A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 28 September 1802. The letter concerns the appointment of Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] as Governor of Bagdad. Jones asks Elgin to intercede w...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 1 October 1802. The letter concerns the appointment of Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] as Governor of Bagdad. Jones stresses the importance of t...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 28 July 1803. The letter describes a political crisis in Bussora resulting from the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor, C...
File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation'
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Part 1 concerns exemption of Foreign Consular officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation. It contains: correspondence regarding the claim of the Consul-General for France at Calcutta to exemption from Municipal taxation; privileges to the Persian and Turkish Consuls-Generals in the matter of ...
File 868/1904 Pt 4 'Consular: Persia; desire of Persia to appoint a Consular Officer at Mandalay'
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Part 4 contains correspondence between the consul General for Persia in India, the Persian Legation in London, the Consul General for Persia in India, the Foreign Office, and the India Office, regarding the proposed appointment of a Persian Vice Consul at Mandalay. The proposal was rejected by th...
File 868/1904 Pt 6 'Consular: China; as to appointment of Consuls at Rangoon, Mandalay and Calcutta'
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Part 6 contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the British Consulate at Yunnanfu (Kunming, China), the Chinese Waiwupu (Foreign Affairs Department), and the Chinese Legation in London, discussing a request of the Chinese Government to appoint a Chinese ...
File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud'
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Part 5 concerns Britain's relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and, to a lesser extent, Britain's relations with the Grand Sherif [Sharif] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]. It includes the following: a copy of a treaty between the British governmen...
File 1032/1914 Pt 1 'Persia. Trade with Persian Gulf Ports'
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Part 1 relates to trade with Persian Gulf ports, specifically the tea trade, and the impact of trade restrictions imposed by the Government of India in Southern Persia. It includes the following subject matters: concerns about the increase in imports of tea into Persia from Russia, in contrast t...
MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF BAGHDADI OFFICERS & FAMILIES FROM SYRIA
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This part of the volume is concerned with the repatriation expenses of Mesopotamian [Iraqi] officers expelled from Syria, and their families [based in Damascus, Beirut and Jerusalem] who are unable to make their own arrangement to return to Iraq. In particular, it is concerned with: the number o...
Ext 3332/41 'Japanese legations in the Middle East: withdrawal of cypher and bag facilities; repatriation of Japanese consuls and nationals'
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Japanese legations in the Middle East. The discussion in the file relates to the diplomacy and politics of negotiation with the Persian Government to expel the Japanese under wartime conditions. The...
