‘Contoured Plan of Ground on left bank of River Karun showing alignments of proposed Main Canal & Distributaries’
Scope & Content:
The map is labelled ‘Plan No 2’ and marked confidential. Aside from contours and measurements, it shows: the Karun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] and its tributaries; settlements, including Ahwaz [Ahvāz]; the Persian telegraph line. A note on the plan states that it references paragraphs 58-72 of the accomp...
File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Shiraz (Major Frederick O'Connor), the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding the Bushire-Shir...
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Prize Court proceedings of the SS Albistan and SS Avristan. Most of the papers relate to the case of the Albistan, which sailed from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in October 1914 (prior to war being declared between Britain and th...
File 4722/1918 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Future Constitution (Question of further announcement of British intentions) (Transfer of Dep[artmen]ts to Civil Administration)'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of drafts, copies, and originals of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to the British administration in and future constitution of Mesopotamia [present-day Iraq]. The volume covers British concern about increasing resistance to their presence in the countr...
PZ 2638/1939 'German broadcasts to the Gulf (in Arabic)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to German radio broadcasts to the Persian Gulf in Arabic. It includes correspondence between the Secretary of State for India and the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Political Agent at Muscat, and the Poli...
PZ 3503/40 'HH Shaikh Muhammed bin Isa Al Khalifa'
Scope & Content:
File contains correspondence regarding assistance provided by the British Government to transport Mohamed bin Isa al Khalifa, the brother of Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa [King of Bahrain], his son and three companions from Malta to Alexandria, following the recall of Italian ship the Calitea to Italy...
PZ 2556/41 'Anglo-Iraq Hostilities. German broadcast on Afghan attitude'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, HM Minister at Kabul, the India Office and the Ministry of Information, regarding French and German radio broadcasts which stated that the Government of Afghanistan had warned Britain that they would enter the w...
Ext 338/44 'Ill treatment of Persian pilgrims at Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the execution without trial of a Persian pilgrim, accused of defiling the Great Mosque of Mecca, and ensuing agitation amongst Persian and other Shiah Muslims. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; British Legation, Baghdad; British L...
