Ext 4045/45 'Formation of a Union of Arab Amirates of the Persian Gulf - with Headquarters at Bahrain'
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The file contains papers regarding reported discussions among the rulers of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the Trucial States to form a federation and to gain entry into the Arab League. The primary correspondents are: Ministry of Information; India Office; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Political...
Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate'
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The file contains papers regarding proposals to alter the basis of treaty relationships with tribes in the Aden Protectorate, comprising annotated treaty drafts, plus correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the India Office Political Department, the Aden Resident (later C...
Coll 5/36 ‘Persian Gulf Air Route: Air facilities at Yas Island and at Abu Dhabi’
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The file contains correspondence concerning negotiations with Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, for air facilities at Yas Island [Sir Bani Yas] and Abu Dhabi. The required air facilities include emergency landing grounds, moorings for flying boats, and petrol storage faci...
Coll 5/39 ‘Flights of RAF aeroplanes to Gilgit; flights of foreign aircraft over Gilgit and Chitral’
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The file is concerned with aviation in Gilgit, Hunza, Mir, and the surrounding area. It primarily covers three topics. The first topic is the matter of annual Royal Air Force (RAF) flights to Gilgit over the Himalayas in 1932, 1934, 1935, and 1936. It includes a report on the 1934 flight (see f...
Coll 6/59 'Saudi-Arabia: Alleged execution of the State Prisoners handed over after Akhwan rebellion in 1929 (Naif ibn Hithlain, Sultan ibn Hamaid and Ibn Lami)'
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This file concerns rumours that prisoners handed over by His Majesty's Government following the Akhwan rebellion of 1929/1930 have been executed by the Saudi authorities, in spite of promises reportedly made by King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to the British G...
Coll 7/8 'Afghanistan: import of arms by private traders; import of sporting guns'
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The file contains requests to import arms and ammunition to Afghanistan via India, received from the Afghan Government. It also contains related correspondence regarding export licences, formal procedures, and arrangements for the transport of arms, conducted between: the Karachi Collector of Cu...
Coll 7/44 'Arabia: supply of arms and ammunition to Saudi Arabia from United Kingdom'
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The file opens with correspondence regarding enquiries by the Saudi Government into the purchase of cartridge-manufacturing equipment from the firm Greenwood and Batley Limited, and arms and ammunition from the War Office. The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office, the FO Export Credit...
Coll 17/7(2) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2851, and concerns the decision not to proceed with the proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway, but to focus on the improvement of road communications. The file consists of reports on the proposals submitted by the Palestine Corporation Limited (see IOR/L/PS/...
Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’
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The file contains papers mostly relating to British operations in Iraq in 1941. It includes papers concerning the need for suitable political and administrative officers to serve under the British Embassy in Baghdad, and the question of the employment of Bertram Thomas for political or intellige...
Coll 27/9(2) ‘Passports. British-Protected Persons. Travel documents for persons proceeding to, and for natives of, certain British Protectorates and Arab States.’
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The file contains correspondence relating to travel documents for persons travelling to, and for natives of, particular British Protectorates and Arab states. It includes correspondence concerning the following: the endorsement affixed by the Saudi Arabian authorities to the passports of perso...
