File 4535/1928 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Certain Islands in the Persian Gulf.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the status of certain islands in the Persian Gulf. A large proportion of the papers concern the policy to be adopted by the British Government (as decided by the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence) in relation to islands in the P...
Coll 29/75 'Meshed: consulate appointments; vice consulate and elevation to consulate-general'
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The file concerns appointments at the British Consulate at Meshed. The file covers: special pay and allowances for C W Hart while officiating as Vice-Consul, 1935 and 1938 appointment of A C Stewart as Vice-Consul, 1935 appointment of G F Squire as Consul General, 1937 pay and allowance of C P ...
Coll 29/111 'Bushire: provision of transport for tours of Political Resident'
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The file concerns the provision of transport facilities for tours of the Political Resident at Bushire to the Persian Gulf, by ship and aircraft. The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Viceroy, the British Legation at Tehran, the Treasury, the Fore...
Coll 40/13 ‘Royal Family. Coronation of H.M. King George VI. Invitations to the Sultan of Muscat and the Sheikhs of Bahrain and Koweit, and King of the Yemen.’
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This file contains correspondence on the coronation of King George VI. The correspondence is primarily between the following: the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India; an...
A traveller in Yun-nan. Groom is a Chinese Shan. Mule from Yun-nan city. A K'e-la (or tame Wa) village in background. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Portrait of Wingate seated on a mule, his Shan groom standing on the right holding the animal's bridle.
A traveller in Yun-nan. Groom is a Chinese Shan. Mule from Yun-nan city. A K'e-la (or tame Wa) village in background. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Portrait of Wingate seated on a mule, his Shan groom standing on the right holding the animal's bridle.
File 2182/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part 1 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns Britain's relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] following the latter's occupation of Ottoman-ruled El Hassa [Al Hasa] and Nejd [Najd]. Much of the correspondence is concerned with how B...
File P 53 1915 Pt 1 'German War - The Khalifate and Pan-Arab Movement'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to British support for an Arab caliphate under British suzerainty. The discussion in the volume relates to the plots to foment a rebellion in the Arab Ottoman provinces and the military support required fr...
