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Coll 40/13 ‘Royal Family. Coronation of H.M. King George VI. Invitations to the Sultan of Muscat and the Sheikhs of Bahrain and Koweit, and King of the Yemen.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on the coronation of King George VI. The correspondence is primarily between the following: the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India; an...
File 2182/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part 1 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns Britain's relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] following the latter's occupation of Ottoman-ruled El Hassa [Al Hasa] and Nejd [Najd]. Much of the correspondence is concerned with how B...
File P 53 1915 Pt 1 'German War - The Khalifate and Pan-Arab Movement'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to British support for an Arab caliphate under British suzerainty. The discussion in the volume relates to the plots to foment a rebellion in the Arab Ottoman provinces and the military support required fr...
This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the possibility of control of buoying and lighting in the Persian Gulf being transferred to the Government of P...
Coll 6/35 'Hejaz-Nejd. Ownership of property by foreigners.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the ownership of property in the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) by foreigners. The early correspondence in the file (1930-1931) relates to the estates of deceased British Indian citizens (and one Chinese national). The remainder of the file's correspondence is chiefly concerned ...
Despatch from the Government of Bombay, Political Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 7 of 1870, dated 31 May 1870, including an abstract of contents and enclosures dated 31 January-7 May 1870. The enclosures relate to the following matters: The impending struggle between the Wa...
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 1 June 1821. The enclosures are dated 2 April-21 May 1821. The item comprises an extract of the proceedings of the Bombay Government and correspond...
This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a General Letter from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 27 of 1841, dated 31 March 1841. The enclosures are dated 29 December 1840 to 31 March 1841. They largely relate to the situation in Sinde [Sindh], a...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 32 of 1843, dated 1 May 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-10 and are dated 14 November 1842 to 27 April 1843. The majority of the it...
Enclosures no. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 24 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 28 February-17 May 1844. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to affairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], particularly in relation to the situation al...
