Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding instructions and regulations for the various British agencies and offices in the Persian Gulf region.The issues discussed in the file include the use of demi-official correspondence, the compilation and use of the office diary, the telegraphic addresses of the various agents and vice-consuls in the region and other general rules and guidance for office staff concerning matters in both English and Arabic.Physical description: Condition: A file containing loose sheets that were previously bound by treasury tags.Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The file contains the following foliation errors: 36, and 36A; 37, and 37A; 62, and 62A; 86, and 86A.
Abstract: The file contains the following title deeds: title deed in Arabic, with plan on reverse, and accompanying translation in English, recording exchange of land by the British Government of a piece of land at Ghosaibia, Manamah [Manama] with the Government of Bahrain, for a plot of land situated at Ummul Hassam, Manamah for a sum of 3304 rupees dated 1 February 1944, by which the piece of land situated at Ghosaibia became the property of the Bahrain Government; and title deed in Arabic, with plan on reverse, and accompanying translation in English, recording transfer by the Bahrain Government of a piece of land situated at Umm al Hasam, Manamah to the British Government in exchange for a plot of land owned by them at Qadhaibieh, Manamah for a sum of 3304 rupees, dated 3 February 1944, by which the piece of land situated at Umm al Hasam became the property of the British Government;The file also contains a covering memorandum from the Political Agent, Bahrain, Major Tom Hickinbotham, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 15 April 1944, explaining that in order to provide the necessary separation between transmitters and receivers situated in the Royal Navy base [at Jufair] it had been necessary to acquire a transmitting site in the area by exchanging a piece of land at Qudhaibia belonging to the Royal Air Force for a property belonging to the Sheikh of Bahrain at Umm al Hassan.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 7 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second sequence, numbered 24-30, appears on all the pages bearing text between ff. 2-6. This sequence is also written in pencil, and appears in a similar position to the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence, mainly between British officials in the Persian Gulf, discussing the actions of Shaikh Saeed Bin Maktoom [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Ḥashr Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, covering the years 1941, 1944, 1946 and 1948-49.The correspondents are as follows: John Baron Howes and his successors Roy Douglas Metcalfe and Patrick Desmond Stobart as Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah; Major Reginald George Evelyn William Alban and his successors Tom Hickinbotham and Cornelius James Pelly as Political Agent, Bahrain; Sayid Abdur Razzaq [Khān Ṣāḥib Sayyid ‘Abd al-Razzāq] and his successor Jassim [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Kadmari] as British Residency Native Agent, Sharjah; and Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain.The correspondence includes English translations of Arabic letters as follows: Saeed Bin Maktoom to Reza Pahlavi the Emperor of Iran [Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran], dated 1948 (folio 11), and an exchange of letters between the Political Agent at Bahrain and Saeed Bin Maktoom, dated 1944 (folios 13 and 16).Topics discussed include:British policy discussions about co-operative measures to be taken for the maintenance of law and order on the Trucial Coast, 1941 (folios 2-7)British interception of two letters from the Ruler of Dubai to the King of Iraq and the Shah of Iran, in 1944 and 1949 respectively, written on behalf of two Dubai subjects, the one case regarding the importation of rice into Dubai from Iraq and the other case regarding the confiscation of merchant goods by Iranian Customs (folios 9-14)British remonstrations to the Ruler of Dubai for making direct representations and requests to foreign rulers on behalf of his subjects, in breach of his agreement of 7 March 1892 with the British Government, 1949 (folios 15-21).Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present between ff 2-21; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file consists of a despatch from Lieutenant-General Richard Wapshare, General Officer Commanding, 4th (Quetta) Division to the Chief of General Staff, Army Headquarters, Delhi, dated 8 March 1919, concerning the organization and working of the East Persian line of communications, covering the period from 1 April 1918 to 15 January 1919.It includes topics such as topography; the East Persian Cordon Field Force; administration; troop movements; railway defence troops; work on the railway; financial problems; road and rail lines of communications; supply areas; transport; trade; the capacity of the railway; supplies; medical and veterinary arrangements; and ordnance services.Appendices 1 and 2 consist of maps and sketches not reproduced in this file.Appendix 3 –
