Photocopy of Part of a Map Showing the Mouth of the Shatt al-Arab
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This photocopy of part of a map shows the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab on the Persian Gulf. It is labelled ‘Copy of part of map forwarded with Foreign Office letter N.B. The copy is not to the same scale as the map. Hydrographic Department Admiralty 22nd Jan[uar]y 1929.’ Scale not given.
File 3939/1926 Pt 4 'Publications: Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Section re Afghanistan.'
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This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the pr...
File 4535/1928 Pt 11 ‘Persia: Anglo-Persian Negotiations 1928-9. Policy of H. M. G.’
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This part contains correspondence and other papers concerning the policy of HM Government in the Persian Gulf, in relation to negotiations between the British and Persian [Iranian] Governments for a general treaty. The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Government of Ind...
MAP shewing proposal for preliminary development of desert tract
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The map shows Basrah, the Shatt el Arab and Euphrates river. It also shows irrigation and drainage channels. The map also indicates hydrology and settlements, with brief descriptions of topography, vegetation such as date gardens, and the residence of a notable sheikh. Water levels are indicated...
File 3086/1915 Pt 4 'ARABIA: RED SEA – occupation of Red Sea Islands'
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This part comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes pertaining to proposed occupation of the Kamaran Islands. Discussion includes the reasoning that the British saw for this in order to pre-empt Italian action and the Government of India's view that in the first place ...
File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz'
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The papers cover the election of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as king in 1926, his assumption of the title of King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies, his de jure recognition by HM Government and others, the delay on the part of the Egyptian ...
The part consists of press reports and notices of Parliamentary questions, concerning the situation on the frontier between Iraq, Kuwait, and Transjordan, and the Kingdom of Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz], Nejd, and Dependencies, particularly in terms of raids by Akhwan [Ikhwan] tribesmen (also referred to as...
File 791/1904 Pt 5 'The Ottoman Order-in-Council, 1910'
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Part 5 concerns the Ottoman Order in Council 1910, and the applicability of the Ottoman Order in Council, 1899, and the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, to Yemen and the other Turkish possessions in Arabia. It contains: a 1909 draft Ottoman Order in Council (folios 53-93); the Ottoman Order in Co...
File 2696/1914 Pt 2 'Persia New Anglo-Russian agreement'
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Part 2 relates to discussion between the Government of India, the India Office, and the Foreign Office regarding the possible revision of the Anglo-Russian Agreement [the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907]. Included is a memorandum, dated August 1915 and produced by the India Office's Political De...
This part is concerned with the Persian Transport Company, the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, and their managing agents Messrs Lynch. In particular, it relates to the provision of a subsidy by the Foreign Office to the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company for its steamer...