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Coll 5/84(2) ‘Chicago Agreement: Position of Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms with regard to post war Civil Aviation; International Civil Aviation Organisation Meeting in Cairo 1946. Tandy's Deputation.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the position of the Gulf States – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Bahrain, Dubai, Kalba, Kuwait, Ra's al-Khaymah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaywayn – under the Convention on International Civil Aviation (1946), also known as the Chicago Convention. Much of the correspondence is c...
Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.'
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence relating to oil and mining concessions in Yemen. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following: Details of a concession for the exploitation of oil and other minerals, reported to have been...
Coll 7/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: suggested Anglo-Persian Arms Traffic Agreement. Persia and the Arms Traffic Convention'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of extensive correspondence, plus minutes and memoranda, relating to the 1925 Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War (Arms Traffic Convention), and the subsequent attempts to reproduce certain of its provision...
Final Record of a Meeting Held at the Foreign Office on Thursday October 5th [1933] to Discuss Relations between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Sheikh of Koweit
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum containing a record of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 5 October 1933 to discuss relations between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, particularly in regards to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Āl Sa‘ūd]. The ...
Coll 16/33 'Establishments. Employment in Koweit of retired Political Agent: case of Col Dickson. appt as Chief Local Representative of the Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, memoranda and other documents relating to the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson as the first Chief Local Representative of the Kuwait Oil Company following his retirement from the post of Political Agent, Kuwait [also spelled Kowe...
Coll 29/44 'Appointment of Indian Medical Service and Department officers to be Vice-Consuls: procedure, etc'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns appointments at various consulates and at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: appointment of C J Stocker as Vice-Consul and Agency Surgeon at Meshed in 1926, and exemption from payment of Persian Customs Duty; irregularities found by Foreign Office ...
Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns conditions of employment at the British Consulates in Iran and in the Persian Gulf. The file is compiled when, after Indian Independence, the Foreign Office was planning to take over certain posts previously administered by the Government of India. The file contains: condition...
Coll 29/45(8) 'Payment of gratuities to menial staff previously employed at GOI posts in Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns mode of payment of gratuities to the menials rendered surplus in the Persian Gulf on the transfer of power in India. The file is composed of correspondence between the British Embassy in Tehran, the Foreign Office, Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, the Of...
Coll 29/78 'Zabul: creation of vice consulate; allowances attached to post of Indian Medical Service Officers in East Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the creation of Vice-Consulate at Zabul. The file covers: proposal of the Government of India to create a post of Vice-Consul at Zabul, 1936 proposal to reduce allowances to Consul General, Meshed, 1936-37 report 'A note on the importance of Seistan to India', 1939 (ff 6-20). ...
Coll 29/105 'Proposed appointment of an Inspector General for Consulates in Persia: including Mr Lyttelton's memorandum'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposal to appoint an Inspector General for Consulates in Persia, and includes a memorandum by Oliver Lyttleton, Minister of State in the Middle East, concerning his visit to Persia (folios 63-67). The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Viceroy...
