Persian Gulf Affairs: The Murder at Bushire of the Governor of the Roodhilla Districts
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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 154 of 1846, dated 31 December 1846. The enclosures are dated 14 September-21 November 1846. The enclosures concern events following the recent murder of Shaik ...
File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo'
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The papers concern the establishment and work of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department, which was set up to co-ordinate Arabian and Islamic intelligence in the face of German and Turkish propaganda, which had been making rapid headway in the region during the F...
Coll 6/81 'Syria: Status of Alexandretta and Antioch.'
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This file documents the British response to developments regarding the status of the Sanjak [administrative district, referred to in Arabic as Liwa] of Alexandretta, including the cities of Alexandretta [İskenderun, Turkey] and Antioch [Antakya, Turkey]. The file features the following principa...
The Lease of Bunder Abbass Signed by the Representatives of Persia and Muscat
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 181 of 1868, dated 20 October 1868, including an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-4, dated 5-17 October 1868. The enclosures comprise a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to ...
Oman Affairs: British Policy with Regard to Operations at Sea during Present Civil Strife
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This item comprises copies of a secret despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 43 of 1872, dated 24 June 1872. The enclosures are dated 16 April to 9 June 1872 and concern the British position in relation to operations at ...
Affairs at Aden and Within its Vicinity, and at the Red Sea Ports
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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 25 of 1853, dated 29 March 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-8. Enclosure numbers 3-5 are dated 14 to 28 March 1853. Enclosure numbe...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
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A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 2 February 1820. The letter reports an exchange in Bushire with the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah]. Bruce warns Ra...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 26 Dec 1820
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A translation of a note from Hajee Mahomed Hussein Khan [Hājī Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Moatemed ed Dowleh [Mu’tamid al-Dawla, Foreign Minister], to Henry Willock, HM Char...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 26 Dec 1820
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A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Persian Ministers [Haji Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī, Sadr-e ‘Azam or Prime Minister, and Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī, Mu’tamid al-Dawla or Foreign Minister], sent from Tehran and dated 12 December 1820. In...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 26 Dec 1820
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A translation of a note from Hajee Mahomed Hussein Khan [Hājī Mohammad Husayn Khān Isfahānī], Sudr Aazim [Sadr-e ’Azam, Prime Minister] of Persia [Iran], and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Moatemed ed Dowleh [Mu’tamid al-Dawla, Foreign Minister], to Henry Willock, HM Char...
