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Coll 28/35 ‘Flying of Flags in; Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreigners in Persia. In. of Consular buildings’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the flying of flags and the positioning of flag staffs at British consular buildings in Persia [Iran], including at Britain’s naval base on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], and the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The file begins in 1931 wit...
Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
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The file concerns the business case to transfer the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain. The file is composed of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office (C W Baxter), the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald ...
Coll 29/118(7) 'Disposal of unwanted consular property in Bushire'
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The file concerns the sale of consular properties belonging to the British Vice-Consulates at Bushire and Bandar Abbas. The file includes description of the buildings and the properties, and a valuation report for the Bahmani Electricity Plant at Bushire. The file contains correspondence betwe...
Coll 30/67 'Koweit & H.M.G.: Policy of H.M.G. in regard to relations with the Shaikh of Koweit.'
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The file concerns British Government (HMG) policy on relations with the Shaikh of Koweit [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait]. The file contains correspondence, minutes and memoranda produced by senior officials at the Foreign Office and the India Office; the Political Resident in the Per...
‘Oil concession signed by the Shaikh of Bahrein in favour of the Eastern and General Syndicate on the 2nd December 1925 (as revised up to 12th January 1934).’
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Printed copy of the Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) oil concession, signed by Shaikh Hamad bin Shaikh Issa Al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited in 1925, with revisions in 1934. The agreement is marked ‘India Office’ in print on the front cover...
Memorandum by the Chief of Imperial General Staff and a Minute by Edmund George Barrow and John Evelyn Shuckburgh, on the Situation in Southern Persia
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This file concerns attacks made against the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles] by members of Persian tribes at Kazerun and Dashtistan [Dashtestan] (also spelled as 'Dasht-i-Arjun' and 'Dashtarjin' in the file), and the possibility of sending troops from Bushire. The file consists of a m...
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British and Russian attempt to influence the Shah and the Majlis deputies during the events that happened in November 1915. The volume covers: German funding to Swedish Gendarmerie. Terms of proposed ...
This file consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, intelligence summaries, and drafts between officials on behalf of the Government of India and the officials of the Ottoman Bank, the Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran regarding the opening of a bank in Koweit [Kuwait]. In ad...
Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction'
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The file contains papers relating to the Middle East (Official) Committee. It consists of: papers circulated to members of the Committee, received by the External Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO); a few items of CRO correspondence with the Foreign Office, the Cabinet Office,...
File 619/1907 Pts 6-9 'Arms traffic:- Trucial Chief's. Debai Incident. French Dhows. Military Operations.'
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The volume comprises parts 6, 7, 8 and 9 of subject 619 Arms Traffic. The parts discuss actions taken in the Persian Gulf to suppress the illegal movement of arms and ammunition: Part 6: Searching of vessels in territorial waters of Trucial Chiefs; Position of Katr [Qatar]; Part 7: Debai [Dubai]...
