Imam of Oman [Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]The perceived lack of respect shown by Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Naṣr III Āl Madhkūr, Governor of Bushehr] to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Shah of Persia’s determination to remove him from the governorshipThe arrival of a fleet of Russian warships at Asterabad [Astarabad], allegedly to ‘put a stop to the depredations of the Toorkomans [Turkmen]’The arrival of Mahomed Kereem Khan [Muḥammad Karīm Khān], envoy of the Ruler of Herat, Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy], at the court of the King of Persia in TehranThe apparent violations, by the Ottoman Empire, of the peace treaty between Turkey and Persia, by attacking Mohommura [Mohammerah, i.e. Khorramshahr], Sunundij [Sanandaj], Aroomia [Urumiyah], and nomadic tribes on the Persian side of the border, and the complaints of the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hasan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī] to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of AberdeenThe complaints of the Persian Prime Minister, Hajee Mirza Aghasee [Ḥājī Mīrzā Āghāsī], to HM Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran, Colonel Justin Sheil, about Turkey’s violation of Persia’s sovereignty, with reference to the peace treaty [Treaty of Zuhab] concluded between Shah Suffee [Shāh Ṣafī I] and Sultan Moorad Khan the Fourth [Sulṭān Murād IV] in 1639The clashes between the Prince Governor of Mazanderan [Ardashīr Mīrzā Qājār, Rukn al-Dawlah’s] troops and the Yoomoot [Yumut] TurkmenThe refusal of the Khan of Khiva [Muḥammad Raḥīm Qulī Khān Qunqurāt] to release the Persian citizens taken captive by Khivan raiders, and Hajee Mirza Aghasi’s contemplation of a punitive campaign against the Khanate.Physical description: 1 item (103 folios)
164. Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 6 February 1820. The letter concerns the vessels of the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah], currently laying in Bushire. Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, had given orders for these vessels to be destroyed. Bruce counsels against this as Rahma is now serving the Prince of Shiraz [Prince-Governor of Fārs]. Bruce also states that he will send a copy of the General Treaty to Bahrein [Bahrain] to be signed by Shaik Abdallah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] and his brother [Shaikh Salmān bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], the joint Rulers.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 29 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/1].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
165. 'File 9/10 1. Levy Corps Sepoy running amok; 2. Disbandment of Levy Corps; 3. Formation of armed Police Corps'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence related to a number of serious incidents, including two cases of attempted murder and a double murder, occurring in Bahrain in August 1926. The double murder, which was committed by a sepoy in the Bahrain Levy Corps, led to the immediate disbandment of the force, and the formation of a new armed police force for Bahrain in its place. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Clive Daly until September 1926, Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Barrett thereafter), the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Prideaux), the Assistant to the Political Resident (Captain Horner), and the Advisor to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave).On 4 August 1926, a Levy sepoy ran amok at the Corps' fort, killing two and injuring Major Daly. Daly's first-hand account of the incident, written on 8 August 1926, is included in the file (handwritten copy folios 3-7, typewritten copy folio 60-65). In response to the incident, the Assistant Resident and his Indian Assistant, along with HMS Triadand HMS Cyclamenwere despatched to Bahrain. The murderer, Ismail bin Shah Murad, and an alleged accomplice, a Mullah closely associated with the Corps, were put under arrest. The incident closely followed the attempted murder of the chief of police on 2 August 1926. Following the double murder, a spate of violence and break-ins were reported in Bahrain (folio 18). Ismail bin Shah Murad's trial took place on 13 August, during which he pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced to death (court report, folios 71-94). On 29 August Daly reported by telegram to Prideaux that anonymous letters had been received at the Agency, threatening the lives of himself, Belgrave, and the Director of the customs house (Mr de Grenier), if the accused man was executed as intended (folio 41). The original anonymous letters are included in the file (folios 98, 99). In the same telegram Daly reported a further shooting of a policeman in Manama.The murderer was executed by firing squad on 21 September 1926 (reported by Barrett, folio 133). The Mullah, Sayed Suleman bin Sayed, initially suspected by Daly as being a 'Bolo' agent (a Bolshevik or Russian spy, folios 15-16), was investigated and his personal papers examined (papers listed on folios 180-81). He was ordered to leave Bahrain for a minimum of two years (folios 114-15). In the wake of these incidents, the Levy Corps was immediately disbanded and plans made to despatch its Muscati and Makrani members back to their countries of origin (folio 11). Plans were also made for the recruitment of an armed police force, recruited from British subjects in the police forces of the Punjab (folios 53-54). Belgrave was placed in charge of the new police force, and travelled to Lahore in November 1926 to supervise its recruitment (folios 161-64).Physical description: Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside-back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. Foliation anomalies: folios 34 and 35 are in reverse order, to preserve the correct order of telgram correspondence.
166. File 10/14 II Bahrain unallotted area
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- Abstract: The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the negotiations for the oil concession over the 'Bahrain additional area', which includes islands, reefs and shoals.The file contains copies of the 1934 deed of lease (folios 287-296 and 301-311) and of a draft of the supplemental lease of the additional area (folios 331-338).There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah.There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 362-380).Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil and can be found in the top right. Between 362-384, these numbers are circled. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E; then 2-32; 33a and 33b; 34-50; 51 is missing or omitted; 52-155; 156A and 156B and it carries on until 384, which is the last number given on the back cover of the volume.
167. File 10/20 Drilling for water by BAPCO at Jidda Island
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- Abstract: The file contains a confidential letter from Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) Chief Local Representative to the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, on the water well on Jidda Island.There is an index (folio 3), referring to another item of correspondence missing from the file.Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner. It begins at the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and runs through to 3, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file.
168. 'File 10/26 Drilling for water by BAPCO at Jufair'
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- Abstract: The file contains a confidential letter from the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representative on the drilling and completion of a water well at Jufair, named 'Water Well no. 4'. There is an index (folio 3).Physical description: The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering begins on the front cover, on number 1, then 2A, 2B; and then it carries on until 4, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file.