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Ext 5626/41 'Internment of Axis (German and Italian) nationals in Iran. Question of their disposal.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the internment and proposed transfer of civilian Axis nationals (mainly Germans and Italians but also Bulgarians, Hungarians and Romanians) who have been handed over to the British authorities in Persia [Iran]. The file features the following principal correspondents: His ...
Coll 6/5 'Relations with Ibn Saud. Proposed meeting between Col. Biscoe and Ibn Saud. Koweit-Nejd Relations.'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists largely of copies of Foreign Office correspondence (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) regarding relations between Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and Kuwait. In addition, t...
Coll 6/82 'Saudi Arabia: Removal from Jedda, of Indian Vice-Consul, Pilgrimage officer (Bahadur Ihsanullah), owing to Saudi intrigues against him.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the early retirement of the Indian Vice-Consul at Jedda, Khan Bahadur Ihsanullah, in 1937, due to what are referred to as intrigues against him. The correspondence includes details of Ihsanullah's position as Vice-Consul, which he has held since 1918. It discusses his duties...
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1873. The letters are dated December 1872-December 1873. The abstracts each have one of the following titles: Abstracts ...
The Anglo-Persian War: The British Capture and Occupation of Karrack and Bushire
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1857, dated 8 January 1857. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 5 January 1857. The enclosure consists of The Calcutta Gazett...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
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A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 6 February 1820. The letter concerns the vessels of the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah], currently laying in Bushir...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 1 Sep 1821
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A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Dr Andrew Jukes, sent from Bombay Castle and dated 10 May 1821. The letter charges Jukes with a mission to the Gulf to discuss with Persian officials the issue of Kishm [Qeshm], which is claimed by P...
Coll 29/114(2) 'Supply of motor vehicles for use of Political Officers'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf and their maintenance. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the British Embassy at Tehran,...
Papers Regarding the Disputes between Muscat and the Wahabees (Vol 3) - Question of the Policy to be Adopted by the British Government towards the New Sultan of Muscat, Syud Salim - Question of the Attitude to be Adopted towards the Wahabee Envoy at Katif - Question of the Tenure by which Muscat Holds Bunder Abbas
Scope & Content:
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...
Coll 29/19 'Procedure for appointment and recognition of consular officers in Persia: Persian rule of one consul only per post; passports for military officers posted to Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the appointment and recognition of British Consular officers in Persia by the Persian Government, who were not willing to recognise by the grant of an exequatur more than one Consular Officer at any one post. The file contains internal correspondence about and with subjects a...
