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Coll 29/110 'Lingah Consular Agency: and appointment of officer to control wireless station at Jask'
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The file concerns consular expenditure in Persia, the reopening in 1943 of the Lingah [Bandar Lengeh, Iran] Consular Agency, the re-opening of a Wireless Station at Jask in 1943, and the appointment of an officer to control Lingah wireless station. The file is composed solely of internal corres...
'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (April-June, 1928)'
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This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in August 1928, is an account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the first part of his third mission (April-June 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), King ...
'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (July-August, 1928)'
Scope & Content:
This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in January 1929, is a continuation of the April-June 1928 account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the second part of his third mission (July-August 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān...
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements and some local newsletters, relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army...
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Coll 29/75 'Meshed: consulate appointments; vice consulate and elevation to consulate-general'
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The file concerns appointments at the British Consulate at Meshed. The file covers: special pay and allowances for C W Hart while officiating as Vice-Consul, 1935 and 1938 appointment of A C Stewart as Vice-Consul, 1935 appointment of G F Squire as Consul General, 1937 pay and allowance of C P ...
Coll 29/111 'Bushire: provision of transport for tours of Political Resident'
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The file concerns the provision of transport facilities for tours of the Political Resident at Bushire to the Persian Gulf, by ship and aircraft. The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Viceroy, the British Legation at Tehran, the Treasury, the Fore...
Coll 40/13 ‘Royal Family. Coronation of H.M. King George VI. Invitations to the Sultan of Muscat and the Sheikhs of Bahrain and Koweit, and King of the Yemen.’
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This file contains correspondence on the coronation of King George VI. The correspondence is primarily between the following: the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India; an...
File 2182/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud'
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This volume contains part 1 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns Britain's relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] following the latter's occupation of Ottoman-ruled El Hassa [Al Hasa] and Nejd [Najd]. Much of the correspondence is concerned with how B...
File P 53 1915 Pt 1 'German War - The Khalifate and Pan-Arab Movement'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to British support for an Arab caliphate under British suzerainty. The discussion in the volume relates to the plots to foment a rebellion in the Arab Ottoman provinces and the military support required fr...
