Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of letters that are related to the arrangement of visits between the Political Agent, Bahrain and some of the Emirs and notables from Saudi Arabia. Letters of thanks were exchanged after the visits took place.The Political Agent, Bahrain and the Saudi Emirs also exchanged petitions on behalf of some locals of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia respectively. The petitions were mainly regarding the claims of debts, properties, or stolen boats. Debtors from Saudi Arabia fled to Bahrain, hence the Saudi Emirs wrote to the Political Agent, Bahrain, requesting for those who fled to be seized. The Political Agent in turn replied with the available information about the named subjects at his end. The same procedure was done with the Bahraini debtors who fled to Saudi Arabia. The file also includes some letters from merchants such as Abdulaziz al-Qusaibi, informing the Political Agent about their intentions to travel to Qatif to visit a certain notable, to recover some debts, or for trade purposes.Most of the correspondence in the file is in Arabic. Folios 116-122 are file notes.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover 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in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains petitions raised by divers from Oman and Kuwait regarding their work in Bahrain. These were sent to the Political Agency, Bahrain.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 9; 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 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, memoranda and petitions regarding the estates of deceased people in Bahrain. The papers are mainly from petitioners on matters of inheritance, custody and the administration of foreign estates in Bahrain. The file also contains notes and rulings which were sent by the Bahrain Sharia Court to the Political Agency Court. Most of the correspondence is in Arabic.The main correspondence is between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and the Bahrain Sharia Court.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 46; 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 4-43; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Copies of revised and reissued Government memoranda and official notifications, outlining procedures to be followed in the submission, receipt and transmission of memorials and petitions to the King and to the Governor General in Council. The instructions are distributed by the Government of India, and received by the Political Agency in Bahrain via the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The instructions include details of: acknowledgement of memorials, dependent on whether the sender is entitled to an eleven-gun salute; form and manner of petitions; method of submission of petitions; circumstances under with a petition may be withheld; transmission of memorials and petitions by provincial governments.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: A petition in Arabic to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] from inhabitants of Bussora [Basra]. The petition complains of the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, in particular regarding the affair of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor.An English version of the petition can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: A petition in Arabic to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] from inhabitants of Bussora [Basra], concerning the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).An English version of the petition can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 153 of 1846, dated 30 December 1846. The enclosures are dated 7-15 December 1846.The enclosures relate to events following the decision by HM Supreme Court of Judicature in Bombay [Mumbai] made against Aga Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥīm Shīrāzī], Persian Consul in Bombay and Consul for the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat, including:The Memorial of Aga Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee, submitted to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, appealing for Government to interfere on his behalf, pending his appeal to HM Privy Council (ff 517-527)The opinion of the Advocate-General, Bombay, that it is not in the power of Government to interfere in the matter (f 532)The communication by the Government of Bombay of these proceedings to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy at the Court of Persia [Iran], and the Government of India.The principal correspondent is the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (26 folios)