Abstract: Papers relating to twenty Somalis who arrived in Bahrain from Qatar in February 1949, claiming to be survivors of a shipwrecking off the coast of Muscat. The papers include:an account by the survivors of their shipwrecking and journey to Bahrain (f 5, f 9);correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Political Agency and Persian Gulf Political Residency concerning the provision of maintenance for the Somalis, and possible repatriation to British Somaliland [Somalia];correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly) and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) on the increasing numbers of Somalis in Manama, and speculation that the Somalis who arrived in Bahrain had in fact travelled to Qatar to seek work at the oil company in Qatar (Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited);papers exchanged between the Bahrain Political Agency and the Secretariat of Hargeisa [Hargeysa] in the Somaliland Protectorate, for a passport application submitted by a Somali. The papers include a bond and affidavit, both bearing British Somaliland stamps (f 21, f 23).Some of the correspondence in the file is in Arabic with English translation.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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 2-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains two internal advice notes made by officials in the Political Department of the India Office, London in 1934, relating to the exercise of British extradition powers in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, for fugitive criminals of a foreign state. The first note mentions the Extradition Act 1870, the India Extradition Act 1903, the Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 and the various Orders in Council relating to the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. The question arose in connection with the famous case of the British-born American financier Samuel Insull (born 1859, died 1938). Following the collapse of his business empire during the Great Depression, Samuel Insull travelled to Europe. In 1934 he was arrested in Istanbul and sent back to the United States of America under an extradition treaty with Turkey, in order to stand trial for fraud and other offences.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Correspondence relating to a case of deportation of a British Indian subject from Gwadur [Gwadar]. The papers give details of the criminal case proceedings (theft) and the deportation order made under The Muscat Order in Council, 1939.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio 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.
Abstract: Correspondence, reports and other papers concerning the status of Indians (as British subjects, also referred to in the file as ‘khojas’) living in Charbar [Chābahār], Persia [Iran], who have had Persian nationality imposed upon them by a nationality law ratified by the Persian Government. The file covers: discussion among British officials over the status of British subjects in Charbar; the efforts of Indians in Charbar to renounce their Persian nationality; a visit by HM Consul at Kerman, Captain Cecil Henning Lincoln, to Charbar, to assist the town’s Indian community with the difficulties experienced at the hands of the Persian authorities; the arrest at and deportation from Charbar of the Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Vice Consulate’s interpreter (also referred to in the file as a munshi) by the Persian authorities; in 1937, the departure from Charbar of 282 members of the Indian community, to Muscat and Gwadur [Gwādar].The file’s principal correspondent is HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 144; 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: Correspondence and other papers relating to controls on cross-border movements and extradition measures on the frontier between Persia [Iran] and India (specifically British Baluchistan, part of present-day Pakistan), discussed between the British Government, Government of India, and Persian Government. The papers refer to a number of cross-border incidents, including murders and robbery committed in Persian territory, in which the perpetrators subsequently absconded into British Baluchistan. The papers include British protests to the Persian Government, in response to incursions by Persian levies into British territories, and correspondence exchanged between British officials, indicating a reluctance to sign an extradition treaty with Persia.The file’s principal correspondents include: the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive; Reginald Hervey Hoare; Charles Dodd); representatives of the Persian Government, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mirza Mohamed Ali Khan Feroughi); the British Consul at Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly); the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan (Alexander Norman Ley Cater); the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Evelyn Berkeley Howell).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 241; 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: Annual reports on the workings of the Bahrain Order-in-Council, 1913 for the years 1927-46. The reports contain information on the civil and criminal cases tried and the numbers of British subjects and British protected persons registered during each year. The reports were written by the Political Agent, Bahrain, and are sent as enclosures from the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, to the India Office, London.In addition to the reports is correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and the Foreign Office concerning the following matters:The effort, with associated regulations, to confer more powerful judiciary powers on the Political Agent and the Assistant Political Agent, BahrainThe definitions of British Subjects and British Protected Persons as used in connection with the Order-in-Council, and the question of how and to what extent they should be registered in BahrainProcedural questions relating to the death sentence and executionNotices given by the Political Agent, Bahrain, to the Government of India of various prohibitions and deportationsAn enquiry from the American Consul, Dhahran, about the extent of jurisdiction the United Kingdom has in the Trucial States [United Arab Emirates].Also contained in the file are copies of the Bahrain Order in Council, 1919 (folios 159-71), and the Bahrain (Amendment) Order in Council, 1922 (folio 157).