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PZ 6642/35 Supply of certain War Office and Survey of India maps to the government of Iraq for reprinting in Arabic
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding the supply of certain War Office and Survey of India maps to the Government of Iraq for reprinting in Arabic. It includes a list of maps to be reprinted. The main correspondents include: the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Bagdad [Baghdad]; the ...
Coll 6/91(2) 'Saudi Arabia: Policy of H.M.G. Assistance to King Ibn Saud (British Military Mission to Saudi Arabia)'
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This file concerns arrangements for a military mission to Saudi Arabia, financed by the British Government. The file consists of correspondence between War Office, Foreign Office, India Office, and Government of India officials regarding the War Office's proposal for a proportion of Sunni Moslem...
Coll 25/31 'Orders in Council: Defence Regulations (Persian Gulf) Order in Council: Application to the Arab States of the Persian Gulf of draft Trading with the Enemy Bill'
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Copies of legislation passed during the Second World War and relating to the Persian Gulf. Numerous incarnations, in the form of amendments, of the following orders are included in the file: Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939 Trading with the Enemy (Specified Persons) Trading with the Enemy (Custo...
Coll 29/69 'Bahrain: appointment of an Assistant Political Agent'
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The file concerns recruitment of Assistant Political Agents at the Bahrain Political Agency, and conferment of Magisterial and Judicial powers. The file covers: creation of a new post of Assistant Political Agent, due to the increase of work for the development of oil fields, 1933 appointment o...
Coll 6/10 'Hejaz-Nejd Affairs: Financial Situation and Internal Situation'
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This volume largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, which have been forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India. The correspondence, most of which is between Foreign Office officials and either the British Minister ...
File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
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The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following: The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost ...
File 815/1917 Pt 10 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying Service. Operation by Board of Control. Govt. of India's contribution to the Lighting Fund.'
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This volume relates to arrangements for the financing of the Persian Gulf lighting and buoying service. Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: Details of a new scheme for funding the service, which is to consist of shipping dues levied on behalf of the Government of India b...
‘LETTERS FROM THE E.I.C. RESIDENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF 1842-43 FROM AGENT IN SYRIA 1842-43 FROM AGENT WITH IMAUM OF MUSCAT 1842-43’
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The volume contains letters to the Secret Committee of the East India Company from: Lieutenant-Colonel Davies, in charge of the Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson; HM’s Consuls and East India Company’s Agents in ...
Coll 29/20 'Bushire: appointment of Secretary (Consul); appointment of Col Galloway as Consul-General'
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The file contains internal correspondence about and with subjects appointed as Secretary and British Consul at Bushire. The correspondence regards suitability of the candidates, terms of employment, discussions on pay and starting dates. The file covers: appointment of Everald Huddleston Gastre...
Coll 29/32 'Duzdap (Zahidan): water supply; effect of the closure of the Duzdap railway'
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The file concerns water supply issues related to damages to the Duzdep Railway pump. The file covers: water supply for the British official buildings at Mirjawa (Mirjaveh, Iran) water supply for the Vice Consulate at Zahidan: Government of India's proposals for meeting expenses in 1932-33. The ...