This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Nejd, Iraq, Kuwait, and the British authorities. The majority of the correspondence is interdepartmental in nature and is between the Colonial Office and the India Office. Further correspondence, includ...
Ext 4003/43 'Retention by Messrs Keymer Son and Co of services of Mr George Savery –q[uestio]n of deferment of call up'
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This file consists primarily of letters between the Foreign Office and Keymer, Son and Company Limited. In their correspondence, Messrs Keymer request deferment of the conscription of one of the employee's because of their value to the company.
Coll 5/1 ‘Persian Gulf Air Routes: Hasa Coast & Flying over Nejd territory — Saudi regulations for the landing of foreign aircraft’
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The file contains correspondence and papers related to negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia for the establishment of emergency landing grounds along the Hasa Coast, and proposed arrangements for their maintenance. The intention was that these facilities ...
Coll 5/48 ‘Afghanistan: Supply of military aircraft to the Afghan Government; Supply of maps etc. to the Afghan Govt.’
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The file contains correspondence, notes, and records of meetings documenting negotiations between the British Government and the Government of India on the one hand, and the Government of Afghanistan on the other. The purpose of the negotiations was to facilitate the financing and purchase of mi...
Coll 20/14(5) 'Muscat: Sultan's visit to UK in 1938: Deputation of Lt Col G. Dalyell of the Binns as ''attached'' officer'
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Correspondence between officials at the India Office, the Government of India (External Affairs Department), the Government Hospitality Fund, the High Commissioner for India, Lord Linlithgow, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and Gordon Dalyell of the ...
Coll 25/15 'Orders-in-Council: Bahrain: Kings Regulations Nos 1 and 2 of 1927: Indian Succession Regulation; Bahrain Rules of Court'
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This file contains correspondence and other papers concerning the passing of two regulations under The Bahrain Order in Council, 1913. The regulations involved are: King's Regulation (No. 2 of 1927): Bahrain Rules of Court 1927 King's Regulation (No. 1 of 1927): The Indian Succession Regulation...
Map showing part of the Perso-Baluchistan frontier
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Map of part of the frontier between Persia [Iran] and Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan]. The map was surveyed by Jamaluddin, sub-surveyor, and Lieutenant-Colonel R A Wahab, Survey Officer, of the Perso-Baluch Boundary Commission, and is dated 1 May 1895. The map indicates: the boundary, marke...
Coll 28/64 ‘Persia. Flying of Flags in. Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreign merchant vessels in Persian Ports.’
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Correspondence concerning the introduction of regulations by the Imperial Persian (Iranian) Navy relating to the flying of the Persian flag by foreign merchant vessels in Persian ports. The correspondence covers: the new regulations and their implications for British commercial interests such as...
Coll 28/100 ‘Persia. Supply to Persian Govt of certain Survey of India maps in the category “For official use only”’
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Correspondence and papers relating to a request made in January 1937 by the Iranian Government to the British Government, for maps of Iran from the Survey of India, currently marked as being for official use only. Much of the correspondence is between the Foreign Office and India Office/Governme...
Coll 30/100 'Bahrain. (Persian claim to,): Geneva Arms Traffic Convention of 1925:- Reservation of the United States Senate to its ratification'
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The file concerns the attaching of a reservation by the United States Senate to its ratification of the Geneva Arms Traffic Convention of 1925 [the Geneva Protocol]. The reservation stated that adherence to the treaty should not be construed as denying any right of sovereignty of the Government ...
