Coll 17/22(1) ‘Iraq: Iraq-Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory’
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The file contains papers relating to alleged incidents occurring on or near the border between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit). It mostly concerns alleged incidents of Iraqi police in armed cars making incursions into Kuwait territory, and alleged incidents of violation of Kuwaiti territorial waters by...
Coll 20/15 'Muscat: Infringement of Muscat territorial waters by Persian vessels'
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Correspondence concerning reports of a Persian warship operating in Muscat territorial waters. The vessel was seen off Khassab, Oman. Much of the correspondence discusses what grounds exist for a British protest to the Persian Government over the incident, with reference to international law and...
Correspondence (copies, drafts, and originals), memoranda, and notes concerning the drafting and issuing of The Kuwait Order in Council, 1935. The papers deal with the discussion of the need for a new order in council because of the growth of the oil industry and the likely increase of foreigner...
Printed copies of monthly reports submitted by the British Consul at Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] (Clarmont Percival Skrine; Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly). The reports provide information on: the region’s trade; locust observations and movements (occasionally appearing as an appendix to the main rep...
The file concerns the Persian Gulf cable system. The file contains: suggestions for bypassing Bushire during communication with India via Bahrain a copy of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, 1933 interruption to Bahrain cable, and communicatio...
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)
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A memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 1 September 1879. The document is a summary of correspondence, government reports, and published literature relating to the Turkish expedition into El Hassa [Al Has...
Memorandum on supplementary British commitments to the Idrisi regarding the Farsan Islands
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The file consists of a memorandum from the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning supplementary British commitments to the Idrisi Saiyid and Amir of Sabia [Saiyid Muhammad-bin-Ali-al-Idrīsi] regarding the Farsan Islands [Farasān, Jazā'ir] and the treaty of 30 April 19...
Air Communication in the Persian Gulf. (Communicated by the Air Ministry)
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Memorandum communicated by the Air Ministry on 23 August 1928 concerning air communication in the Persian Gulf. Covering: an introduction to the development of the Persian and Arabian air routes; flights on the air route along the Persian shore from 1918 onwards; the association of the Govern...
Political Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 31 of 1871, dated 15 February 1871, containing enclosures dated 28 January-5 February 1871. The enclosures consist of copies of further correspondence relating to affairs at Muscat and ...
The item consists primarily of correspondence with notes, reports and memoranda dated between 10 July and 2 September 1839; it relates to Aden during the first month after its capture by the British. The papers cover the following: a request for weights and measures at the Custom House at Aden...
