Copy of Dispatch No. 91 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton
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Copy of dispatch No. 91 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 26 March 1828. The letter concerns the agreement between Macdonald Kinneir and Abbas M...
File 488/1920 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- General question of subsidies to Arab Rulers.’
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This part contains papers relating to the question of subsidies paid to Arab rulers, including Ibn Saud, the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], and the King of the Hedjaz. The main correspondents are as follows: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Treasury; the Foreign Office; the Government of India...
Coll 29/2(4) 'Financial arrangements involved in the transfer of the Residency; budget file 1947-1948'
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The file concerns the financial aspects of the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Political Resident in the Persian ...
Coll 29/63 'Tehran Legation: appointment of Military Attache and assistant; status, conditions, etc, of appointment'
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The file concerns appointments at the British Legation at Tehran. The file contains correspondence related to: appointments of Military Attaché and Assistant Military Attaché at Tehran, 1929-38 propaganda in Afghanistan and Iran. Government of India's proposals for improved propaganda, 1941 app...
Coll 29/72 'Zahidan (Duzdap): entry of Persian Frontier Customs Guards into British vice consulate compound'
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The file concerns the Zahidan [Zahedan, Iran] Vice Consulate. The file covers the entering and inspecting of a house in the Vice Consulate compound by Persian Customs Frontier Guards, and the subsequent discussion about the incident, between the HM Minister at Tehran and the Persian Minister fo...
A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan
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This volume consists of a précis issued by the Government of India which provides comprehensive details regarding the history of relations between the British Government and the tribes and rulers of 'Arabistan. The volume is divided into eleven sections as follows: I. British Interests in 'Arabi...
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 7 May-30 December 1870. The despatches contain enclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the Political Resident, dated 2 March...
File 868/1912 Pt 6 'Arms traffic: Muscat Trade. Compensation for French dealers at Muscat.'
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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: new regulations to prevent the sale of arms in Muscat without ...
File 3294/1913 Pt 1-2 'Turco-Persian Frontier Commission - Expenditure - Case of Mr Hubbard'
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The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject ‘Turco-Persian Frontier Commission Expenditure'. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/405/1) concerns the appointment, composition, financial arrangements of the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/405/2) concerns the compensation for Mr G E Hub...
Coll 54/1A(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction'
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The file contains papers received or created by the Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO) relating to the Middle East (Official) Committee. It mostly consists of papers circulated to members of the Committee, received by the CRO. The file also includes: a few items of CRO correspondence with the C...
