Agreement between the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Governments of Great Britain and China. Signed at Chefoo, 13 September 1876. Foreign Office, May 1877
'NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF BAHRAIN AND ANTIQUITIES BY CAPTAIN E. L. DURAND, 1ST ASSISTANT RESIDENT, PERSIAN GULF.'
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Letter No. 164 from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Her British Majesty's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Alfred Comyn Lyall, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, 1 May 1879, enclosing notes on the islands of Bahrain and Antiquities, written by Edward Law ...
'MEMOIR on the Climate and Diseases of Southern Turkish Arabia by Surgeon-Major J. Hyslop, M.D.'
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The Memoir, written by Surgeon-Major James McAdam Hyslop, commences by describing the location, physical geography and conditions of Mohamreh [Khorramshahr] and Busreh [Basra] before going on to describe the climate; fevers that might be suffered there; and known outbreaks of cholera. Also inclu...
Memorandum on the proposed Turkish telegraph line from Taiz [Ta‘izz] to Aden.
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Memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, 8 January 1878, with later amendments up to 12 April 1882, regarding the proposal for a Turkish telegraph line from Taiz [Ta‘izz] to Aden. The memorandum discusses British policy towards the tribes surrounding Aden, and attempts by Turkish offici...
Précis of the 1871-1872 Turkish Expedition to Nejd [Najd], compiled by Philip Durham Henderson, Under Secretary to the Foreign Department, Government of India, March 1872. The précis has been divided into sections which discuss: Origin of the Expedition; First report of an intended expedition; D...
Memorandum by Mr Bertie on Questions with the Porte in the Persian Gulf, August 1892 to October 1893.
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The memorandum, written by Francis Leveson Bertie of the Foreign Office, 15 October 1893, discusses questions relating to the Guttur or El-Katr [Qatar] following rumours that the Ottoman Government intended to separate England from the Sheikhs on the Arabian Coastline of the Persian Gulf that ha...
Memorandum on questions affecting the Somali Coast Protectorate, Harrar and Abyssinia, August 1892 to October 1893. F L Bertie, 15 Oct 1893, Foreign Office, Nov 1893