File 4919/1912 Pt 2 'Abu Musa Oxide Concession: transmission of files of German Consulate at Bushire'
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The file consists of English translations of six letters originally written by the German Consul, Bushire (Dr Franz Listermann) to the German Imperial Chancellor, Berlin (Dr Theobold von Bethmann-Hollweg) and also from the German Ambassador, London (Count Wolff Metternich). The letters are dated...
PZ 7705/39 'Egypt: British Embassy measures to influence Arabic press'
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This file consists of correspondence between British officials relating to press activities in Egypt, namely the way that Britain and its interests are portrayed in the newspapers. A memorandum written by Albert Napier Williamson Napier (Assistant Oriental Secretary (Press and Publicity) for the...
Coll 6/22 'Yemen: Relations with France. Claim to Sheikh Said.'
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This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns relations between France and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], and French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd]. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following: T...
Coll 28/44 ‘Persia. Internal. Fars affairs & Shiraz situation’
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The first part of the file (ff 322-420) contains copies of various reports on the internal situation in the district of Fars, most of which were prepared by the British Consul at Shiraz between 1932 and 1939. These reports describe security, public order, economic conditions and agricultural pro...
Memorandum by Sir M Durand on the situation in Persia
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This memorandum was created on the 27 September 1895 by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister Plenipotentiary to Tehran, and printed for the use of the Foreign Office in December 1895. It outlines the current situation in Persia [Iran] and the steps which should be taken to improve the position of...
Continuation of papers regarding the 1913 uprising of the [Ibāḍī] imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman [under the leadership of Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī], against the authority of the Sultan [Sulṭān] of Muscat and Oman [Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. Parts 3 and 4 document the fol...
The volume is comprised of two parts (IOR/L/PS/10/994/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/994/2) and contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports and notes relating to the development of oil concessions in Qatar and Oman. IOR/L/PS/10/994/1 consists of memoranda, letters, and corresp...
This file consists of a report by the Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain], which is addressed to the Prime Minister [Herbert Henry Asquith]. The report concerns a proposal, made by the Commander-in-Chief in India [Sir Beauchamp Duff], to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to S...
File 3237/1920 ‘Persia:- Electric light, ice and condensing plants at Bushire.’
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This volume contains papers relating to the electrical and mechanical plants (electric light, water condensing, and ice plants) at Bushire [Bushehr], which were installed during the First World War by the military authorities of the Bushire Field Force. The papers mainly consist of corresponden...
File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia: Telegraphs: Position of I.E.T. Dept:’
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The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence, concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia [Iran]. The correspondence mainly relates to negotiations between the British and Persian Governments for the relinquishment of British control of a portion of the I...
