File 2450/1914 Chinese Turkestan: Kashgar Consulate General officiating appointments of Lt Col Kennion, Lt Col P M Sykes, Sir G Macartney, Maj P T Etherton, Mr C P Skrine, Lt Col R A Lyall
This volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Anglo-Russian Agreement'. The volume concerns proposed changes to the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, following a completed draft convention between Britain, China, and Tibet (completed in April 1914, but not signed by the Chinese Government)...
The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf. However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to explo...
File 2830/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Pearl Fisheries. Investigation into Alleged Depletion of Pearl Banks. Germans and the Industry. Concessions, etc.'
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The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; ...
File 2877/1914 'Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia: survey operations of RIMS Palinurus'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the survey of the Persian Gulf by RIMS Palinurus. The discussion in the volume relates to the objectives, route, and associated costs of the survey of the Persian Gulf. Further discussion surrounds t...
File 3136/1914 Pt 1 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’
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Papers concerning diplomatic tensions between the British and Ottoman Governments at the outset of the First World War, including social unrest and military/naval movements in Baghdad, Basra, and the Shatt al-Arab. The volume’s papers were produced prior to the Ottoman Ruler Sultan Mehmed V’s de...