Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for the development of civil aviation services connecting Iran (frequently referred to as Persia) with Iraq and India. It therefore includes correspondence related to proposed aerial surveys of possible routes. The question of whether three airfields at Zahid...
Coll 17/30(2) 'Proposed additional outlet to the sea in or near Kuwait territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the port at Um Qasr (Umm Qasr). These papers mostly concern a notification of the schedule of dues and charges to be imposed by the Government of Iraq on vessels navigating to Um Qasr port (printed in the Iraq Government Gazette No. 24 of 14 June 1942)...
Coll 28/42 ‘Persia. Motor-car Registration in East Persia. Issue of Driving Licenses and Visas to British & Persian subjects; Indian lorry drivers in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning the issue of licenses and visas for Persian and Indian lorry drivers operating between Duzdap [Zahedan] in the East Persian province of Sistan, and Nok Kundi in British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan]. The licenses were issued by the Governments of Persia [Iran] and India...
The file concerns appointments at the Consulates in Seistan and Zabul. The file covers: appointment of G Fawsitt Taylor as Medical Officer and Vice Consul to Seistan, in 1931 appointment of T F Shepherd as member of the staff appointment of J J Beausang as Medical Officer and Vice Consul to Se...
Coll 29/28 'Meshed: office allowance and consulate buildings'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Meshed (Mashhad, Iran). The file covers: office allowance and pay, in 1923proposal to transfer the Consulate outside the town, in 1928, rejected by the Government of India for financial reasonsreport of fire broken out on 14 October 1929 in the Co...
The file concerns the sale of land belonging to the Seistan and Kain (Zabul) Consulate, and reports on the flood in Seistan, causing damages to the Vice-Consulate at Zabul. The file contains: proposed sale of land situated outside the compound of Seistan Consulate, on which a building was erec...
Coll 29/68 'Recess arrangements in the Persian Gulf'
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The file concerns recess arrangements for the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and for the Political Agent at Kuwait. The file covers: Government of India's recommendations on hot weather recess for 3 months for the Political Agent, Kuwait, 1924 proposal that Political Agent, Kuwait is a...
Coll 29/112 'Tehran Consulate: appointment of Consul'
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The file concerns the British Legation at Tehran. The file covers: Appointmentsof H G Jakins as Consul Government of India wishing that the Treasury at Tehran was continuing to be held by the British Legation at Tehran. The file contains internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the I...
Coll 29/118(6) 'Meshed: allocation of British Consulate-General'
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The file concerns the British Consulate-General at Meshed, whose building was to be shared with the Government of India and of Pakistan. The file contains correspondence between the British Embassy at Tehran, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the UK High Commissio...
Coll 35/4 'Arabia: postal communication between Kamaran and Jizan; wireless communication between Aden and Jizan'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the transmission of post between Jizan (Saudi Arabia) and Kamaran (Yemen), and covers the establishment of wireless telecommunications between Jizan and Aden. The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political R...
