Coll 30/215 'Pay of Interpreters in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India concerning a request by the Resident to upgrade the pay of certain First Interpreters in the Vernacular cadre of the Persian Gulf Residency: namely, those at Muscat, Kuwait, and Khorra...
Coll 30/118 'Gypsum deposits in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the potential commercial exploitation by British firms of deposits of gypsum in the Persian Gulf. Gypsum was used as a cementing material and for the manufacture of plaster board. The main deposits were along the coast of Iran (referred to throughout as Persia), but the substan...
This file contains correspondence and related documents concerning journalistic coverage of the Persian Gulf and Britain's presence in it, with an emphasis on Britain's role in Bahrain and Kuwait. This correspondence is primarily between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Political A...
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding negotiations with the Governments of Iraq and Persia to establish a board to improve and maintain the conservancy of the Shatt el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] waterway. The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the...
The file contains correspondence concerning the Naval Wireless Station at Bahrain. The papers include: correspondence from the India Office, the Admiralty, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the installation of a wireless receiving and transmitting set at the Jufair naval...
This file contains correspondence regarding plans for Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, one of the sons of the Ruler of Kuwait, to study in the United Kingdom. Much of the correspondence is between John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office and Gabbitas, Thring & Co Ltd., an educational...