Ext 4086/42 Activities of British subjects in Iraq
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The file contains a letter from the British Embassy in Baghdad to the Government of India, reporting the expulsion of three British subjects from Iraq. They were sent to India after 'a disgraceful event in a Bagdad cabaret'.
Ext 1948/43 'Iraqi dinar notes repatriated from Bahrain'
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Letter form Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, HR Ambassador from Iran to the Foreign Office, relating to the cost in dinar notes of some parcels that were despatched by air but lost off the coast of Spain.
Ext 5076/43 'Polish Minister of State: Middle East'
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The file contains a letter from the Foreign Office to the Minister of State, Cairo, regarding Henryk Leon Strasburger, the newly appointed Minister in the Middle East for the Polish Government-in-Exile.
Ext 6195/43 'Cotton piece goods for Arab Sheikdoms'
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The file contains correspondence regarding a potential decrease in the quota of cotton piece goods from India allocated for purchase by the Arab Sheikhdoms, based on a reduction in orders. The correspondents are: India Office; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Government of India.
Ext 6796/43 Export Licences for Bahrain Petroleum Company
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The file contains two despatches from the Political Agent, Bahrain, informing the India Office of export licences granted to the Bahrain Petroleum Company for shipment of petroleum and petroleum products to Persia.
This file consists of correspondence between SN Chowdhury, the Nepalese Minister in London, and the India Office regarding Chowdhury's claim to the Bijni Raj Estate.
This file consists of correspondence to and from Olaf Caroe in his capacity as Governor of the North-West Frontier Province [British India] mainly regarding filling posts throughout the Persian Gulf.
PZ 5179/36 'Aden: proposed memorial to Captain S. B. Haines, R.I.N.'
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the erection of a proposed memorial in Aden to Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, in the run-up to the hundredth anniversary of the British occupation of Aden. The discussion in the volume contains pri...
Ext 6859/43 'Letters presented to India Office by Dr S G Vesey Fitzgerald'
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This file contains correspondence regarding personal letters provided by Dr Seymour Gonne Vesey-Fitzgerald, Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, to the India Office. The letters are described as being from Sir Salar Jung [Sir Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I] to the author's u...
Ext 3866/44 'Appointment of British consuls in liberated countries: lists of consular posts'
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This file contains papers relating to the appointment of British representatives and consuls at various locations in several countries newly liberated from Germany towards the end of the Second World War. The papers include extensive lists of newly open positions for consular representation acros...