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Coll 29/17 'Shiraz: bonus to staff on account of currency depreciation; office allowance'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the British Consulate at Shiraz. The file covers office allowance grants, bonuses, staff pay, cost of living in Shiraz, and increase of pay and clothing allowance for the Consulate gardeners. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, t...
Coll 29/52 'Seistan and Kerman consular districts: Duzdap vice-consular area; consular agent at Bam'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns consular jurisdiction in South-East Persia. The file contains correspondence related to: proposed appointment of a British Consular Agent at Bam [Iran], 1929 proposed rearrangements of Sistan and Kerman consular districts, 1929 consular representation in the Sarhad, 1929 defin...
Coll 29/58 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: increase in pay of vice consul at Mohammerah'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposal to increase the pay of the Vice-Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran], in 1932. The file is composed of correspondence between Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Government of India, Secretary of State for India and Foreign Office.
Coll 29/45(3E) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf: R McC Andrew and P D Stobart'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns pay and allowances of R McC Andrew and P D Stobart, officers employed by the Foreign Office and sent for training at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, in 1947. The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Commonwealth R...
PZ 8747/36 ‘Tour of G.W. Rendel, C.M.G., Foreign Office, to the Middle East, 1937. Report by Mr G.W. Rendel’
Scope & Content:
The file consists largely of a report by Mr George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office in London, on his private tour to the Persian Gulf and also to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Ibn Saud, in February and March 1937. This personal account of his trip is...
Coll 28/95 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private claims against H.M.G.: case of the S.S. “Kara Deniz”.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the case of the SS Kara Deniz, a Turkish-owned steamship that was claimed as prize by the British Government at the moment of the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the First World War, while the vessel was moored at Bombay [Mumbai]. The papers focus...
Coll 29/11 'Tehran Legation: pay of munshis and menial staff; office accommodation'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the personnel employed at the British Legation at Tehran. The file covers: increase of staff and related expenditure in 1928, accommodation, list of staff at the legation, installation of telephone systems, proposal to grant cost of living bonus to munshis and menial staff, em...
Ext 4045/45 'Formation of a Union of Arab Amirates of the Persian Gulf - with Headquarters at Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding reported discussions among the rulers of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the Trucial States to form a federation and to gain entry into the Arab League. The primary correspondents are: Ministry of Information; India Office; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Political...
Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding proposals to alter the basis of treaty relationships with tribes in the Aden Protectorate, comprising annotated treaty drafts, plus correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the India Office Political Department, the Aden Resident (later C...
Coll 5/36 ‘Persian Gulf Air Route: Air facilities at Yas Island and at Abu Dhabi’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning negotiations with Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, for air facilities at Yas Island [Sir Bani Yas] and Abu Dhabi. The required air facilities include emergency landing grounds, moorings for flying boats, and petrol storage faci...