Report on the working of the Nushki Extension Railway from 1st April 1918 to 15th January 1919, by Colonel Frederick Warner Allum, Engineer-in-Chief, Nushki Extension Railway, dated 6 February 1919.Appendix 4 –
Note on the Field Work of the Nushki Extension (Railway) Reconnaissance, June 1918 to January 1919, by Major Lewis Egerton Hopkins, Engineer-in-Chief, N. E. Reconnaissance, dated 6 February 1919. Covering the object and length of the survey; wells, tanks and water supply; transport; illness; list of officers and subordinates, etc., who served in Persia; and caravan routes.Appendix 5 –
Report on the working of the line of communications East Persia from September 1918 to January 15th 1919, by Brigadier-General William Edmund Ritchie Dickson, Inspector General of Communications, East Persia, dated 5 February 1919. It is broken down into the following topics: general; supply and transport; medical; ordnance; veterinary; works; surveys; finance; ecclesiastical; and posts and telegraphs.It also includes a series of seventeen annexures with various tables covering: administrative standing orders; the transport situation and forecast of transport requirements; instructions for moving stores along the line of communications; the chain of supply and transport responsibility; transport units; distribution of supply units; supplies carried on lines of communication; medical requirements; clothing and ordnance stores; progress of building works; and finances.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 67; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:General view of the British Telegraph Station at Jask. Typical of British Colonial architecture, the installation consists of at least five two-storey structures featuring round arches.The foreground and middle-ground is made up of a stoney plain with little vegetation.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '41'Below image, in pen: 'Telegraph Station, Jask'Physical description: Dimensions:124 x 205 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.Foliation:‘b’ (crossed out); ‘41’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:General view of the British Telegraph Station at Jask. Typical of British Colonial architecture, the installation consists of at least five two-storey structures featuring round arches.The foreground and middle-ground is made up of a stoney plain with little vegetation.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '41'Below image, in pen: 'Telegraph Station, Jask'Physical description: Dimensions:124 x 205 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.Foliation:‘b’ (crossed out); ‘41’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 October 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: memoranda, telegrams, and letters containing instructions and reports.A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folios 3-9. This summary also acts as an index.The volume mostly relates to:Reinforcements and supplies for Force D, including: water, materials, medical supplies, animals, river craft (especially barges), land transport, weapons, and rationsStaff: awards, appointments, discipline, and illnessesPrisoners of war and exchange of civiliansUpdates from the Tigris line, especially at Kut-el-Amarah [Al-Kut]Updates from the Euphrates line, especially at Nasiriyah [also rendered in text as Nasiriyeh]Updates from the Russo-Turkish [Russo-Ottoman] front, especially at HamadanActivities of the Marine Transport Department with Force D (ff 12-17)Main objectives and responsibilities of Force D in Mesopotamia, as discussed by: the Secretary of State for India; the Chief of the General Staff; the Chief of the General Staff, India; and the Commander-in-Chief, IndiaUpdates on the situation in Persia [Iran]Proposals regarding a Power Station at Basrah [Basra]Proposals regarding the Royal Flying Corps Depot at Bombay [Mumbai]Turkish forces: status on Persian front and the Euphrates line; distribution of troops in Mesopotamia (ff 97-98); general movements; and details of re-organisationProgress on the construction of railwaysRe-organisation and defense of lines of communicationShortage of chaplains in Mesopotamia.The volume also includes:Appreciations [reports] from the Directorate of Military Operations summarising the situation in Mesopotamia on 1 October (ff 21-22) and 8 October (ff 69-70)Force D’s ‘Diary of Information’ for the week ending 23 September (ff 116-122), organised into sections entitled: ‘Climate and Floods’; ‘Port Administration and River Conservancy’; ‘Signals and Telegraphs’; ‘Amarah [Al ‘Amarah] Post Office’; ‘Chinese Labour’; ‘Ecclesiastical’; and ‘Prisoners of War’.The summary of papers on folio 11 includes a handwritten note regarding the insertion of two supplementary memoranda. These memoranda are in loose-leaf form and can be found in the pocket at folio 135.Whilst the volume contains copies of earlier material dating from September 1916, the bulk of the material dates from October 1916.