Ext 2800/43 'Persia. Sanction to Lease of Lands + Buildings at Dustak'
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This file consists of memoranda from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding the sanction to lease lands and buildings at Dustak [Dastak, Iran].
Ext 6626/43 'Mrs H B Sinclair: request for passages to Persia'
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The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Margaret Sinclair for assistance in obtaining a permit to travel to Persia with her daughter to join her husband HB Sinclair, a former Vice-Consul at Bushire. Other than Mrs Sinclair, the primary correspondent is the India Office.
Ext 7265/47 'Major R F Pemberton (enquiry about Sir Denys Bray)'
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This file contains correspondence between R F Pemberton and J Ross, Secretary at the India Office in London, regarding the name of a British Political Officer. In a letter, R F Pemberton informs Ross that he is writing a short historical play regarding the evacuation of civilians from Kabul betw...
Ext 7173/41 ‘Misc papers re Persian trade (E&O Dept pps – copies of)’
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The file contains copies of telegrams – mainly sent between the India Office, Economic and Overseas Department and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India – regarding the supply and transportation of cereals to Persia [Iran]. A list of correspondence references by year can be...
Ext 3308/46 'Telegram from Political Agent Muscat to Ministry of Economic Warfare (Dry Lemons)'
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This file consists of telegrams between the Political Agent, Muscat, to the Secretary of State, India, regarding orders and transport arrangements for dry lemons.
The file contains correspondence relating to changes in foreign place names reported by British consular officers to the Foreign Office and the India Office in London, for sending on to the Secretary to the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use, known as the PCGN, at...
Ext 4195/45 'Suggested Pan-Islamic Congress to be held in Cairo'
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This file consists of correspondence regarding a proposal for a Pan-Islamic Congress based on the suggestion of Dr Zaki Ali, author of Glimpses of Islam, as reviewed by the Censorship Control Quarters in Cairo. The correspondence is recorded in English and French.
This file consists of letters, telegrams, and notes between officials of the Foreign Office and the Political Resident in Persian Gulf regarding an enquiry from the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Rome requesting the repatriation of Santo Gionfriddo, an Italian citizen who is supposedly ...
The file consists of an India Office Historical Memorandum on Bahrein [Bahrain] by John Gilbert Laithwaite, dated 14 July 1924. The memorandum is primarily concerned with the history of Bahrein from the point of view of the political status of the islands, and in particular with the claims to so...