Memorandum on the proposed Turkish telegraph line from Taiz [Ta‘izz] to Aden.
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Memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, 8 January 1878, with later amendments up to 12 April 1882, regarding the proposal for a Turkish telegraph line from Taiz [Ta‘izz] to Aden. The memorandum discusses British policy towards the tribes surrounding Aden, and attempts by Turkish offici...
Relations with Ibn Sa'ud: note prepared by Arab Bureau, Irak Section
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This note was written by the Arab Bureau, Iraq Section, in Basra in January 1917. It reviews the rise of Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], his fight against Ibn Rashid and the role of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent, Kuwait, in this confli...
Memorandum respecting Financial Assistance to Persia (continued up to February 5 1903)
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The file consists of a memorandum concerning financial assistance to Persia from Russia and the British Government from January 1900 to 5 February 1903, written by the Foreign Office. It covers: a loan to the Persian Government from the Russian Bank at Tehran, and the financial dependence of P...
Persia: Memorandum Respecting the Revision of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
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This file consists of a Foreign Office memorandum (author unknown), followed by an annex written by Charles Murray Marling, British Minister at Tehran. The file concerns the revision of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907. The convention divided Persia into three areas: a Russian sphere in the...
‘Eastern entrance to Mudariba Valley (looking N.) Showing the Alkami range of J. Am Ibdar.’
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Reproduction of an illustration depicting the view across the landscape of the Mudariba [Muḑāribah] Valley. In the background is the Alkami [Al Kamī] range of Jabal Am Ibdar [Jabal al Ibdār].
[Affairs in] Turkish Arabia: the prohibition by the Turkish Government of the exportation of horses from Turkish Arabia
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 212 of 1873, dated 25 November 1873, containing an abstract to enclosures (not present) dated 7 August-25 November 1873. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the prohi...
The Forwarding of a Letter Regarding the Horses Sent by the Imaum of Muscat to Queen Victoria
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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 85 of 1840, dated 21 October 1840. The enclosure is dated 14 September 1840. It consists of a letter from Captain Atkins Hamerton, on a missi...
‘Intention expressed by the Governor of Bunder Abbass of making a hostile demonstration on the Ports of the Persian side of the Gulf’
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Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 3 June 1848. The enclosures are dated 6 May-2 June 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a British warning to the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat against allowing his Governor at Bund...
Political No. 64 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to the Claim of Messrs Malcolm of Bushire to British Protection
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 10 April 1873, forwarding papers relating to the claim of Messrs [Arsham and Tigranes Joseph] Malcolm of Bushire [Būshehr] to British protection.
Enclosure to Political No. 101 of 1873, Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d’Affairés at Teheran to Earl Granville, Submitting, with Reference to Major St John’s Account of his Explorations in Persia, Observations on its Roads
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This item is an enclosure to a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India dated 23 June 1873, consisting of a copy of a letter from HM Chargé d’Affairés at Teheran [Tehran] to Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, No. ...
