This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 16 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 18 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], containing a series of numbered enclosures. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2....
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 13 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures are dated 18 February 1840 to 28 February 1841, and relate to the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar. The enclo...
This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a Despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 29 of 1841, dated 26 April 1841. The enclosures are dated 6 February to 26 April 1841, and are mainly letters, relating to the Persian Gulf. The enclosur...
File 2960/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers'
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This part contains correspondence relating to the salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers, mainly those employed in Persia. The correspondence mostly consists of: letters from the Foreign Office to the India Office, including enclosed Foreign Office correspondence; draft letters from th...
Coll 30/88 'Question of residence of European women on the Trucial Coast.'
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The file concerns the presence of European women in certain parts of the Persian Gulf, and fears over the effects of their interaction with local communities. Folios 19-32 relate to the concern of British officials that Imperial Airways passengers at Shargah [Sharjah] had been going into the to...
Agreement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar, Ruler of Shargah, and the British Government for the Establishment of an air station at Shargah
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This printed memorandum is a copy of an agreement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar [Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Shargah [Sharjah] and the British Government, dated 22 July 1932, and signed by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Shaikh Sulṭān...
