Map depicting the eastern Arabian Peninsula. The map, which was prepared in anticipation of frontier negotiations with the Saudi Arabian Government, shows possible lines for the south-eastern Saudi Arabian border, as proposed by the Foreign Office. A blue line, drawn in blue crayon and descendi...
A map of the Eastern Persian Gulf that was compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant A W Stiffe in 1860. Corrections made by Commander F H Walter, HMS Odin and Lieutenant H T Bowen, HMS Alert in 1910. This version was printed by the Admiralty in 1929. Engraved by J & C Walker. The...
Map produced by the Research Department of the Foreign Office (see compliments slip from Map Section, Research Department, on folio 16). A key in the lower left-hand corner of the map lists the various concessions awarded to oil companies in the region, colour-coded with the concession areas sh...
PZ 1726/31 'Persian Gulf: Policy and administrative problems in Arab Sheikhdoms'
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Thefile contains correspondence regarding the level of direct influence held bythe British Government and the Government of India over the administration ofMuscat and other Persian Gulf states, and proposals for a reduction in thisinfluence in favour of local rulers. The primary correspondents ar...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the composition of the Persian Gulf Lights Advisory Committee. Much of the correspondence in the file concerns the desire of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to be formally represented on the committee. The correspondence is pr...
Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
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The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the years 1933-40. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Ther...
The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the years 1941-45. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. The...
This file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain from August 1946 until December 1947. A handwritten note on the cover of the file states that the summaries from January to July 1946 had been mislaid. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to ...
Coll 30/158A 'Koweit: Administration and Finances. Financial Adviser for Koweit'
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The file concerns the administration and finances of the state of Koweit [Kuwait], and in particular the proposed appointment of a British Financial Adviser to the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], a role similar to that of Charles Dalrymple Belgrave in Bahrain. This was against...