Coll 7/21 'Persian Gulf: Arms Traffic Proclamation and Notification of 1898, by the rulers of Muscat, Bahrain and Koweit [Kuwait]'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the negotiations at the Geneva Disarmament Conference, and British concerns over the rights of Britain and Persia [Iran] to search ships and dhows of the Trucial Coast states within territorial waters. The file opens with a communication from the Political Resident in the Pers...
Coll 25/9 'Orders in Council: Bahrein: King's Regulation No. 1 of 1930: Traffic in cultured pearls; King's Regulation No. 3 of 1936: Possession and traffic in arms'
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Correspondence, notes, and minute papers concerning the passing of two regulations under The Bahrain Order in Council, 1913: The Traffic in Cultured and Tinted Pearls Regulation, 1930 (see folios 107-109), and The Possession and Traffic in Arms Regulation, 1936 (see folios 5-5A). The former was ...
Coll 28/24 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private Claims against Persian Govt by members of the I.E.T.D.’
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Correspondence from the British Legation in Tehran (Raymond Cecil Parr), Foreign Office (George William Rendel), and India Office minutes (John Gilbert Laithwaite; Maurice George Simpson) concerning an agreement between the British and Persian Governments, for the transfer of the Indo-European Te...
Map of the mountain Koh-i-Malik Siah (also referred to as Malik Siah Koh in file) [Malek Sīāh Kōh] and surrounding area, around the frontiers of Afghanistan, Persia [Iran] and Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], produced from a survey made by George Passman Tate. The map is signed by Colonel ...
Coll 29/23 'Bushire: post of Personal Assistant to the Political Resident'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the post of Personal Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file covers: Government of India recommending extension of post of Personal Assistant to the Political Resident, from 1931 until the end of the file, in 1946letters notifying of the appointments ...
Coll 35/25 'Broadcasting of anti-British propaganda in the Middle East, Persian Gulf, NWF and Central Asia, etc. Broadcasts in Arabic by B.B.C.'
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This file contains correspondence regarding broadcasts made by Radio Bari (the Italian Government's Arabic language radio station) and their reception in Bahrain and Kuwait. It also contains discussions concerning the proposed establishment of a British Government Arabic language radio service, ...
Coll 35/36 'Persian Gulf: introduction of uniform cable and wireless rates within the Empire; application of scheme to stations in the Persian Gulf'
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The file concerns arrangements between the British Government and Cable and Wireless Limited for a reduction in cable and wireless rates within the British Empire, and the application of this scheme to stations in the Persian Gulf. The file contains correspondence between Cable and Wireless Lim...
Seistan. Irrigation report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume I. Report and appendices. Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906
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The first volume of reports produced by the Irrigation Officer of the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Contents: 'Chapter I. The catchment area of the Seistan Lake. The trough of the Helmand River below Kala-i-Bist...
The file concerns negotiations over the rights of British firms to exploit Hormuz oxide (red oxide of iron) mined on the island of Hormuz. The concession to mine the red oxide there was held, and later lost by Haji Agha Mohamed, Muin-ut-Tujjar (also spelled Mouin and Moin) [Haji Agha Muhammad, M...
Zanzibar: Relative to the Political affairs of - and steps taken to prevent the traffic in Slaves carried on at Pemba and the opposite mainland of Africa.
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This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch No. 68 of 21 July 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 B...
