Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.
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This memorandum, which is attributed to the Indo-European Telegraph Department, provides details of the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to the following telegraph lines: the line from Gwadur to Jask, the Central Persia line, the Henja...
L. Shaikh Ahmad al-Haiya'i, of Dhank, Al Bu Shams. R. Son of Above. C. Shaikh Ibrahim bin Uthman, Abu Dhabi Wali
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Two black and white photographs with their subjects identified in writing below each one. The first shows Shaikh Ahmad al-Haiya'i of Dhank (of the Al Bu Shams tribe) accompanied by his son (who is not named). The second shows Shaikh Ibrahim bin Uthman, the Wali of Abu Dhabi standing in the middle...
Sketch to illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet and Sheep Island (Musandim Peninsula)
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A sketch of the Musandim Peninsula [Shibh Jazīrat Musandam], including Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm], Sheep Island [Jazīrat Umm al Ghanam] and Malcolm's Inlet [Ghubbat al Ghazira]. The sketch is signed by William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Assistant Resident and HM Consul at Bandar Abbas. ...
Settlement of the Opposing Claims of Persia and Afghanistan to Seistan
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871, concerning the settlement of the opposing claims of Persia and Afghanistan to Seistan [Sistan]. The papers lead up to the establishment of a commission of arbitration of the Seistan boundary, under the adjudication ...
The Arrival at Constantinople of the Brother of the Shah of Persia
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The papers consist of correspondence from Charles Alison, HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran], concerning the reception given at Constantinople by the Ottoman Sultan to the refugee Prince Abbas Mirza, and the statement...
Operations of Ottoman Military and Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of collected intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. These include: reports by the Residency munshi, and the Commander of HM Gun...
Affairs Relating to Aga Khan Mehlatee, a Refugee Subject of the Persian Government
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This item comprises an abstract listing enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 146 of 1846, dated 11 December 1846. In the abstract the enclosures are dated 4 November 1844-26 November 1846. The enclosures, which are not present ...
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch No. 38 of 26 March 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of ...
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 9 of 23 December 1858, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Governmen...
Persian Gulf: Relative to the recovery of four slaves.
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This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 35 of 22 June 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government o...
