The Anglo-Persian War: The British Capture and Occupation of Karrack and Bushire
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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1857, dated 8 January 1857. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 5 January 1857. The enclosure consists of The Calcutta Gazett...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
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A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 6 February 1820. The letter concerns the vessels of the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah], currently laying in Bushir...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 1 Sep 1821
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A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Dr Andrew Jukes, sent from Bombay Castle and dated 10 May 1821. The letter charges Jukes with a mission to the Gulf to discuss with Persian officials the issue of Kishm [Qeshm], which is claimed by P...
Coll 29/114(2) 'Supply of motor vehicles for use of Political Officers'
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The file concerns the supply of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf and their maintenance. 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,...
Papers Regarding the Disputes between Muscat and the Wahabees (Vol 3) - Question of the Policy to be Adopted by the British Government towards the New Sultan of Muscat, Syud Salim - Question of the Attitude to be Adopted towards the Wahabee Envoy at Katif - Question of the Tenure by which Muscat Holds Bunder Abbas
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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 Ind...
Coll 29/19 'Procedure for appointment and recognition of consular officers in Persia: Persian rule of one consul only per post; passports for military officers posted to Persia'
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The file concerns the appointment and recognition of British Consular officers in Persia by the Persian Government, who were not willing to recognise by the grant of an exequatur more than one Consular Officer at any one post. The file contains internal correspondence about and with subjects a...
Coll 29/30 'Supply of Reuter's news to posts in Persia after withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department; wireless set for Bushire Residency'
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The file concerns the supply of news to the British Legation in Tehran and the British consulates in Persia after the withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department. The file covers: proposal to employ an Armenian operator to supply wireless service to Tehran Legation provision of a wireless ...
Coll 29/73 'Ahwaz: grant of compensation to the Shaikh of Mohammerah on account of money he advanced towards the building of a consulate at Ahwaz'
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The file concerns the British Consulate site and buildings at Ahwaz, rented from the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The file covers: affairs of Shaikh of Mohammerah with the Persian Government, 1933 payment of compensation to Shaikh of Mohammerah for the loss of a sum of money advanced by him in 1924 fo...
Anglo-Persian War: British Operations in the Persian Gulf and the Appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram as Commander of the Expeditionary Force
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 7 of 1857, dated 22 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 22 December 1856-19 January 1857. The enclosures consist...
The Accession of Syud Toorkee to Power in Muscat and the Policy to be Taken by the British Government
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Secret Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 27 of 1871, dated 23 May 1871, containing enclosures dated 23 February-23 May 1871. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to questions which have arisen in connection...
