The papers in this file relate to ‘Security Organisation in Persia [Iran]’. The papers include: The deputation of an officer from the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI) to Tehran with cover as Assistant Military Attaché, charged with collating the records of Persians and other nationals s...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 54 of 1840, dated 23 July 1840. The enclosures listed in the abstract of contents are numbered 3-107. There is a note on folio 745 stating that...
Coll 27/9 ‘Passports. British Protected Persons. Travel documents for persons proceeding to, and for natives of, certain British Protectorates and Arab states.’
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The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to passports and visas for persons travelling to, and for natives of, certain British Protectorates and Arab states. It includes papers concerning the following: the procedure in connection with the issue of these travel documents; fees...
The ‘Interference’ of the Persian Consul-General at Bombay in the Traffic of the British Indian Steam Navigation Company in Ports of the Persian Gulf
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Political Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 49 of 1871, dated 15 March 1871, containing enclosures dated 23 November 1870-15 February 1871. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the ‘interference’ of the ...
Events in Nejd and the Expedition of the Turkish Government to Reinstate Wahabee Imam Abdoolla Recently Deposed by his Brother Saood
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Secret Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 26 of 1871, dated 23 May 1871, containing enclosures dated 24 February-20 May 1871. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence and telegrams regarding the progress of events in Ne...
Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain]
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Copies of correspondence and papers relating to the relocation of the British Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] to the island of Karrack [Khark, also known as Kharg] at the end of March 1839, and the events leading up to it, including: Deterioration of the Political Resident’s relations with Mirza ...
Supply of tents to Tehran, communications in India, and the trade in enslaved persons in Oman
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Enclosure nos. 2-18 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 17 January 1852. The enclosures are dated 16 June 1851-17 January 1852. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to four separate subjects. Folios 85-97 cover a complaint fro...
Papers Regarding the Persian Gulf and Muscat (Vol 4) - Operations of HMS Highflyer Against the Wahabees - Correspondence of the Wahabee Amir with the Resident in the Persian Gulf - Death, in Suspicious Circumstances, of the Sultan of Muscat
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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...
'Translation of a letter from His Excellency Meerza Bozurg to Sir Harford Jones Baronet, received the 14th May 1810'
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Translation of a letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā Buzurg], the Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia [Iran], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Sir Harford Jones, received on 14 May 1810. The letter concerns the breaking off of armistice negotiations between Russia and Persia ...
Coll 29/114 'Facilities for export of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf'
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The file concerns the supply of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the British Embassy at Tehran, the Government of Ind...