Ext 3703/41 'Reactions in Middle East (expt. Afghanistan) to Russo-German war.'
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The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Foreign Office, HM Ambassador at Tehran and the Military Attaché, Tehran, regarding the positive reaction in Iran to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and describes an attempt by the Secretary of State...
Ext 6064/42 Pro-Axis plot in Persia; discovery of Mayer documents, etc
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The file contains correspondence, telegrams, and reports from the Government of India External Department; the Commander in Chief in the Middle East; the War Office; the Foreign Office; the British Embassy in Tehran; and the Minister of State in Cairo, regarding a German-Persian plot for a coup ...
Coll 6/44 'Hejaz and Indian Muslims. Desecration of tombs by Wahabis, etc.'
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This file compiles copies of appeals made by representatives of Indian Muslims to the British Government (and in one case, to the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi]), regarding the desecration of various holy buildings and monuments by Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl S...
The file consists of correspondence regarding requests for war materials received from the Chinese Government in Nanking [Nanjing]. Correspondence dated 1932 concerns enquiries received from the Commonwealth Governments in Australia and Canada, asking for information on the British position reg...
Coll 17/20(1) 'Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930. Revision of Treaty 1948'
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The file contains papers relating to the Treaty of Alliance (Anglo-Iraqi Treaty) of 1930 between the United Kingdom and Iraq, and the revised Treaty of Alliance of 1948. Papers dated January 1933 to December 1934 mostly concern the following: the attitude and policy of King Feisal and the Iraq...
Coll 20/17 'Muscat: Coal Depot: Question of transfer to RAF authorities'
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Correspondence relating to the transfer of administrative and financial control of the site of a coal depot at Mokalla, Muscat, from the Royal Indian Navy to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The papers deal with questions of cost, the building of a new petrol store, securing concessions for the site fr...
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part III)
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A printed memorandum written and compiled by Adolphus Warburton Moore for the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, and dated 2 December 1881. The document is a continuation of 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2) and broadly...
The Pay and Allowances of Mr Powell during the Period he Acted as Clerk and Purser to the Euphrates Expedition
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This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures consist of the following: A copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to the Secret...
Political No. 41 of 1873, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Government of Bombay and Enquiring whether the Appointment of Mr Gerald FitzGerald as First Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf has been Approved
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 February 1873 and received via Brindisi on 22 March 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Government of Bombay and enquiring whether the appoin...
Political No. 195 of 1873, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Relating to the Proceedings of the Political Agent, Muscat, Regarding the Purchase there of Four 'Slaves' by an Officer of a Turkish Vessel
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This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 29 October 1873 and received in the India Office Secret Department on 27 November 1873, forwarding a copy of papers relating to the proceedings of the P...
