File 4537/1927 Pt 1-2 'Iraq: Kuwait and Mohammerah Date Gardens'
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the matter of tax exemption on the date gardens in Iraq belonging to the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The exemption was promised to the shaikhs by the British for assistance given during the First World War. The volume covers the inte...
File 360/1912 'Arms Traffic: Muscat trade; Arrangement with Sultan; Compensation; Arms Traffic Subsidy'
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The volume consists of correspondence relating to a British naval blockade designed to stem the flow of arms through Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is mostly between the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the India Office. Further correspondence is included as enclosures and is fr...
File 3136/1914 Pt 2 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’
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Papers concerning events in Mesopotamia and in the Persian Gulf, leading up to and immediately after the outbreak of war between Great Britain and Turkey. The file is a chronological continuation of File 3136/1914 Pt 1 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’ (IOR/L/PS/10/462...
File 1595/1921 'Arms traffic: Muscat and Persian Gulf. Monthly Returns of Shipments. (1921- '
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the monthly returns of arms shipments in Muscat and the Persian Gulf, 1921 to November 1930. Included in the volume are copies of the returns, which consist of tables with the title, for example: 'RETU...
The file contains papers regarding a request by the Government of Persia for tenders from shipbuilding firms for three new cargo steamers. The primary correspondents are: Persian Chargé d'Affaires, London; Department of Overseas Trade; Commercial Secretary, British Legation, Tehran; Foreign Office.
The file contains reproductions of a map of north-eastern Saudi Arabia and of a road map of Hasa Province, Saudi Arabia, originally prepared by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company. The file also contains correspondence between the War Office, the India Office, the Political Agent, Bahre...
This file consists of correspondence between the War Office, Secretary of State of India, Government of India, HM Ambassador to Iran, and the Political Resident of the Persian Gulf regarding the distribution of military and civil supplies to Persia. Topics discussed include: Using foodstuff prov...
This file relates to changes to the administration of French-ruled Syria during the 1930s and early to mid-1940s. The file consists of copies of received Foreign Office correspondence, which have been forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State ...
Coll 20/37 'Muscat: French connections under Muscat'
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Correspondence relating to French relations with Muscat. Included in the file: correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India concerning French requests to communicate with the Sultan of ...
Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department) relating to Persia [Iran]. The original correspondence was exchanged between British representatives in Persia (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran), t...
