This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 116 of 1846, dated 12 October 1846. The enclosures, numbered 3-6 and dated 12 May to 15 July 1846, relate to Persian [Iranian] affairs. Enclosu...
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 87 of 1847, dated 13 October 1847. The enclosure is dated 26 August 1847. The primary document is a despatch from Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Pol...
Coll 6/67(6) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar: Trucial Coast Oil Concessions'
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This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically its border with Qatar. The correspondence and memoranda near the beginning of the volume discuss from a British perspective the origins and recent history of the boundary dispute, which is d...
The Government of India's Views Regarding the Eastern Frontier of the Persian Empire
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 178 of 1869, dated 10 June 1869, with an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-26, dated 14 April 1866-5 June 1869. The despatch commences with a detailed statement by the Government of India, Foreign...
Proceedings of the Government of Bombay connected with the Affairs of the Persian Gulf
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This part of the volume consists of a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, No. 104 of 1842, dated 28 September 1842. It contains material related to the following: The Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant H D Robertson’s consultations w...
This item consists of a copy of a Political Letter from the Government of India’s Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 38 of 1876, dated 16 February 1876, submitting enclosures related to the state of affairs in Muscat, dated 16 August 1875-11 January 1876. The enclosure...
Dispatches and Correspondence Concerning the Arrival of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Persia
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Copies and translations of dispatches and correspondence concerning the arrival of the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Persia. The collection contains the following dispatches from Macdonald Kinneir: Dispatch No. 2 to the Chief Secretary o...
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 14 dated 16 Feburary 1856. The enclosures are dated 15 December 1855-14 February 1856. The item comprises the following: 1) A copy of a desp...
Coll 6/21(1) 'Hejaz-Nejd: Relations with H.M.G.: Hejaz Legation in London and British Minister in Jeddah.'
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This volume concerns relations between the British Government and the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The volume largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence. The correspondence near the beginning of the volume discusses Ibn Saud's [‘Abd...
Coll 6/56 'Saudi-Arabia: Prevention of use of Bahrein and Kuwait as bases for activities against Nejd (Ibn Hithlain)'
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This file relates to an Ajman chief named Khalid ibn Hithlain [Khālid bin Muḥammad bin Ḥithlayn, also transliterated as Khalid bin Hathlain in the file], who is suspected of planning anti-Saudi activities. The correspondence documents the efforts of the British authorities – at the Saudi Governm...
