Coll 6/31 'Hejaz: Hejaz-Polish Relations. Polish Arms for Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, concerns relations between the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia) and the Polish Government. The correspondence includes the following: Details of the visit of a Polish delegation to Jedda in May 1930. Repo...
Correspondence between Britain, France and Russia in regards to Arabia
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, in English and French, between M Sazanof, Ministre des Affaires Étrangeres (Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs); Maurice Paléologue, Ambassadeur de France en Russie (French Ambassador to Russia); Paul Cambon (French Amabassador to the United Kingdom); and Sir Edward Gray, Secre...
Question of British Consular Representation in El Hasa and Qatif
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the considerations of British representation in El Hasa [Al Hasa] and Qatif from 1904, with suggestions put forward by the Government of India and Sir Lionel Haworth, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It includes the reasons behind the need for represent...
Arms, Ammunition and Five Lakhs of Rupees for Dost Mahomed Khan
Scope & Content:
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 52 of 1856, dated 22 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 16 September to 18 October 1856. They consist of corres...
The Claims of Persia and Muscat to the Sovereignty of Angaum
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 119 of 1869, dated 19 April 1869, with an enclosure numbered 2, dated 16 February 1869. The enclosure consists of a communication by Sir Charles Alison, HM Minister in Persia [Iran], to the Viceroy...
Affairs Relating to Oman: Tenets of the Ibadhi Sect of Oman
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Government of Bombay, Political Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 75 of 1872, dated 18 November 1872, including enclosures dated 11 July-31 October 1872. The Despatch comprises a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, forwarding an account of ...
Copy of a Letter from John Malcolm to the Secret Committee with Enclosures
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 4 August 1810, enclosing a copy of dispatch addressed to them dated 15 July 1810 (not included in ...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to Joseph Dart of 6 Aug 1820
Scope & Content:
Extracts of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Chief Secretary of the Supreme Government of India, sent from Tabriz and dated 25 July 1820. The letter concerns Anglo-Persian relations in the Gulf following the 1819 British expedition against ‘piracy’. Su...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to William McCulloch of 15 Dec 1824
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Lord Howard de Walden, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 15 December 1824. The letter concerns the proposed transfer to India of responsibility for diplomatic relations betwee...
File 4301/1916 Pt 1 'Persia:- Consular escorts for Kermanshah & Shiraz. (Increases in strength [etc.])'
Scope & Content:
This part contains India Office minute papers and correspondence relating to the Consulate escorts at Kerman, Shiraz, and Kermanshah in Persia [Iran], mainly concerning increases and reductions in the strength of the escorts and the expenditure involved. The correspondence mostly consists of t...
