Coll 6/31 'Hejaz: Hejaz-Polish Relations. Polish Arms for Ibn Saud.'
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This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, concerns relations between the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia) and the Polish Government. The correspondence includes the following: Details of the visit of a Polish delegation to Jedda in May 1930. Repo...
Correspondence between Britain, France and Russia in regards to Arabia
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Correspondence, in English and French, between M Sazanof, Ministre des Affaires Étrangeres (Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs); Maurice Paléologue, Ambassadeur de France en Russie (French Ambassador to Russia); Paul Cambon (French Amabassador to the United Kingdom); and Sir Edward Gray, Secre...
Question of British Consular Representation in El Hasa and Qatif
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Memorandum providing an overview of the considerations of British representation in El Hasa [Al Hasa] and Qatif from 1904, with suggestions put forward by the Government of India and Sir Lionel Haworth, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It includes the reasons behind the need for represent...
Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing Ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement; Cessation of "C" class service’
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The file contains correspondence related to the provision of civil air services to Bahrain. It therefore covers a range of related topics such as the amendment and renewal of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement, money due to the Ruler of Bahrain under the agreement, amendments to landing fees, aviat...
Coll 7/2 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms by Afghan Government from financial assistance granted by Government of India'
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Correspondence regarding the provision of a £75,000 grant of assistance by the Government of India to the Afghan Government, and arrangements for the supply of arms and ammunition. The correspondents are: the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; HM Envoy and Minister at Kabul ...
Coll 7/27 'Muscat: supply of Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to Muscat State; supply of guns and ammunition to Sultan'
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The file contains two folders of correspondence regarding requests for weapons and ammunition made by the Sultan of Muscat (Sa'īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa'īd) to the British and American Governments. The file includes dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in each part by ...
Coll 17/8(6) 'Date gardens of the Sheikh of Koweit in Iraq: discharge of HMG's liability in respect of possession and exemption from taxation'
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2857. It contains papers regarding the following: legal cases brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) in respect of the ownership of date garden properties in Iraq; the subsequent institution of Land Settlement Procedure to...
Coll 29/39 'Seistan (Zabul): office allowance; hospital; motor cars'
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The file concerns the Seistan and Kain (Zabul) Consulate. The file contains: proposed expenditures on repairs of the building, in 1925proposal to build a new hospital, in 1925proposal to increase office allowance to provide medical stores, in 1928proposed purchase of furniture, in 1928 and 1930...
Coll 29/79 'Bushire: renewal of electric wiring in government buildings'
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The file concerns the Political Agency in the Persian Gulf, in Bushire. The file covers: renewal of electric wiring of the government buildings, 1937 additions and alterations to the electric installations in Government buildings, 1940 purchase of engine and electric generator for Residency, 1...
Coll 29/102 'Shiraz: consulate and vice consulate; including Kazerun'
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The file concerns the HM Consulate at Shiraz. The file covers: appointment of Richard John Dacres Belgrave as Vice-Consul, 1942 proposal that the Vice-Consul should be nominally attached to Shiraz but residing mainly at Kazerun duties of liaison officers in the extended scheme of consular acti...
