Coll 5/55(3)(S) ‘Afghanistan: Supply of General Purpose & Trainer Aircraft by H.M.G. (Replacement of Hinds)’
Scope & Content:
The file documents the replacement of the Hawker Hind aircraft – used by the Afghan Air Force since 1937 – with Avro Ansons in 1948. The selection process being the result of a long search from 1943 to 1946 for a suitable replacement. The file contains correspondence documenting the search for s...
Coll 7/7 'North West Frontier: fighting strengths and armament returns; prices of European rifles in tribal territory'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of regular statistical reports on the price of European-manufactured weapons within the North-West Frontier Province [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], as well as statistics and assessments on the fighting strength of the tribes within the province. These were produced by the Government of ...
This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia (later referred to more frequently as Iran). Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) and officials of the Foreign Office. Other prominent correspondents...
This file discusses plans for the construction of a lighthouse near Jeddah harbour. It includes the following principal correspondents: The British Agent and Consul at Jeddah (Reader William Bullard, succeeded by Hugh Stonehewer Bird). The British Vice-Consul at Jeddah (Stanley R Jordan). His Ma...
Secret No. 3 of 1882, Papers on the Subject of Poor Treatment of Indian Banians by the Shaikh of El-Bidda
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a copy of a Secret Despatch from the Government of India’s Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, Number 3 of 1882, dated 9 January 1882, and received by the India Office Political Department on 30 January 1882. The despatch includes enclosures consistin...
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and Balochistan, during the First World War. The main focus is measures to be taken in the event of Persia entering the War against Great Britain. The volume covers: Advice of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on measures to be taken i...
Relations Between Persia and the State of Muscat Regarding Bunder Abbas and its Dependencies
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 105 of 1868, dated 22 June 1868, including an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-21, dated 31 December 1864-19 June 1868. The enclosures relate to the policies assumed towards each by the governm...
Muscat Affairs Regarding: The Wreck of the Amaranth and the Expedition of Syud Azan
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 107 of 1869, dated 24 March 1869, with an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-5, dated 6-10 March 1869. The enclosures consist of letters from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to the Secret...
Coll 5/80 ‘Air Route to India – Arab Coast Route: Sharjah Air Agreement & additional accommodation for the B.A.O.C.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the renewal of the Sharjah Commercial Air Agreement in 1943, and subsequent increases to the subsidy paid to the Shaikh of Sharjah under the agreement and changes to accommodation requirements for both the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and the Ro...
Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Resht. The file covers: expenditure of the Vice-Consul supply of maps to the Vice-Consul office allowance, paid jointly by Government of India and Foreign Office lease of Consulate buildings to the Imperial Bank of Persia from January 1934 death o...
