Coll 7/37(2) 'Afghanistan: sale of rifles from War Office stocks, and ammunition from Government of India stocks, to Afghan Government'
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This file is a continuation of Collection 7/37, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2204. It contains correspondence between HM Minister at Kabul, the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the Foreign Office Eastern Department, regarding payments received from the Afghan Government for the supp...
Coll 25/2 'Orders in Council: China (Kashgar) Order in Council; Reports on operation 1929-; King's Regulation No. 1 of 1931'
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Short annual reports on the workings of the China (Kashgar) Order-in-Council 1920 and 1935 for the years 1929-42. The reports contain information on the civil and criminal cases tried and the numbers of British subjects and British protected persons registered during each year. The reports were...
‘Perso-Balūch Boundary from B.P. 11 to Kūh-i-Malik Sīāh’
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Printed map with hand drawn additions. The map is signed by Captain Guy Bomford, Royal Engineers, and Superintendent of the Survey of India. A note at bottom of the map states that it was published under the direction of Brigadier Robert Henry Thomas, Surveyor General of India, in 1932. The B.P....
Coll 29/13 'Arrangements for the performance of consular duties at Abadan'
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The file concerns consular duties at Abadan. The file covers: duties of the Admiralty Inspector of Oil Fuel, Abadan opening of Consular Shipping Office at Abadan Reach appointment of Tulwar as Consul at Abadan Reach. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Office of t...
Coll 29/66 'Tehran Legation: disposal of certain documents in the Legation archives'
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The file concerns the transfer of documents from the British Legation at Tehran to the Public Records Office. The file contains lists of 'Special Archives', 'Oriental Secretary's Papers' and 'Deposited Documents', kept at the Legation (folios 23-64). For their secrecy, these archives were kept ...
Coll 29/80 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: percentage charges on Civil works'
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The file concerns expenditure for Diplomatic and Consular services in Persia. The file covers percentage charges on Public Works in the Persian Gulf and percentage charges for special and ordinary repairs to consular buildings. The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resid...
Coll 35/39 'Telegraphs, Postal and Wireless, Saudi Arabia: Transmission of mail between Saudi Arabia and India; Adjustment of Postal charges in connection with disposal of mail bags from Jedda'
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The file contains correspondence regarding the mail service between Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Bombay [Mumbai], India. It is particularly concerned with an adjustment in postal charges to meet the cost of distributing mail from Jeddah after it reaches Bombay. The correspondents are: the India Off...
Coll 35/50(1) 'Diplomatic wireless service: transmission of telegrams to UK High Commissioners at New Delhi and Karachi'
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The file concerns the transmission of telegrams to the UK High Commissioners at New Delhi and Karachi. The file contains correspondence between the UK High Commissioner at New Delhi, the UK High Commissioner at Karachi, the Commonwealth Relations Office, and the Foreign Office.
Précis on slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, 1873-1905 (With a Retrospect into previous history from 1852) By J A Saldanha BA, LL B
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This volume is a summary of events, treaties and correspondence about the suppression of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, curated by Jerome Anthony Saldanha, and printed in Simla in June 1906. The volume is marked as secret and divided into chapters: Measur...
‘GAZAUN BAZI AREA. Scale, 2 inches = 1 mile. Trans. section about 1½ miles S. of SARZEH'
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A transverse section of the geological sketch map of Gazaun Bazi (Sirik or Sarzeh Area) drawn by Lieutenant Cyril Dupré Noyes I A who was in command of the escort provided for the visit to the Persian oilfields by the Admiralty Oil Commission in 1913. His map is referred to in the ‘Geological rep...
