Coll 28/131 ‘Persia. Proposed withdrawal of Allied forces from Persia (Including publicity re proposals)’
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the withdrawal of Allied (British, Soviet and United States) troops from Persia [Iran] at the end of the Second World War, according to the terms set out in the Anglo-Soviet-Iranian Treaty of Alliance (1942). The correspondence covers: the British Amba...
Coll 30/86(1) 'PERSIA. RELATIONS WITH IRAQ. SHATT-EL-ARAB: INTERNATIONALISATION OF, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSERVANCY BOARD.'
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The file concerns the drafting of a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab). The papers include: negotiations with the governments of Iraq and Persia [Iran]; the involvement of British shipowners in discussions; numerous drafts o...
Restrictions on the trade in arms, &c., on the Red Sea and on the Somali Coasts
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The file consists of a memorandum by Edmund Neel, Assistant Secretary Political and Secret Department, India Office, it describes proposals made to the French Government for restricting the trade in arms on the Red Sea and on the Somali Coast, and subsequent arrangements to effect them between t...
The Assyrian and Armenian refugees in Mesopotamia. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for India
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The file opens with a memorandum by Edwin Samuel Montagu (Secretary of State for India) dated 4 November 1920 regarding the current situation of Assyrian and Armenian refugees in Mesopotamia, paying particular attention to the difficulties that they have faced in seeking repatriation. This memora...
Situation of Persian Gulf Residency. Arguments for and against Kowiet and Bahrein as alternatives to Bushire
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Memorandum on the potential of Kuwait (sometimes referred to as Koweit) and Bahrain (sometimes referred to as Bahrein) as the location for the Persian Gulf Residency should it be moved from Bushire. The document contains a short forward by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 10 Ja...
Enclosures to Despatch to the Secret Committee No. 15, dated 9 October 1837. The enclosures relate to affairs in Lahore (the Punjab) and Afghanistan, and are dated 24 July - 11 September 1837. The papers cover: correspondence from Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent, Loodeeana [Ludhia...
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 35 of 1870, dated 17 June 1870, containing enclosures dated 28 March-26 May 1870. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence containing reports that: Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘ī...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 29 of 1843, dated 30 April 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-13 and are dated 8 February to 29 April 1843. The enclosures relate to ...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 54 of 1843, dated 18 July 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-43 and are dated 21 March to 17 July 1843. The enclosures mostly consist of corre...
Enclosure nos. 2-22 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 28 September 1844. The enclosures are dated 9 August-28 September 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden including: Reports that an army led by the Imam of Sa...