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 229; 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 file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the legality, political context and practicalities involved in the possible extradition of a number of individuals, primarily Persian subjects, from Kuwait and Muscat to Persia at request of the Government of Persia. As such, the file contains a number of English language translations of letters (and relevant court summons) from the Persian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.In addition, the file also contains the following documents:A memorandum related to legal summons issued by foreign countries and Britain's responsibility to respond to them (folios 55-56)'Memorandum as to the Obtaining of Evidence in England for Foreign Tribunals in Civil and Commercial Matters' (folios 57-60)'Memorandum as to the Obtaining of Evidence in Scotland and Northern Ireland for Foreign Tribunals in Civil and Commercial Matters' (folio 61).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 86; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file concerns the possibility of an extradition treaty between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, earlier referred to as Nejd [Najd],The file includes a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle), dated 26 September 1932, in which he raises the question of the status of slaves under any such treaty, and states that the suggestion of a treaty had come from Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Fowle's view is that it was undesirable to have any such treaty at all, until the Government of Saudi Arabia raised the issue, and this view is endorsed in subsequent correspondence and minutes from the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Government of India.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 for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 14; these numbers are printed and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers have not been foliated.
Abstract: Correspondence, draft papers, and minute papers relating to a proposal for an extradition treaty between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the Government of India. The idea is first suggested by the Sultan himself, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and is then discussed in exchanges between officials at the Political Agency in Muscat, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (External Affairs Department), India Office, and Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Reports from British officials in Persia [Iran] reporting on: the activities of alleged Russian intelligence agents operating in Persia; the dissemination of Soviet communist propaganda in Persia; the Persian authorities’ attempts to uncover and root out suspected Russian intelligence agents; the expulsion from Persia of British subjects suspected of working for the Russian intelligence services, and the arrest and sentencing to death of others charged with espionage. The file’s principal correspondents are: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare; the British Consul at Tabriz, Clarence Edward Stanhope Palmer.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 45; 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: This file relates to the procedure for the deportation of persons to and from the Hejaz, particularly British subjects and British-protected persons. The file includes copies of Foreign Office correspondence, as well as copies of Government of India correspondence. Correspondents include the following: the British Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill); the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the Hejazi Minister for Foreign Affairs [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; officials of the Colonial Office and Foreign Office.Matters discussed include the question of whether a local government should be required to verify a person's nationality before deporting that person to another country, and the question of which government should bear the cost of a person's deportation.Whilst the majority of the correspondence dates from 1930 to 1932 the file also contains copies of two letters dating from 1929.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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An external leather cover wraps around the documents. The front inside of the cover has been foliated as f 1; the back of the external cover has not been foliated. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-54; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file concerns the British Government's response to what are described as 'disloyal and defeatist' comments made by Harry St John Bridger Philby to Allied and neutral officials in Saudi Arabia on the subjects of British policy in the Gulf and the Allied forces' war efforts. (The abbreviation 'Qn' in the title stands for 'Question'.)The file includes extensive discussion about whether Philby's Indian Civil Service pension can and should be withheld on the grounds of 'grave misconduct'.The correspondence also covers the following:Whether, as an alternative measure, the British Government should seek to prevent Philby from travelling to territories where his views would be 'an embarrassment to British interests.'Details of Philby's service as Chief British Representative in Transjordan between 1921 and 1924.Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] views on Philby.Arrangements for Philby to be arrested upon his arrival in Karachi, under Section 26 (1) (b) of the Defence of India Rules, before being deported to Britain.The findings of a Home Office Advisory Committee on whether Philby's forcible removal from Karachi to Liverpool in August 1940 was lawful (in the correspondence it is acknowledged that Philby was deported without a formal order having been issued under Section 26 (1) (a) of the Defence of India Rules).Philby's release, following the revocation of the detention order made against him.Details of the possessions seized from Philby upon his arrest.The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Hugh Stonehewer Bird); the Political Agent, Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); Harry St John Bridger Philby; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the India Office, the Home Office, and the Government of India's External Affairs Department.In addition to correspondence the file includes a copy of Foreign Office instructions for the impoundment of Philby's passport and a copy of Section 26 of the Defence of India Rules, as published in the
Gazette of India, 3 September 1939.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 (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 123; 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.