The file contains a single printed copy of a general report on events in Persia [Iran] during 1947 and 1948, submitted by the British Ambassador at Tehran, John Haller Le Rougetel. The file also includes a cover slip and a page of office notes.
The file contains a note dated 24 April 1944 from the British Ambassador at Tehran, Reader William Bullard, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The note encloses ten lists detailing the administrative reorganisation of Persia [Iran] according to information supplied by the Iranian Min...
This file contains extracts from the diary of the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire that relate to smuggling in the Persian Gulf. In addition to these extracts, the file also contains a limited amount of associated correspondence between British officials and the following docum...
The file contains correspondence, reports, and intelligence summaries, sent to the India Office, and later the Foreign Office, concerning affairs in Qatar. The reports refer frequently to the 'unsatisfactory' state of internal affairs in Qatar. The papers include: reports by the Political Agent...
The file is concerned with the issue of a memorandum by the Air Ministry. The memorandum is titled Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulation of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 and concerns guidance on the deployment of British air power; an initial draft can be found ...
The file contains correspondence regarding the collection of landing fees from Kuwait (also spelled Koweit) Aerodrome, and the subsequent credit of these fees to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It includes a protest from Iraqi Airways requesting a review of these landing fees, due to the lack of ...
Coll 30/179 'Kuwait:- Buoying of Kadhama Channel.'
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The file contains correspondence concerning the temporary buoying of the channel to the Ras Kadhama anchorage, at the western end of Kuwait Bay. The request was made by the Kuwait Oil Company, to enable them to land oil well drilling material, and the work was carried out by the Persian Gulf lig...
Coll 30/208 'War Compensation & Insurance at BAHREIN'
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The file concerns the payment of war compensation and insurance as a result of enemy action, or action by the military authorities, at Bahrain (and, to a lesser extent, Kuwait). The issue arose in 1942 following representations to the British Government by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) c...
This map of the south-western part of Yemen has been taken from a publication and, according to a caption below the map, has been reproduced with the permission of the Royal Geographical Society. It includes annotations written in pencil and red ink.