This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 50 of 1853, dated 30 August 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 10 June-19 July 1853. The papers relate to fortifications on t...
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 18 dated 5 March 1856. The enclosures are dated 13-27 February 1856. The item comprises a report by Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Acting ...
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 41 of 1856, dated 10 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 10-19 April 1856. The enclosures relate to the differences between the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat and the P...
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the sanction of expenditure and arrangements for the construction of a lighthouse on the island of Henjam after the First World War. Notable correspondents include the following: various departments of the Government o...
PZ 7836/36 'Grant of a gratuity to Mr. C. Bayer, Mechanical Engineer, Kowait Agency'
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The file concerns expenditure in the Persian Gulf relating to a proposed grant of a gratuity to Mr Cyril Bayer, who being disabled by a stroke of paralysis and unable to work, was sent to India under medical advice. Payment is recommended in consideration of his long service as Mechanical Enginee...
PZ 8450/38 'Italian Exhibition at Rome (1942). Invitation to Sultan of Muscat to participate'
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The file consists of correspondence regarding an invitation to participate in an International Exhibition at Rome in 1942, issued by the Italian Legation at Baghdad to the Government of the Sultan of Muscat. Correspondents include: the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; a...
Ext 45/46 'Transmission of F.O. Secret packets to and from Consulates etc, abroad'
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The file comprises telegrams and other correspondence by 'fast air mail' between the Under-Secretary of State for India, London, and the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, concerning the dispatch of Foreign Office secret packets to and from British Consulate...
Ext 392/47 'Persian Gulf: Bristol Freighter demonstration tour to Middle East, including Kuwait'
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This file consists of letters and notes. The letters are regarding the demonstration tour given by Airwork Limited of a Bristol Freighter aircraft in Europe and in the Middle East during March and April 1947. One of the letters has attached the itinerary of the tour in Europe and in the Middle Ea...
Coll 5/8 ‘Persia: Development of Commercial Aviation — Junkers Air Service’
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The file contains correspondence and related papers concerning the development of civil aviation in Persia (referred to as Iran from 1935), its primary focus being the activities of the German company Junkers. The file covers negotiations surrounding the grant of a five year concession to Junker...
Coll 6/90 'Syria: Anglo-French relations in the Near East. French policy in Syria.'
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This file concerns Anglo-French relations in the near East, particularly relating to French policy in Syria. Much of the correspondence relates to British efforts to obtain information from the French Government regarding the latter's future policy in Syria. The correspondence includes discuss...