PZ 5333/39 Retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf: Application for Re-employment
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The file contains correspondence relating to the retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and from Government of India employment, and his desire for re-employment. It includes correspondence between Fowle and the following: the Secretary of State for India;...
Coll 1/17 'Aden Defence Scheme: authority by whom regulations governing food control, censorship, etc, should be issued'
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The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the development of the draft Aden Defence Scheme, and the authority under which the Resident (later Chief Commissioner) of Aden was able to exercise emergency powers, for example relating to censorship, arrest, and control of economic security...
Coll 1/55 'Aden. Water and drainage schemes: loan by the Aden Port Trust to the Aden Settlement'
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The file contains two sets of papers. The first set, dated 1934, concerns arrangements for the Aden Settlement to receive a loan of 3 lakhs of rupees from the Aden Port Trust. The loan was intended to repay a previous Government loan, obtained to fund water and drainage schemes in Aden. This mat...
Coll 1/63 'Aden. Precautionary measures in view of Italo-Ethiopian dispute: scheme for evacuation of civilians from Aden in certain eventualities'
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The file contains papers regarding the preparation of a scheme for the evacuation of civilians from Aden, in the event of the outbreak of hostilities between Italy and Britain. The file primarily consists of correspondence between the Aden Resident, the India Office Political Department, the Co...
Coll 5/53 ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of the Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
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The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the employment of British nationals by the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. Thi...
Coll 5/65 ‘ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR ATTACHE KABUL & LOAN OF AIR PERSONNEL TO AFGHAN GOVNT’
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The file is predominantly concerned with plans for the supervision of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working for the Afghan Air Force at Kabul. This includes the drafting of a directive for Wing Commander P A McWhannel, the Air Adviser attached to the UK High Commission to Pakistan at Karachi, ...
Coll 27/2 ‘Passports. Persian Gulf. Visa fees for natives of Oman, Muscat and Koweit proceeding to British Territory’
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The file contains papers regarding visa fees to be charged to natives of Oman and Muscat, and of Koweit [Kuwait], for proceeding to British territory. The papers mostly consist of correspondence between the following: the India Office; the Foreign Office; HM Minister, Tehran (Robert Henry Cliv...
Coll 28/2 ‘Persia. Anti-British propaganda in: Case of Sewa Singh & propaganda in East Persia.’
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Papers relating to anti-British and pro-Communist activities in East Persia [Iran]. The file consists of reports from British administrators in the region, on the activities of individuals suspected of being involved in anti-British activities, or disseminating anti-British materials: Reports co...
Coll 28/37 ‘Persia. Position of British Subjects & British Protected persons under Persian Nationality Law.’
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the status of British Indian subjects and British-protected persons in Persia [Iran], in the wake of the ratification of the Persian Law of Nationality in 1929. Correspondence is chiefly exchanged between representatives of the British Legation at Tehr...
Coll 28/81 ‘Persia. Concessions in; Activities of Mr C. C. Hart. Amiranian Oil Company’s Concession.’
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Correspondence and papers reporting on the activities of individuals and companies from the United States of America, seeking to gain oil concessions in Persia [Iran]. The majority of the file focuses on the activities of two US citizens, Charles Calmer Hart (a former US Minister to Iran) and th...
