Coll 28/22 ’Persia; Relations with H.M.G. Persian Debt to H.M.G.’
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Correspondence concerning the Persian Government’s desire, signalled in June 1931, to pay off in full a pre-war interest-bearing debt owed to Britain, totalling £490,000. Correspondence is chiefly exchanged between the Foreign Office (Charles William Baxter, George William Rendel), the India Off...
Correspondence and papers reporting on non-combat activities of the Persian [Iranian] army and air force in Persia: Detailed reports of military manoeuvres and reviews, including troop numbers, their organisation and presentation, with lists of equipment and vehicles. The appointment of Swedish ...
Correspondence and other papers relating to the drafting of an article for the Anglo-Persian Treaty, concerning private claims made against the British and Persian Governments. The correspondence concerns: the exclusion from the article of British Indian claims; an agreement by both parties to n...
The file concerns the reorganization of consular posts in Persia and the establishment of a British Consulate at Dizful. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Secretary of State for India, and the Government of India.
Coll 30/125 'Persian Gulf. Bahrein. Visit of the Sheikh of Bahrein to England 1936'
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a state visit to Britain made by the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al-Khalifa, in June 1936. The correspondence discusses the logistics of the visit in detail, including the journey there and back from Bahrain (via ...
Coll 30/201 ‘Persian Gulf. Judicial. Service of documents upon British subjects in Bahrein Islands.’
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The file contains papers relating to the service of petitions of alimony and divorce upon British subjects in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file). The papers include correspondence, dated 1940, regarding an enquiry from the High Commissioner for Canada about the procedure in effecting s...
Coll 35/48(1) 'Persian Gulf: opening of telegraph office in Qatar'
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The file concerns discussions on the proposed opening of a telegraph office in Qatar. The file contains correspondence between: the Government of India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Commonwealth Communications Council; the India Office; and Cable and Wireless Limited.
Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, &c. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected information. Issue No. 3. Supplement. 1st to 31st December 1919
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The file consists primarily of summaries of letters, memoranda, and reports dated between 26 November 1919 and 5 January 1920; the subject matter concerns Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. These summaries are divided into a series of sections which are...
‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Katar [Qatar] affairs, 1873-1904.’
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The volume, stamped ‘Confidential’ on the front cover, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Qatar (spelt Katar throughout) affairs for the years 1873 to 1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by...
Map of the Muscat Sultanate and Neighbouring Territory
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The map shows the Sultanate of Muscat, and the surrounding ‘Great Arabian Desert’, ‘Pirate Coast’ [now the United Arab Emirates], Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf. There is a note on the left-hand side of the map sheet signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 2...
