This file contains various excerpts from, and full translations of, letters sent during the Second World War and intercepted by the Government of India. The file includes: a letter from a member of staff from LM Ericsson relating to the sale and shipping of fuses to the Royal Ministry of Posts, ...
Taxation of British Subjects in Muscat, and their Employees, by the Muscat Government
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The issue of the taxation by the Muscat Government of British subjects and their employees at Muscat arose following complaints by certain British subjects. Although not specifically provided for by treaty, exempt...
The Station Houses Erected by the Bombay Steam Fund in the Desert of Suez
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 106 of 1847, dated 30 December 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 21 to 28 December 1847. The enclosures relate to th...
Political No. 224 of 1873, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Concerning Relations between Bahrein and the Tribes on the Guttur Coast
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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 26 December 1873 and received by the India office (date and department not stated), forwarding a copy of a letter concerning relations between Bahrein [...
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, to HM Envoy in Persia, Sir Harford Jones
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Copy of a letter from the British Government of India’s Envoy to Persia [Iran], Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, of 15 July 1810. The letter contains Malcolm's views concerning the Definitive Treaty [Prelimin...
‘Translation of a Journal kept by Meerza Saleh during his late Missions to the Russian Head Quarters’
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Translation of a journal kept by the Persian envoy Meerza Saleh [Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī] during his missions to the Russian army’s headquarters at Abbasabad [‘Abbasabad] and Karababa [Qarababa] during the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Meerza Saleh deta...
Copies of Translated Letters from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Moatumud oo Dowleh and the Kaim Mukam
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Copies of translated letters from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Moatumud oo Dowleh [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] and the Kaim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown P...
Copy of a letter (No. 38) from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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Dispatch No. 38 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 14 December 1828. The letter discusses: The plans of the Prince Royal ...
Copy of a letter (No. 38) from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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Dispatch No. 38 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 14 December 1828. The letter discusses: The plans of the Prince Royal ...
File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’
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This part contains correspondence regarding the visit of a Mission (deputation) consisting of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein [Bahrain], Abdullah’s son Muhammad, Abdullah’s Private Secretary Jasim Cheravi, and a personal servant, to the United Kingdom and Paris in 19...
