Coll 20/40 'Muscat: Sultan's request for appointment of a British Officer as Adviser to undertake improvements at Gwadur'
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Correspondence relating to the effort to find a suitable officer to fill the role of adviser to the Sultan of Muscat, as requested by the Sultan himself. The papers cover the discussion over the requirements of the role, terms of service, and the long search for a suitable candidate, spanning ove...
The file relates to geological survey work carried out by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiaries Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited) to identify productive sources of oil in the hinterland of the Trucial Coast and ...
File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.'
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The correspondence discusses the award of prize money to the officers and crews of British Naval vessels that had seized dhows containing arms and ammunition in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the values to be assigned to different types of arms and ammunition, and the decision b...
Arrangements with the Chiefs Along the Coast for the Protection of the Land Line of Telegraph from Gwadur to Jask
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 15 of 1869, dated 19 April 1869, with an enclosure numbered 2, dated 18 March 1869. The enclosure consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to the Secretary to the Governm...
The Removal of Obstructions to Trade at the Port of Lingah Which Were Lately the Cause of Complaint by British Merchants
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 199 of 1869, dated 24 June 1869, with an enclosure numbered 2, dated 29 May 1869. The enclosure consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Secretary to the Governme...
The Death of Abdulla bin Feysul, Ameer of the Wahabees, and the Success of his ‘Rebellious’ Brother Saood bin Feysul
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Political Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 11 of 1871, dated 18 January 1871, containing an enclosure dated 9 January 1871. The enclosure consists of a copy of a telegram from the Government of Bombay reporting the death of the ...
The Slave Trade between the East Coast of Africa and Various Ports in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 29 of 1842, dated 30 March 1842. The enclosures are dated 17 January to 30 March 1842, and consist of correspondence concerning the trade in ensl...
Papers Regarding the Disputes between the Sultan of Muscat and the Wahabee Ameer of Nejed (Vol 1) - Government of India Agree to Supply the Sultan with Arms and Ammunition but Decline to Lend Him Two Lakhs of Rupees
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This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 61 of 23 August 1866, 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 Ind...
Copy of Dispatch No. 28 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
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Copy of dispatch No. 28 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 19 December 1825. The letter concerns the internal state of affairs in Persia and the possibility of a conflict to secure the succession ...
Coll 29/67 'Bandar Abbas: question of registration of the Head Clerk of the Consulate with the Persian police as a foreigner'
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The file concerns the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas. The file contains discussion following the Persian request that the Head Clerk of the Consulate should register as ordinary resident foreigner with the Persian Police. The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, th...
