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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 118 of 1846, dated 14 October 1846. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 14 to 15 August 1846, and relate to Persian [Iranian] ...
This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 9 of 1847, dated 25 January 1847. The enclosure is dated 14 November 1846. The item comprises copies of despatches forwarded, for the information of the Gover...
Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 9 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 8 November 1847-6 March 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and Bokhara [Emirate of Bokhara], including: Atte...
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 15 of 1853, dated 28 February 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 14 January 1853. The enclosure consists of copies of nine...
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 28 of 1856, dated 16 April 1856. The enclosures are dated 12 March-16 April 1856. The enclosures comprise copies of reports and letters forwarded by Brigadier W...
File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following: The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost ...
File 815/1917 Pt 10 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying Service. Operation by Board of Control. Govt. of India's contribution to the Lighting Fund.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to arrangements for the financing of the Persian Gulf lighting and buoying service. Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: Details of a new scheme for funding the service, which is to consist of shipping dues levied on behalf of the Government of India b...
The Amicable Settlement of the Bunder Abbass Affair Between the Governments of Persia and Muscat
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 158 of 1868, dated 22 September 1868, including an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-13 dated 24 July-7 September 1868. The enclosures relate to the re-lease of Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ‘Abbas] b...
Political No. 149 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to Payment of the Subsidy to Muscat and the Allowances Offered by His Highness the Sultan to Syed Salim and Abdool Azeez
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 25 August 1873 and received via Brindisi on 22 September 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to payment of the subsidy to Muscat and the allowanc...
Political No. 202 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to Affairs in Nejd and Bahrein, and Rumoured Movements of Turkish Troops on Oman
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 November 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 15 December 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to affairs in Nejd [Najd...
