Correspondence and other papers relating to controls on cross-border movements and extradition measures on the frontier between Persia [Iran] and India (specifically British Baluchistan, part of present-day Pakistan), discussed between the British Government, Government of India, and Persian Gov...
Coll 30/18(2) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Transit Dues: Attitude of Ibn Saud'
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia. The correspondence also discusses relations between the two countries generally and the role of Britain. A...
Coll 35/16B 'Post and telegraph arrangements at Gwadur'
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The file concerns arrangements for the opening of a post and telegraph office at Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan], operated by Cable and Wireless, and the telegraph lines between Muscat and Gwadur. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Muscat, the Political Resident in the Pe...
Coll 45/12 ‘Propaganda: British Propaganda in Iran – Publicity (Broadcasting, Films, Posters, etc)’
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This file contains correspondence on British propaganda in Persia [Iran]. The correspondence is primarily between the following: the Secretary of State for India; the External Affairs Department of the Government of India; the British Ambassador to Persia; the Foreign Office; and Henry Duncan Gr...
Arabia. Agreement with the Idrisi Saiyid regarding the Farasan Islands and other matters
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Three documents are included in this file: the 'Supplementary Agreement concluded between His Majesty's Government and Saiyid Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Ahmed Bin Idrisi, the Idrisi' which was negotiated by Harold Fenton Jacob, First Assistant Resident Agent, Aden, and which recognises the ownership o...
'Settlement of Turkey and Arabian Peninsula. Note by India Office on Foreign Office memorandum'.
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The note was written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel for the India Office, 30 Nov 1918, and consists of remarks on three points drawn out from the Foreign Office memorandum: The Trucial System - disputing the assumptions made in the original memo that Great Britain effectively kept the peace over...
‘Expedition of the Imaum of Muscat against Sevee, and His Highness' right to Bahrain’
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Enclosure nos. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 28 February 1845. The enclosures are dated 1 October 1844-28 February 1845. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to a claim by the Imam of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘ī...
‘State of affairs between the Chief of Bahrein and Ameer Fysul the Wahabee Ruler’
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Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 3 January 1852. The enclosures are dated 22 October 1851-3 January 1852. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a claim by Ameer Fysul of Nedjd [Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdul...
Muscat: Relative to the proceedings of Commodore Jenkins at -.
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This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 25 of 23 May 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of...
Persian Gulf, River Euphrates: Commodore Jenkins visit to the -.
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This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 27 of 23 May 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of...
