Coll 7/48 'Afghanistan: Col. Lancaster's suggestion re military equipment and training for Afghan Army; supply of military equipment'
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The file contains papers regarding the supply of arms, military equipment and training to Afghan Forces, and is a continuation of the discussion following the Afghan Military Mission to India, documented in IOR/L/PS/12/2217. The principal correspondents are: the Government of India External Affa...
Coll 16/27 ‘POLITICAL (EXTERNAL) DEPARTMENT. COLLECTION. Establishment and Secretariat Procedure. Indianisation. Question of eligibility of Indians for appointment to H M Diplomatic Service’
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This file contains papers, correspondence reports, parliamentary notice, legislative assembly debates, and state debates regarding the eligibility of Indians for appointment to the British diplomatic service. The papers notably cover the disagreements between British officers on the subject. T...
Coll 25/19 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: King's Regulation No. 2 of 1936: Bahrain Special Police Officers Regulations'
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Correspondence, drafts, and minute papers relating to the passing of the Special Police Officers Regulations, 1936, under the articles of The Bahrain Order in Council, 1913. The papers cover the initial discussion of the need for special officers to maintain order amongst foreign subjects in Bah...
Coll 29/118(8) 'Embassy launch at Jedda. Arrangement for ownership'
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The file concerns the ownership of the launch at the British Embassy at Jedda, which could have been claimed by the Government of India and the Government of Pakistan. The file contains correspondence between the British Embassy at Jedda, the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office.
Coll 30/204 ‘Persian Gulf Oil. Future of oil in its relation to the Middle East – Admiralty Memorandum on –’
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The file contains: a copy of an Admiralty memorandum, dated 11 October 1940, entitled ‘The Future of Oil in its Relation to the Middle East’; and correspondence related to the memorandum and to the arrival in Iran of eight German officers, who were suspected of being involved in activities again...
Coll 34/5 'Slavery and Slave Trade: Red Sea and Arabia and Persian Gulf: Investigations by Sir George Maxwell'
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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to slavery and the slave trade in the Red Sea, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Persian Gulf. The focus of many of the papers is a memorandum (folios 307-337) on the subject written by George Maxwell, the British representative on the League o...
Coll 35/19 'Persian Gulf: proposed erection by Persian Government of wireless stations at Persian Gulf ports'
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The file concerns the proposed erection by Persian Government of wireless stations on the coasts of the Persian Gulf, at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Bushire. The file contains a document in French, an invitation to tender. The file contains correspondence between the British Legation at Teh...
Coll 35/24 'Persian Gulf: establishment of a wireless station in Qatar by Anglo Persian Oil Company'
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The file concerns the proposed establishment of a wireless station in Qatar by Anglo Persian Oil Company station in Abadan, to communicate with their Bahrain station, having obtained permission from the ruler of Qatar. The file contains correspondence between the India Office and Cable and Wire...
Coll 44/6(S) 'War. Defence, Protective and other measures. Iraq:- Military co-operation between U.K. and Iraq in time of war.'
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This file contains correspondence relating to the military co-operation between Britain and Iraq during the Second World War including:A query (ff 207-208) from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs as to the extent of aid that they could expect from Britain in event of the outbreak of war with ‘...
Mesopotamian Constitution. Memorandum by Mr. H. R. C. Dobbs, C.S.I., Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, on the proposals of the Bonham-Carter Committee
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This printed memorandum, dated 26 May 1920, by Henry Robert Conway Dobbs, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, concerns the proposals of the Bonham-Carter Committee which sat in April 1920 to discuss constitutional reform in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The memorandum discusses various paragraphs...
