File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation'
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The volume concerns the situation in south-western Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire. The volume covers: Attack on British Consulate at Ispahan, which resulted in the wounding of the Consul and the death of one of the Sowars employed as escor...
Enclosures nos. 2-71 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 31 January 1840. The enclosures are dated 9 October 1839-27 January 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and in Sinde [Sindh]. Folios 286-353 ar...
‘Supposed designs of the Porte in the Persian Gulf’
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Enclosures no. 2-15 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 15 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 14 December 1847-7 March 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and the possible intentions of the Sublime ...
The Steam Ship Nitocris on the Rivers of Mesopotamia
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 102 of 1848, dated 30 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-36 and are dated 13 January to 23 December 1848. They mostly consist ...
‘ENCLOSURES RECEIVED FROM THE PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX. POLITICAL & SECRET DEPARTMENT’ Vol. 1
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The volume consists of despatches to the Marquis of Salisbury, HM Principal Secretary of State for India, from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 9 January-11 December 1875, forwarding copies of his letters to the Secretary to the Government of India, F...
File 2960/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers'
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This part contains correspondence relating to the salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers, mainly those employed in Persia. The correspondence mostly consists of: letters from the Foreign Office to the India Office, including enclosed Foreign Office correspondence; draft letters from th...
Coll 30/78 'Bahrein Nationality Law. Bahrein Property Law: Registration of certain foreigners in Bahrein by the Agency. Ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrein (King's Reg. No. 1 of 1937).'
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The file concerns the drafting and publication of nationality and property laws for Bahrein [Bahrain]. The relevant Order in Council and King's Regulations (copies of which are included) are as follows: The Bahrein (Amendment) Order in Council, 1937 The Bahrein Law regarding Ownership of Immova...
Coll 6/67(3) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
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This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, the Trucial Shaikhdoms, Muscat, the Hadramaut and the Aden Protectorate. It includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Go...
Instructions to the Officer in Command of the Squadron Ordered on Duty to Aden, and the Slave Trade between the East Coast of Africa and Persian Gulf and Red Sea Ports
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This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1841, dated 31 March 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence dated 22 to 31 March 1841. The correspondence concerns: instructions ...
Papers Regarding the Persian Gulf and Muscat (Vol 10) - Letters of Complaint from the Littoral of the Persian Gulf - Intelligence Relating to Muscat and the Merchants Removed from there by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly - Arrangements Made for the Financial Maintenance of Syud Toorkee
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This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 61 of 23 August 1866, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of Bom...
