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FO 371/185207

Persian Gulf Lighting Service and change of name, 1966

This file relates to the affairs of the Persian Gulf Lighting Service (PGLS). It contains correspondence concerning: PGLS’ name change to the Middle East Navigation Aids Service, with debate centred on the use of the term Persian instead of Arabian Gulf. It contains reactions to its name in Iran, Bahrain and Kuwait, as well as difficulties with the services’ postal address (2, 4) Complaint from the Manager of the PGLS Commander Sutcliffe on the confiscation of lighting dues certificates in Kuwait (3)

FCO 8/4342

Trade relations between Bahrain and the UK, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file relates to Bahrain's commercial relations with the UK.
ADM 127/61

Letters from Commodore-in-Charge, Persian Gulf Squadron, to Commander-in-Chief, India, concerning piracy, abduction of tridesmen and slavery in Persian Gulf. Movements of East India Company sloops and frigates, 1855 June - 1857 Dec.

This file contains letters covering a period from June to December 1855.
FO 464/17

Arabia: miscellaneous papers, 1962-1968, 1962 Jan 01 - 1968 Dec 31

This file contains Orders in Council relating to Arabia and the Gulf from 1962-1967. In particular it relates to: Muscat, Qatar, Aden, the Trucial States and Bahrain. These orders cover topics including: Amendments of orders, transfers of jurisdiction, airports, aviation, pharmaceutical regulations, customs duties, finance, commerce, ports, traffic, currency, immigration, doctors, alcohol, drugs, pesticides, the Trucial Oman Scouts, labour, police, patents, leasing of land, prisons, criminal procedure, explosives and contract law.

ADM 127/65

Correspondence from Government of India (Political Department) at Bombay to Persian Gulf and to ships of Persian Gulf Squadron., 1856 Feb. - 1857 Mar.

This file contains letters covering the period from February 1856 to March 1857. The letters consist of correspondence between the Resident in the Persian Gulf F Jones and the Secretary to the Government of Bombay H S Anderson.
ADM 127/51

Reports on piracy and tribal warfare in the Gulf, 1843 Dec. - 1846 Mar

This file contains letters covering the period from December 1843 to March 1846. The letters mostly concern reports of and instructions regarding the movements of ships in the Gulf and requests for the transmission of letters, packets, money, and other provisions between Bassadore [Basidu], Bushire [Bushehr], Bassarah [Basra] and Baghdad.
FCO 8/4291

Ministerial visits from the UK to the Middle East: general, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns UK ministerial visits and the exploration of commercial opportunities in the Gulf.
ADM 127/58

Letters of Persian Gulf Squadron on acts of piracy and slave trading: suppression of slave trade by ships and vessels of East India Company, 1855

This file contains letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf Captain A B Kemball, the Assistant Resident Lieutenant H F Disbrowe and the Acting Resident Commander J F Jones. They are mostly addressed to the Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf Commodore G Robinson, his successor Commodore R Ethersey and the Senior Officer of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf Lieutenant A Foulerton, but there are also some written to the commanders of individual vessels and to local Rulers.
ADM 127/56

Movements of vessels of East India Company and Bushire Residency Squadron, 1854

This file contains letters exchanged between the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron Commodore G Robinson and the Resident in the Persian Gulf Captain A B Kemball, as well as between Captain Kemball and the commanders of various vessels. They cover a range of topics, including the movement of British shipping in the Gulf, including that of the Bushehr Residency Squadron; the conveyance of money, despatches and packets to various destinations; and the suppression of the slave trade.

FCO 8/2004

Oil affairs in Kuwait, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file concerns Kuwait’s renegotiation of the terms of an oil participation agreement with British Petroleum (BP) and Gulf Oil Corporation.
FCO 8/103

Submission on allowance of Persian Gulf Regulations, 1967

This file contains a memorandum by Francis Vallat which recommends that the Foreign Secretary allow four regulations made by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf: Bahrain Port Regulation, 1966 Bahrain Income Tax (Amendment) Regulation, 1966 Dubai Air Traffic Regulations, 1966 Dubai Customs Regulation, 1966

FO 1016/837

Dubai airport: development and operation, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Letter from the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to the Ministry of Aviation, confirming the Government of Dubai's acceptance of the costs and responsibility for the operation of an Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network Round-trip Time (AFTN RTT) providing a direct Radio Teletype (RTTY) link with Bahrain Telecommunications Centre Letter from the Manager of Dubai Airport J A Taylor to the Political Agent in Dubai H G Balfour-Paul on the 'Development and Operation of Dubai Airport', dated 21 April 1965; a letter from