File 619/1907 Pt 8 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf - Seizure of French dhows "Musafa" and "Fath-el-Khair".'
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The correspondence relates to complaints made by Abraham Elbaz (agent for Antoine Goguyer, a French arms merchant at Muscat) that his dhow Fath-el-Khair was being interfered with by HM's vessels causing him to suffer substantial financial losses. The correspondence also discusses negotiations t...
Map of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia and Baluchistan
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Copy of a map showing Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], referred to in the agreement of 27 December 1895 between the Governments of Persia and Britain. The original of the map was signed by Lieutenant-Colonel He...
Coll 29/2(5) 'Public Works Department in the Persian Gulf: budget, etc; PWD staff serving in Gulf'
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The file concerns budget estimates for works to the buildings of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and of the agencies at Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, Government of India, Commonwealth Relations Office, ...
Coll 29/45(3B) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf: Major F C L Chauncy'
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The file concerns the proposal to employ Frederick Charles Leslie Clauncy as Secretary of Bahrain Petroleum Company, which Clauncy refused. The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, the Commonwe...
Coll 29/45(3D) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf: Major A C Stewart'
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The file concerns the recruitment of A C Stewart as Political Agent in Muscat, 1947, and correspondence regarding Stewart's salary requirements. The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Commonwealth Relations Office, the Political Agent in Musc...
‘Letter from Lt-Col Sir A.T. Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla.’
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The file contains a printed copy of a letter, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, concerning the protection of the oil fields operated by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in the Arab...
File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.'
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The volume discusses the disputed Turco-Persian Frontier, particularly at Mohammerah, and the negotiations in Constantinople to attempt to settle it. The correspondence focuses on: the differences of opinion over the actual boundary at Mohammerah, including several maps demonstrating these diff...
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and in the Eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (Iraq), during the First World War. The main focus is the Turkish action in Persia, and the British intrigues to maintain control over Persia, preventing the country from entering the war and ...
