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Coll 29/30 'Supply of Reuter's news to posts in Persia after withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department; wireless set for Bushire Residency'
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The file concerns the supply of news to the British Legation in Tehran and the British consulates in Persia after the withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department. The file covers: proposal to employ an Armenian operator to supply wireless service to Tehran Legation provision of a wireless ...
Coll 29/73 'Ahwaz: grant of compensation to the Shaikh of Mohammerah on account of money he advanced towards the building of a consulate at Ahwaz'
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The file concerns the British Consulate site and buildings at Ahwaz, rented from the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The file covers: affairs of Shaikh of Mohammerah with the Persian Government, 1933 payment of compensation to Shaikh of Mohammerah for the loss of a sum of money advanced by him in 1924 fo...
Anglo-Persian War: British Operations in the Persian Gulf and the Appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram as Commander of the Expeditionary Force
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 7 of 1857, dated 22 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 22 December 1856-19 January 1857. The enclosures consist...
The Accession of Syud Toorkee to Power in Muscat and the Policy to be Taken by the British Government
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Secret Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 27 of 1871, dated 23 May 1871, containing enclosures dated 23 February-23 May 1871. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to questions which have arisen in connection...
‘Dispatches received from Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia’
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Enclosures nos. 2-4 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 23 April 1845. The enclosures are dated 8 December 1844-15 February 1845. The enclosures consist of copies of dispatches from Justin Sheil, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court o...
The Anglo-Persian War: The Despatch of a Regiment of Sind Irregular Horse to the Persian Gulf
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This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 23 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosures are dated 17 January-2 February 1857. The item comprises correspondence, by letter and electric tel...
Coll 29/114(1) 'Supply of transport vehicles for consular posts in Persia and the Persian Gulf'
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The file concerns the supply of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf and their maintenance. The file contains a promotional leaflet for Armstrong Siddeley cars (folios 157-166). The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political A...
File 815/1917 Pt 1A 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; improvements on original scheme; proposals for lights at Shaikh Shuaib, Henjam, Muscat and Jask'
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This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the negotiations for the installation and maintenance of lighthouses and buoying in the Persian Gulf after the First World War, specifically at Muscat, Henjam and Sheikh Shuaib. Related matters of discussion include the ...
File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.'
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This part contains interdepartmental correspondence and memoranda relating to lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf. Notable topics of discussion include the following: Changes to RIMS Nearchus and its personnel (referred to as its 'revised permanent establishment') Proposed new arrangements...
Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’
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The file is concerned with proposals for the construction of an airfield – suitable for very heavy bombers – at Dhahran by the United States Army Air Transport Command as a wartime necessity, and applications from the United States to the United Kingdom for the latters support in obtaining permi...
