'Pocket No. 15: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Geneaological Table of the Abul Khail (’Anizah) Family of Buraidah in Qasīm'
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This item is a genealogical 'Table of the Ruling Abul Khail (’Anizah) Family of Buraidah in Qasīm'. It contains 91 named individuals (in Arabic and English) of the Abā al-Khayl (‘Anizah) family of Buraydah in Qasīm, some with birth and death dates, as well as brief biographical information. The...
'Pocket No. 16: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Geneaological Table of the Salaimi (Sabai’) Family of ’Anaizah in Qasīm'
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This item is a genealogical 'Table of the Ruling Salaimi (Sabai’) Family of ’Anaizah in Qasīm'. It contains 60 named and unnamed individuals (in Arabic and English) of the Salaymī (Suba‘i) family of ‘Unayzah, some with birth and death dates, as well as brief biographical information. The table ...
'Pocket No. 17: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Geneaological Table of the Qādiriyah (Saiyid) Family of the Naqibs of Baghdād in Turkish ’Iraq'
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This item is a genealogical 'Table of the Qādiriyah (Saiyid) Family of the Naqībs of Baghdād in Turkish Arabia'. It contains 65 named individuals of the Qādiriyah family of Baghdad, descendents of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, who were holders of the title naqīb conferred by the Sultan of the ...
Part four contains correspondence relating to a claim by the German firm Robert Wonckhaus & Company against the cargo-landing contractor at Bahrain for a failure to land goods. The correspondence is between the Foreign Office and the India Office. Further correspondence, included as enclosur...
PZ 467/1939 'Proposed visit of Iraqi Boy Scouts to Kuwait'
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This file consists of three telegrams: two from the Political Resident, Bushire, and one from the British Embassy in Baghdad. The Political Resident wrote to HM Ambassador, Baghdad, and copied his correspondence to the Political Agent in Kuwait, the Secretary of State for India and the Government...
Ext 329/43(1) ‘SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
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The file is concerned with replacing sugar previously obtained by the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) from India with sugar supplied from the United Kingdom; sugar production in India and Pakistan had fallen following the end of the Second World War (1939-194...
Coll 15/1 'Egypt Affairs: General Situation 1931; Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, 1936'
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence and government printed papers. On the front of the file is written in red ink 'Secret Cupboard'. The correspondence concerns the general situation in Egypt in the periods 1931-1937 and 1945-1947. Correspondence also discusses the issues r...
Coll 28/97A ‘Perisa; Tehran; Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence Summaries’
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Weekly secret summaries (fortnightly from January 1947) compiled by the Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Tehran. The reports cover: the Persian [Iranian] Air Force, including its activities on the ‘Azerbaijan front’ in late 1946, aircraft purchases, the training of pilots, and the Shah’s pe...
Coll 28/107 ‘Persia (Iran) Movements of the ex-Shah.’
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Correspondence concerning the movements of the former Shah of Persia [Iran], Reza Shah Pahlavi, in the wake of his enforced abdication by the British Government in September 1941. The papers cover: arrangements for the removal of Reza Shah from Persia; discussion amongst British officials over w...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a loan made to the Persian Government in April 1903, and further advances made during 1904 and 1905. The discussion in the volume relates to the terms of the loan agreements including possible concessi...
