File 868/1912 Pt 4 and 5 'ARMS TRAFFIC: MUSCAT REGULATIONS. MENASCHE FRAUD.'
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and two press cuttings relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation. Issues discussed include: the suspension of the Sultan's regulations pending arbitration...
File 364/1913 'Persia: situation in Fars (attack on 39th Central India Horse)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and reports relating to an attack by Bakhtiari tribesmen on a party of the 39th Central India Horse regiment and the killing of a British officer. The discussion in the volume relates to the implications for the Britis...
File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the war with Germany and Turkey and implications for the Caliphate and the pan-Arab movement. The discussion in the volume relates specifically to the view of the Government of India on Sir Henry Arthur...
File 3816/1916 'Persia. As to allowing English ladies to proceed to Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Political and Secret Department papers, mainly relating to various individuals seeking permission to travel to Persia [Iran] from England. These individuals are largely the wives of British officials and employees in Persia wishing to join the...
This file contains papers relating to proposed increases in the rates of import duty charged by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes papers concerning: The decision of the British Government that, instead of seeking to amend the Commercial Treaty of 1891 between Muscat and the United ...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 39 of 1856, dated 8 September 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-10 and are dated 28 August-3 September 1856, with one dated 22 March 185...
Political Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 20 of 1871, dated 25 January 1871, containing enclosures dated 28 January-5 February 1871. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs at Muscat and in the Pe...
This item comprises a secret despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 30 of 1872, dated 10 May 1872. The enclosures are dated from 25 January to 1 May 1872 and concern affairs in Nejd [Najd], Lahsa [al-Ahsa, also written El...
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 70 of 1841, dated 31 August 1841. The enclosures, numbered 3-59, are dated 25 June to 31 August 1841, and are mostly copies of letters sent and received by...
This part of the volume consists of copies of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 3 of 1853, dated 13 January 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 4 November 1852. The enclosure consists of a despatch from...
