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‘LETTERS FROM THE E.I.C. RESIDENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF 1842-43 FROM AGENT IN SYRIA 1842-43 FROM AGENT WITH IMAUM OF MUSCAT 1842-43’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters to the Secret Committee of the East India Company from: Lieutenant-Colonel Davies, in charge of the Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson; HM’s Consuls and East India Company’s Agents in ...
Coll 29/20 'Bushire: appointment of Secretary (Consul); appointment of Col Galloway as Consul-General'
Scope & Content:
The file contains internal correspondence about and with subjects appointed as Secretary and British Consul at Bushire. The correspondence regards suitability of the candidates, terms of employment, discussions on pay and starting dates. The file covers: appointment of Everald Huddleston Gastre...
Coll 29/32 'Duzdap (Zahidan): water supply; effect of the closure of the Duzdap railway'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns water supply issues related to damages to the Duzdep Railway pump. The file covers: water supply for the British official buildings at Mirjawa (Mirjaveh, Iran) water supply for the Vice Consulate at Zahidan: Government of India's proposals for meeting expenses in 1932-33. The ...
Coll 29/57 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: purchase of new cars, Bushire Residency, Tehran Legation'
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The file concerns purchase of vehicles for the British Legation at Tehran, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and British Embassy at Baghdad. The file contains correspondence related to: purchase of cars and motorcycles for the Political Residency purchase of cars for HM Minister in Te...
Coll 29/65 'Bushire: deputation of Lt Col T C W Fowle to UK'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns terms and arrangements for the deputation to England in April 1933 of Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Fowle's resumption of charge in May 1933, to follow up on the negotiations on oil in Kuwait. The file is composed of correspondence...
Coll 29/71 'Safeguarding of cyphers and other confidential matter at consular posts in Persia'
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The file concerns the security of cyphers and documents at consular posts in Persia. The file covers: safety of archives at the British Legation at Tehran and at the HM Consulates at Shiraz, Kerman and Bandar Abbas, 1934 supply of new combination safes for the Political Residency at Bushire and...
Papers regarding the Persian Gulf, Vol 7 - further papers regarding the measures adopted to restore peace to the Gulf - instructions issued by the Bombay Government to the Commander of HMS Vigilant - further particulars regarding the retaliatory attack made by the Qatar tribes on Bahrein
Scope & Content:
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...
Coll 6/4(2) 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This volume mostly contains copies of Foreign Office correspondence (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) relating to the strained relations between Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Imam o...
Coll 6/20 'Red Sea: Reports of proceedings of H.M. Ships.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of copies of extracts from (approximately) monthly reports of the proceedings of His Majesty's ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden during the years 1931-1945, which have been forwarded by the Admiralty to the Under-Secretary of State, India Office. Most of the extracts ...
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the Persian protests against violation of their country's neutrality, British and Russian responses to Persian nationalism, and their attempts to influence the Shah and the Majlis deputies during the events...
