PZ 4971/31 'Sahib Mankari Abdul Rahman Khan: medical diploma; q[uestio]n of practising of Indian doctors in Arabia'
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The file contains correspondence regarding the validity in Saudi Arabia of certain medical qualifications obtained in India. The primary correspondents are: Sir Andrew Ryan, British Legation to Saudi Arabia; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia; Francis Verner Wylie, Government of India, Fo...
Ext 5661/41 'Propaganda in Persia – economic incl. H.M.G.'s influence over Govt. formed in 1941.'
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This file relates to British propaganda (in the form of food packages, radio broadcasts and literature) in Persia [Iran] during the first few months of the British and Russian occupation of the country. It contains correspondence discussing the internal affairs of Persia from a British perspecti...
Coll 5/7 ‘Afghanistan: Violation of frontier by RAF machines; Special instructions to pilots; General international practice’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned broadly with three topics. The first, found predominantly between folios 102-224, is about complaints made by the Government of Afghanistan over violations of its territory by aircraft of the Royal Air Force, and complaints made by HM Minister at Kabul that the Government o...
Coll 5/28 ‘Air Route to India: Air facilities on the Arab Coast; Debai Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes related to air facilities required by Imperial Airways (from 1940 the British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) along the Arabian Coast. The file therefore contains a number of lists (some of which are categorised by pri...
Coll 17/7(1) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
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The volume contains correspondence, reports and minutes regarding road and rail transport through Iraq, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Palestine, Syria and Iran. The following topics are discussed in detail: The proposed construction of a Baghdad-Haifa rail route. The file also includes records regardin...
Coll 30/91(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the negotiations concerning the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Shaikh Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company in 1934. The Kuwait Oil Company was 50-50 owned by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC)...
Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations between Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the rulers of several states on the Trucial Coast over oil concession agreements. Petroleum Concessions Limited was the company approved by the British Government to seek oil concessions in the area; it later operated...
Coll 35/23 'Arabia: establishment of cable communication between Shaikh Said and Perim'
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The file concerns the re-establishment of cable communication between Sheikh Said and the island of Perim [Yemen], proposed by the ruler of Yemen in 1932, and negotiations with Eastern Telegraph Company Limited. The file contains correspondence between: the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited; th...
The Shah of Persia's Desire to Procure Ships of War for Service in the Persian Gulf
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 6 of 1868, dated 30 June 1868, including an abstract and an enclosure numbered 3, dated 11 May 1868. The enclosure comprises a letter from Sir Charles Alison, HM Minister in Teheran [Tehran] to Lo...
The Complaint of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs Against the Resident in the Persian Gulf for his Recent Proceedings in Bahrein
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 17 of 1869, dated 12 January 1869, including an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-4, dated 28 October-31 December 1868. The first enclosure consists of a letter from Sir Charles Alison, HM Ministe...
