The volume comprises two parts. Part 1 contains correspondence and papers relating to appointments made at the British Consulate at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] (ff 5-74). Part 2 contains correspondence and papers concerning the re-opening and associated costs of a British Consulate at Basra (ff 76...
File 1144/1915 'Persia:- Secret Service Expenditure by Consular Officers. Seistan Levies Expenditure. South Persia Rifles (see also F 2834/12)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence related to the diplomatic and consular expenditure on Special Secret Service in Persia and the Persian Gulf between 1915-1921. The papers focus on the financial adjustments to be made between the India Office and the Foreign Office. According to the statements...
File 1262/1915 Pt 1 'Persia: Financial Assistance; The Moratorium'
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Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and memoranda concerning financial assistance to the Persian Government during the First World War. The papers cover the discussion of Persia's request for a moratorium on loan repayments, concern about pro-German and pro-Turkish elements in a new Persian M...
File 1262/1915 Pt 2-3 'Persia: Financial Assistance: "The Moratorium"'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda concerning financial assistance given to the Government of Persia by the governments of Britain and Russia. The papers form part of the discussion of a number of related matters, including practical and routine aspects of transferring the money to Per...
File 1740/1915 Pt 1-2 'Arabia: Policy in Hadramaut, Yemen'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and other papers relating to British policy in connection with the Hadramaut (also written Hadhramut and Hadhramaut). The correspondence covers internal affairs, relations with tribal leaders, activities of the Turks and the Imam of Yemen, boundary questions,...
File 1740/1915 Pt 3 'Arabia: Loan to Sultan of Shehr and Mokalla'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning loans and other assistance given to the Sultan of Shehr [Al Shihr] and Mokalla [Al Mukalla] in the Hadhramaut. The papers cover: the 1917 loan of 400,000 rupees and a gift of arms and ammunition; the responsibility for the cost of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1917-15 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (195 folios)
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