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File 6/8 Foreign Interests: Persian Intrigue in Connection with Gwadar
Scope & Content:
This file consists of two letters exchanged between the Political Agency in Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire regarding allegations that the British Agent at Gwadur had granted Indian visas to Persian subjects with passports not endorsed by the Persian authorities and issued Certifica...
File 6/8 Foreign Interests: Persian Intrigue in Connection with Gwadar
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Muscat, the British Agency in Gwadur and officials of the Government of India concerning reports of a group of armed Iranians crossing the Indo-Iranian border into Gwadur (then a part of the territory of the Sultanate of Muscat and...
File 6/9 Foreign Interests: Persian Government's Request for Services of Judicial Notices on Muscatis
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning requests made by the Persian Government to serve judicial notices on Muscat residents as a result of legal proceedings in Persian courts.
File 6/10 Foreign Interests: Persian Government Affairs, Etc. & Miscellaneous Papers re. Persians
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This file contains two items of correspondence that were sent from the British Legation in Tehran to a number of British diplomatic posts in the Persian Gulf including the Political Agency in Muscat. One relates to the resignation of the Persian Government in September 1933, the other to Iranian ...
File 6/10 Foreign Interests: Persian Govt. Affairs, etc and miscellaneous papers re: Persians
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This file contains correspondence and documents concerning a number of different topics related to the Government of Iran as follows: Correspondence regarding a visit made to the Gulf by a Danish Fishing Vessel led by Dr. Harald Blegvad, Director of the Danish Biological Station. The visit was i...
Chart Showing Pearl Banks Along Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf between Ras Tanura and Dabai [Dubai]
Scope & Content:
Chart that shows the location of pearl banks along the 'Arabian' shore of the Persian Gulf from roughly Ras Tanura to Dubai. In addition to pearl banks, the chart also lists names of some coastal settlements and islands.
Chart showing pearl banks along the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf north of Ras Tanurah
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Chart that shows the location of pearl banks along the 'Arabian' shore of the Persian Gulf north of Ras Tanura. In addition to pearl banks, the chart also lists names of some coastal settlements and islands.
File 6-D/5 Foreign Interests: Persian Consul's Visit to Gwadar
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This file contains correspondence concerning a visit to Gwadur made by A H Meftah, the Persian Vice-Consul in Quetta without permission from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa'id bin Taymur Al Bu Sa'id. The correspondence in the file is mainly between officials at the British Agency in Gwadur, th...
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a complaint made by the Government of Iran of that Britain was 'intriguing' with Persian subjects in Baluchistan, the arrest of a British Indian subject by the Iranian Police and rumours of arms smuggling into Persian Baluchi...
File 6/13 Foreign Interests: Seizure of Arab Dhows by Persians
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning reports of Iranian Government customs vessels 'interfering' with a number of vessels from Oman and Kuwait. In addition to correspondence that discusses these specific instances, the file also contains correspondence regarding...
