Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing Ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement; Cessation of "C" class service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the provision of civil air services to Bahrain. It therefore covers a range of related topics such as the amendment and renewal of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement, money due to the Ruler of Bahrain under the agreement, amendments to landing fees, aviat...
Coll 7/2 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms by Afghan Government from financial assistance granted by Government of India'
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Correspondence regarding the provision of a £75,000 grant of assistance by the Government of India to the Afghan Government, and arrangements for the supply of arms and ammunition. The correspondents are: the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; HM Envoy and Minister at Kabul ...
Coll 7/27 'Muscat: supply of Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to Muscat State; supply of guns and ammunition to Sultan'
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The file contains two folders of correspondence regarding requests for weapons and ammunition made by the Sultan of Muscat (Sa'īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa'īd) to the British and American Governments. The file includes dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in each part by ...
Coll 17/8(6) 'Date gardens of the Sheikh of Koweit in Iraq: discharge of HMG's liability in respect of possession and exemption from taxation'
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2857. It contains papers regarding the following: legal cases brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) in respect of the ownership of date garden properties in Iraq; the subsequent institution of Land Settlement Procedure to...
Coll 29/39 'Seistan (Zabul): office allowance; hospital; motor cars'
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The file concerns the Seistan and Kain (Zabul) Consulate. The file contains: proposed expenditures on repairs of the building, in 1925proposal to build a new hospital, in 1925proposal to increase office allowance to provide medical stores, in 1928proposed purchase of furniture, in 1928 and 1930...
Coll 29/79 'Bushire: renewal of electric wiring in government buildings'
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The file concerns the Political Agency in the Persian Gulf, in Bushire. The file covers: renewal of electric wiring of the government buildings, 1937 additions and alterations to the electric installations in Government buildings, 1940 purchase of engine and electric generator for Residency, 1...
Coll 29/102 'Shiraz: consulate and vice consulate; including Kazerun'
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The file concerns the HM Consulate at Shiraz. The file covers: appointment of Richard John Dacres Belgrave as Vice-Consul, 1942 proposal that the Vice-Consul should be nominally attached to Shiraz but residing mainly at Kazerun duties of liaison officers in the extended scheme of consular acti...
Coll 30/81 'Minerals: Desire of Commander Bayldon R.N., (retd.) for concession for mining Red Oxide on Abu Musa. Possibilities of deposits on the Tamb Islands.'
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The file concerns attempts by Commander Robert Corbett Bayldon, Royal Navy, (retired) to obtain a concession to mine red oxide on the island of Abu Musa (also referred to as Bu Musa) from the Shaikh of Shargah [Sharjah]. The result was an agreement in 1934 granting Bayldon the personal right to ...
Memorandum by Sir W. Lee-Warner on the Lease to France of a Coaling Station in Muskat Territory - Statement of our Case (Political No. 1837/99).
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A memorandum describing how it had emerged that the Sultan of Muskat had granted the French a concession to establish a coaling station on his territory, and stating that the Sultan had only produced the text of the concession upon threat of bombardment by the British. The memorandum goes on to d...
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. The first letter, dated 1 May 1781, forwards intelligence received at Bussora. Subjects cov...
