Coll 7/40(1) 'Arms and ammunition for the Persian Army'
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Correspondence regarding a request to supply the Persian [Iranian] Army with grenades, mortars, pistols, and ammunition, conducted between the Government of India External Affairs Department, the Secretary of State for India, the Director of Army Requirements at the War Office, and the India Off...
Coll 17/1 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Bon Voisinage Agreement and Extradition; Treaty of Friendship, 1936'
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This file contains papers regarding relations between the Government of Iraq and the Government of Hejaz and Najd (later Saudi Arabia). It documents negotiations for the conclusion of the 1931 Bon Voisinage Agreement, Arbitration Protocol and Extradition Treaty, and the 1936 Treaty of Friendship...
Coll 28/129 ‘OIL; Oil Concessions in North Persia; Request by Soviet Government.’
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the efforts of the Soviet Union to sign an oil concession agreement with Persia [Iran] covering northern Iran. The papers cover: the Iranian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam’s involvement in the carrying of a bill for a joint Iranian-Soviet oil company to th...
Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
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The file concerns the extent of territorial waters claimed by the Government of Persia (also referred to as Iran). The British Government held that in the absence of international agreement, three miles was the extent of territorial waters, but the Persian Government claimed distances of up to t...
Coll 44/28 ‘Saudi Arabia: Attitude of Ibn Saud towards the European War, 1939.’
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The papers relate mainly to a discussion held in July 1940 by the War Cabinet Official Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East on the neutrality of Saudi Arabia under Ibn Saud [Ibn Sa‘ūd, or ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] during the Second World War. The main iss...
Coll 1/50 'Aden. Intelligence Summaries, August 1934-December 1937'
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The file contains the following Political Intelligence Summaries, compiled by the Aden Political Secretary and sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies: 1934, intelligence summary numbers 394-411 (ff 400-450) 1935, intelligence summary numbers 412-466 (ff 275-398) 1936, intelligence summa...
The file consists of extracts of reports on naval affairs and general intelligence in the Persian Gulf sent from the Admiralty to the India Office. The extracts were sent approximately every month and cover the whole of the period 1935-39. The extracts are drawn from reports of proceedings of th...
Egyptian Claims to Sovereignty over the Somali Coast.
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A historical memorandum relating to Egyptian claims to sovereignty over the Somali coast, written by A W Moore, Assistant Secretary to the India Office, in two parts, submitted 26 February 1876 and 11 October 1879. The first part of the memorandum provides a historical narrative of events leadi...
Mesopotamia Administrative Council. Control of South Persian Rifles.
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This file concerns control of the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles]. The file consists of the following seven telegrams, which were submitted to the War Cabinet: Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain] to the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger], 19 March 19...
Plan of empty land situated at Qadhibia (outskirt of Manama), Harbour of Bahrain, which has been sold by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain
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The sketch shows the site situated at Qadhibia (outskirts of Manama), Harbour of Bahrain, proposed for lease by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain. The sketch represents in blue and red pencil the sea-shore and the estates and lands surrounding the site, indicating their...
