‘Sketch map to illustrate approximate positions of districts in the vicinity of N.E. line from Lakmat As Shub.’
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Reproduction of a map showing districts north east of the village Lakmat as Shub [Lakmat al Ash‘ūb]. Each district is defined by a dotted line, with the district name written in capitals. Villages and towns are also marked on the map, as are notable topographic features, such as wadis, streams, ...
Affairs in Persia and the Proposed Expedition to the Persian Gulf
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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 14 of 1856, dated 8 April 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-14 and are dated 20 December 1855-24 March 1856. The enclosures comprise c...
The Question of the Sovereignty of the Island of Angaum
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 177 of 1868, dated 14 October 1868, including an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-5, dated 17 September-14 October 1868. The enclosures relate to the question of the sovereignty of the Island o...
The Treaty between the British Government and the Imaum of Muscat
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 31 of 1840, dated 23 May 1840. The enclosures are dated 10 to 23 May 1840. The enclosures consist of correspondence, and a resolution and minute...
Measures in Relation to an Outbreak of Cholera in Aden
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 99 of 1846, dated 27 August 1846. The enclosures are dated 31 July-24 August 1846. The item comprises a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to ...
Sind Affairs and Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Kelat and Persia
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This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 20 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosures are dated 5-20 January 1857. The enclosures comprise despatches of Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, A...
Enclosures in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 5 to the Secret Committee
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Enclosures in Letter No. 5 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 11 March 1811, consisting of: A copy of a letter from Henry Rudland, British Agent in Mocha, to Francis Warden, Chief...
File 3665/1924 Pt 4 ‘Arabia:- Nejd-Hedjaz Situation. Attitude of Moslem world. Hedjaz deputation to India. Nejd deputation to India.’
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Correspondence relating to a proposal by the Ruler of Iraq, King Feisal [Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], to organise a conference of rulers from the Islamic world, in order to settle the future administration of Islam’s holy cities. The proposal was in response to the invasio...
The file contains papers relating to the oil concessions and operations of the Iraq Petroleum Company and the British Oil Development Company in Iraq. It includes: Papers concerning payments due to the Government of Iraq from these companies. Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence Standing...
