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...
Ext 666/46 'Persian Gulf: size of food parcels which may be admitted into UK'
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The file contains correspondence regarding food parcels being sent from the Persian Gulf to the UK, and restrictions on their size, content and frequency. The correspondents are: Political Resident, Persian Gulf; India Office.
Ext 2840/46 'Rebinding of Lt Col Sir A.T. Willson's book "The Persian Gulf"'
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This file consists of correspondence between the Persian Gulf Residency, India Office, and the Governor of Baluchistan regarding the rebinding and circulation of The Persian Gulf by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson and the Bushire Church Book to the Times Book Club.