Coll 6/49 'Railways and Communications: Proposed Jedda-Mecca Railway. Motor Transport Arrangements.'
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This file concerns the progress of schemes relating to the improvement of transport and communications in Saudi Arabia. The file largely consists of copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bul...
Coll 6/60 'Saudi Arabia: Oil Concessions in Asir and the Farsan Islands.'
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This file concerns prospective Saudi oil concessions for Asir and the Farsan Islands. In a telegram to the Foreign Office, dated 4 June 1933, His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan) reports that the recent Hasa concession, which was granted by the Saudi Government to the California Ar...
The Rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat, May 1913 - July 1916.
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This printed memorandum was received from the Chief Political Officer, Basra, under Sir P Cox's letter (No 3) dated 18 August 1916 (see IOR/L/PS/10/426: 3744/16), and includes a report by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (signed G L B), originally published in the Arab Bulletin, concerning the rebellion a...
Papers regarding the Persian Gulf, Vol 6 - breach of the maritime truce by the Rulers of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi who launch an attack on the Qatar Territory - retaliatory action by the Qatar tribes - measures taken by the Bombay Government to restore order - despatch of HMS Vigilant to the Gulf
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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 India...
Secret No. 32 of 1883, Letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Regarding the Proceedings of Shaikh Jasim-bin-Muhammad-bin-Thani of El-Bidaa
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This item consists of a copy of a Secret Despatch from the Government of India’s Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, Number 32 of 1883, dated 20 February 1883, and received by the India Office’s Political Department on 28 February 1883. The enclosures date from 11 December 18...
File 619/1907 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic :- Muscat Warehouse. Negotiations with France 1907-1911.'
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The volume discusses the arms trade at Muscat and attempts by the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat to prohibit it; also included are reports and discussions from the Conference on Arms Traffic which was being held in Brussels in 1909 at the same time as the discussions in the volume. ...
This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia [Iran] during the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) and officials of the Foreign Office. Ot...
This file consists of miscellaneous dispatches relating to internal affairs in Persia [Iran] during the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. The file begins with references to an Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, signed in January 1942, which followed the Anglo-Soviet i...
This file documents steps considered and taken by the British to combat reported Italian anti-British propaganda and disseminate pro-British propaganda in the Middle East and beyond. The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Eric Drummond); the Bri...
PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
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The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns ...