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 135; 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 3-131; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the acquisition of land on Sitra Island under the prospecting license for the purpose of ships anchorage, on telecommunication and on administrative matters.The volume includes:'Abstract of accounts of oil measured during 1933, and statement of royalty due to the Shaikh of Bahrain for 1933' (f. 125);'Oil Statement for 1933', including: status of Bahrain wells, list of employees, description of Camp buildings (ff. 126-133 and ff. 183-190);documents on the Agreement between Air Ministry Imperial and International Communications Limited (I.& I.C. LTD.) to create a Bahrain wireless Station (ff. 206-208).The volume also contains newspaper cuttings on oil in the Gulf and a printed map: 'General Map of BAHREIN [sic] ISLAND, Persian Gulf', produced by the Geological Department of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Ltd (folio 191B).There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 229-241).Physical description: The main foliation sequence is in pencil, encircled and can be found in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, with 1A and 1B; then 2-90; 91A and 91B; 92-135; 136A and 136B; 137-190; 191A and 191B; 192-194; 195A and 195B and then it carries on until 241, which is the last number given on the last page of writing. A second foliation system runs between folios 2-241, these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled (with the exception of numbers 202-208 which are) and may be found in the top right corner of each folio: 1A and 1B; 91A and 91B; 136A and 136B; 191A and 191B; 195A and 195B.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the British Ministry of Fuel and Power on the arrangement for the recruitment of women stenographers from the UK for work in Bahrain for the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.The reference number 10/22 on the cover is crossed and the file was then renumbered as 10/15. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 7).Physical description: The foliation starts at the front cover and continues through to the back cover, 1-8. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and can be found in the top right corner of each folio.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence between the Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) representatives.The bulk of the correspondence is about CASOC's proposal to install wireless apparatus in Bahrain for purposes of communication between the Company's office in Bahrain and Company representatives on Saudi Arabian mainland (Dhahran).The volume includes operating instructions for the telephone communications (folios 238-239).There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 289-308).Physical description: The main foliation is in pencil and can be found in the top right corner. This sequence inconsistantly switches to pagination when text is present on both sides of the folio, has a number of gaps and some folios slightly out of sequence. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1A; then 1B, 1C and 1D; and terminates at the back cover with 309.Foliation omissions: 241, 243, 271, 292-293, 297-299, 303, 305, 307-308, 312-313, 317-318, 324-325, 327, 329-333, 337-341, 344-345, 348-351, 362-363, 368-369, 372-373, 379-380 and 383.Pagination ranges: 47-46, 48-49, 95-96, 113-114, 122-123, 124-129, 132-137, 144-145, 147-150, 153-154, 250-251, 252-253, 254-255.
Abstract: The file contains letters sent by Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) asking for a reduction of the rates for telegraphic and radio transmissions.There is an index (folio 6).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, and then it carries on until 8, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the negotiations for the installation of radio communication stations for BAPCO. There are some documents in Arabic, mainly correspondence with the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim Al-Thani, on the option to install a station in Qatar.There are some maps within the file: a sketch of 'Qatar' (folio 65) showing Doha and the surrounding areas and 'PROPOSED LOCATION OF RESERVATION FOR DECCA NAVIGATION RADIO STATION, BUDAIA' (folio 137).There is an index at the end of the file (folios 129-135).Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil, encircled, in the top right corner. It begins on the cover, on number 1, and carries on until 138, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file.