Ext 6796/43 Export Licences for Bahrain Petroleum Company
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The file contains two despatches from the Political Agent, Bahrain, informing the India Office of export licences granted to the Bahrain Petroleum Company for shipment of petroleum and petroleum products to Persia.
Ext 6859/43 'Letters presented to India Office by Dr S G Vesey Fitzgerald'
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This file contains correspondence regarding personal letters provided by Dr Seymour Gonne Vesey-Fitzgerald, Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, to the India Office. The letters are described as being from Sir Salar Jung [Sir Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I] to the author's u...
Ext 338/44 'Ill treatment of Persian pilgrims at Mecca'
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The file contains correspondence regarding the execution without trial of a Persian pilgrim, accused of defiling the Great Mosque of Mecca, and ensuing agitation amongst Persian and other Shiah Muslims. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; British Legation, Baghdad; British L...
The file contains a despatch from Sir Reader William Bullard of the British Legation, Tehran, detailing the visit of Dr Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia in exile, on the 28-30 December 1944, and particularly his interactions with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.
Ext 453/44 'Gift from Lord Linlithgow to Sultan of Muscat'
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The file contains a copy of a letter from Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, sending thanks to Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, for the gift of a stud bull. The file also contains correspondence forwarding the letter to Lord Linlithgow via the Political Resident in the Persian Gu...
The file contains papers regarding destitute Chinese citizens in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and potential British assistance in repatriating them via India. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Jeddah; Foreign Office; Government of India; British Embassy, Chungking [Chongqing].
Ext 980/44 'Persia: Road Transport Administration'
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The file contains papers regarding the former Road Transport Department of the Persian Government and the transferral of its responsibilities to two newly formed bodies, the Movements Department and the Road Transport Authority. The primary correspondent is Sir Reader William Bullard, British Leg...
Ext 1078/44 'United States Minister, Baghdad: Tour of Arab Coast of Persian Gulf'
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The file contains correspondence regarding a tour of the Arabian coast by Loy W Henderson, United States Minister to Iraq, and his interactions with the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, and with Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. As well as Mr Henderson, the primary corres...
Ext 1488/44 'Dr Hosmon: American Medical Missionary'
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The file contains correspondence regarding a request by American missionary Dr Sarah Longworth Hosmon for permission to establish a medical practice in Kalba, Trucial States, and for permits for other missionaries to travel from the United States to join her. As well as Dr Hosmon, the primary cor...
Ext 2033/44 'Shaikh Salman of Bahrain: judicial training in Palestine'
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The file contains correspondence regarding arrangements for the Civil and Criminal case judicial training of Sheikh Salman Bin Muhamed (the fifth son of senior uncle of the Ruler of Bahrain) in Palestine, resulting from a lack of court judges with judicial training in Bahrain. The file also inclu...