Coll 29/83 'Expenditure on the Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait Agencies'
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The file concerns expenditures on the Political Agencies at Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait. The file covers: proposal by Government of India that Imperial Revenues should bear half the expenditure at Bahrain and Muscat, in particular: cost of dispensary and medical work on the Trucial Coast and cre...
Coll 29/85 'Bushire: protection of Norwegian interests by British Consul-General'
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The file concerns the protection of Norwegian consular interests at Bushire by the British Consul-General at Bushire. The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office and the Secretary of State for India and contains the translation of a letter from the Royal Norwegian Ministry...
Coll 29/86 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: incidence; revision; general'
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The file concerns the incidence of Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Iran and in the Persian Gulf. The file includes: Memorandum on the contributions made from Indian and Burma revenues, 1938 revision of the incidence of Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Persia in 1923-24 transfer of ...
Coll 29/92 'Bushire: appointment of Under-Secretary and Vice Consul'
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The file concerns appointments at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire. The file contains: leave of British Vice-Consul at Bushire Todd, 1937 appointment of R S T John as British Vice-Consul at Bushire, 1938 question on the representation allowance to R S T John, 1939 accommo...
Coll 29/95 'Tours and receptions of the Political Resident: reports'
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The file concerns the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file covers: Political Resident's tours of the Trucial Coast, 1940 and 1942 Anglo-Iranian relations, 1940 report of a reception at the Residency, 1941 Political Resident's visit to Bahrain, 1944. The file is composed solely of in...
Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory'
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This file contains papers relating to a legal dispute between Yusuf Lutfally Khunji and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain. The case concerns a joint venture between the aforementioned parties to set up and operate an ice-making plant in Bahrain at a spring owned by Mr. Khunji...
Coll 30/160(S) 'C.I.D. Sub Committee for questions concerning Middle East: Measures to influence minor powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of value in time of war.'
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The file contains papers relating to the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions concerning the Middle East. The Sub-Committee had been charged by the Committee of Imperial Defence to 'investigate and report on the measures which might be taken, either b...
'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar'
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Printed memorandum, written by Henry Bartle Frere, member of the Council of India, London, between 15 and 20 July 1868. The document broadly discusses British imperial policy in Persia and the Persian Gulf, East Africa, and Western India. Its specific foci include the Zanzibar subsidy (payable t...
Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of proposed Bagdad Railway, by Captain E W S Mahon, RE July 1905
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The report, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled by Captain Edward Willoughby Sandys Mahon, Royal Engineer on 24 July 1905 to identify places suitable as termini of the Baghdad Railway. He advises Bussorah [Basra] as the best place, for strategic and commercial reasons. The r...
Translation of Lease by Sheikh Mubarak of Koweit of the Bunder Shweikh Lands and of the Acceptance of that Lease by the Political Agent, Koweit, both dated 15 October 1907
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This printed memorandum is a copy of a translation of a lease by Sheikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait] for Bunder Shweikh [Bandar Shawaykh] and of the acceptance of the lease by Major Stuart George Knox, Political Agent at Kuwait, dated 15 October 1907. The lease has twel...
