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Coll 29/118(6) 'Meshed: allocation of British Consulate-General'
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The file concerns the British Consulate-General at Meshed, whose building was to be shared with the Government of India and of Pakistan. The file contains correspondence between the British Embassy at Tehran, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the UK High Commissio...
Coll 35/4 'Arabia: postal communication between Kamaran and Jizan; wireless communication between Aden and Jizan'
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The file concerns arrangements for the transmission of post between Jizan (Saudi Arabia) and Kamaran (Yemen), and covers the establishment of wireless telecommunications between Jizan and Aden. The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political R...
Coll 35/29 'Persian Gulf: question of payment to Sultan for telegraph facilities at Muscat'
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The file concerns telegraphic communications in Muscat. The file contains: Request of Sultan of Muscat for payment of rent from Cable and Wireless Limited for telegraph cables landing in his territory, 1938 Installation of a wireless set at Muscat by Cable and Wireless, 1939 Licences to Cable a...
Future Policy on the Trucial Coast. Correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the Government of India, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (1929)
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The file contains a note written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office introducing enclosed correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the Government of India, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the Trucial Coast policy of His Majesty's Government. ...
Political No. 43 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter to the Bombay Government, Regarding Affairs at Maculla and Bunder Broom, and Approving the Treaty Entered into with the Jemadar of Shuhur for the Abolition of the Slave Trade at that Port
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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 27 February 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 23 March 1874. With reference to the letters from the Resident at Aden, noted w...
Recommendation of the Government of India that the Salary of the Resident in the Persian Gulf be Increased to 2400 Rupees Per Month, the Amount which was Paid before 1862
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This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 28 of 25 February 1867, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of I...
Papers Regarding the Persian Gulf, Vol 13 – Failure of Syud Toorkee to Capture Muscat – Discontinuance of the Allowance Recently Granted to Him by the Bombay Government
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This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 37 of 28 February 1867, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of I...
Papers Regarding the Persian Gulf, Vol 14 - Intention of Syud Toorkee to Make Another Attack on Muscat - Government of India Declare that he will be Regarded as an Enemy if he Persists in Hostilities
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This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 37 of 28 February 1867, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of I...
Papers regarding Zanzibar and Muscat, Vol 2 - further correspondence regarding the subsidy payable by the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Sultan of Muscat
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This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 1 of 6 January 1869, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of Indi...
Papers regarding Zanzibar and Muscat, Vol 4 - question of the future relations between Zanzibar and Muscat and of the position of the British Consul and Political Agent at Zanzibar - opinion of the Government of India that the Zanzibar Political Agency should be under the immediate control of the Bombay Government
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 1 of 6 January 1869, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The Collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of India...
