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File 815/1917 Pt 11 ‘Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying Service. Iraq law for the levy of light dues.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf, hitherto carried out by the Royal Indian Marine. The papers specifically discuss the Government of Iraq arranging for the collection of dues from ships entering or leaving Ira...
Coll 16/33 'Establishments. Employment in Koweit of retired Political Agent: case of Col Dickson. appt as Chief Local Representative of the Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, memoranda and other documents relating to the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson as the first Chief Local Representative of the Kuwait Oil Company following his retirement from the post of Political Agent, Kuwait [also spelled Kowe...
Coll 29/44 'Appointment of Indian Medical Service and Department officers to be Vice-Consuls: procedure, etc'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns appointments at various consulates and at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: appointment of C J Stocker as Vice-Consul and Agency Surgeon at Meshed in 1926, and exemption from payment of Persian Customs Duty; irregularities found by Foreign Office ...
Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns conditions of employment at the British Consulates in Iran and in the Persian Gulf. The file is compiled when, after Indian Independence, the Foreign Office was planning to take over certain posts previously administered by the Government of India. The file contains: condition...
Coll 29/45(8) 'Payment of gratuities to menial staff previously employed at GOI posts in Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns mode of payment of gratuities to the menials rendered surplus in the Persian Gulf on the transfer of power in India. The file is composed of correspondence between the British Embassy in Tehran, the Foreign Office, Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, the Of...
Coll 29/78 'Zabul: creation of vice consulate; allowances attached to post of Indian Medical Service Officers in East Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the creation of Vice-Consulate at Zabul. The file covers: proposal of the Government of India to create a post of Vice-Consul at Zabul, 1936 proposal to reduce allowances to Consul General, Meshed, 1936-37 report 'A note on the importance of Seistan to India', 1939 (ff 6-20). ...
Coll 29/105 'Proposed appointment of an Inspector General for Consulates in Persia: including Mr Lyttelton's memorandum'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposal to appoint an Inspector General for Consulates in Persia, and includes a memorandum by Oliver Lyttleton, Minister of State in the Middle East, concerning his visit to Persia (folios 63-67). The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Viceroy...
Coll 29/110 'Lingah Consular Agency: and appointment of officer to control wireless station at Jask'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns consular expenditure in Persia, the reopening in 1943 of the Lingah [Bandar Lengeh, Iran] Consular Agency, the re-opening of a Wireless Station at Jask in 1943, and the appointment of an officer to control Lingah wireless station. The file is composed solely of internal corres...
'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (April-June, 1928)'
Scope & Content:
This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in August 1928, is an account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the first part of his third mission (April-June 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), King ...
'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (July-August, 1928)'
Scope & Content:
This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in January 1929, is a continuation of the April-June 1928 account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the second part of his third mission (July-August 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān...
