The file concerns a request by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide copies of a judicial document issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice regarding the service on the Bahrain Branch of the Eastern Bank Limited.The file is composed of correspondence between the British Embassy in Cairo; the Foreign Office; and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.There are some documents in French, from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.1 file (20 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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
exequaturmore than one Consular Officer at any one post.The file contains internal correspondence about and with subjects appointed. The correspondence regards suitability of the candidates, terms of employment, discussions on pay and starting dates.The file covers:appointment of acting Vice-Consul at Duzdap, in 1929Persian proposal for appointment of British Consular officers in Persiaprocedure for the appointment of honorary Vice-Consuls in Persiaappointment of G A Jacob as Vice-Consul at Yezd [Yazd]appointment of a military officer, Military Attaché Stefeni, with rank of Vice Consul in Meshed, in 1930appointment of Trenchard Craven William Fowle as Consul at Bushire, in 1930officers' recognition by the Persian Ministry for Foreign AffairsPersian initial refusal to grant
exequaturto Consuls Daly and Pyper, and request that officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India should not be employed in Persiaappointment of Woods Ballard as Consul at Bushire, in 1935employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India in Irandesignations to be shown on passports of military doctors and military officers, when posted to Iran.The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Viceroy, the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The file also contains documents in French, correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran and the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.1 file (320 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 321; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz. A lack of central authority in the region had led to lawlessness along many of the roads, including that between Bushire and Shiraz. The papers cover the British response to the situation, including the discussion over evacuation and the distribution of troops in Shiraz, Isfahan, and Bushire.The volume is divided into two parts, both covering many of the same matters. The main division is chronological, part 1 coming earlier than part 2.The majority of the correspondence is between the Foreign Office, India Office, Government of India, and Minister at Tehran, but included as enclosures are letters and telegrams from the Consulates at Shiraz and Isfahan, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The papers include handwritten drafts and notes. There is some duplication.The volume comprises parts 1-2 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (489 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.The subject 6 (Persia) consists of this one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates and the inside back cover with 491; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a number of naval surveys of the coastline and islands of the Persian Gulf that were completed by Royal Navy vessels including HMS
Challengerand HMS
Ormonde.In addition to the logistical and technical aspects of these surveys, the political context and reception of them locally is also frequently discussed. On folio 228, the file contains a large Admiralty map of the Eastern Persian Gulf.The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials at the Admiralty, Foreign Office, India Office, Persian Gulf Residency and the British Legation in Tehran, but the file contains a small selection of correspondence with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some of which is in French.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 file (227 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 229; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait.The file contains:Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Office at Kuwait, 1931Proposed diversion of the Basrah-Kuwait telegraph line, 1931Statements showing the expenditure and the income of Kuwait Post Office during the years 1926-35Proposed establishment of wireless station at Kuwait to take the place of the existing Post and Telegraph Office administered by the Iraq Government, 1932-38Proposed agreement between Kuwait and Iraq, concerning administration of Kuwait postal, telegraph and telephone services, 1932-33Extract of commercial agreement between ruler of Kuwait and Kuwait Oil Company, 1934Participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme, 1939Sharing of revenues between Kuwait and Iraq, 1940.The file is composed of correspondence between: the High Commissioner for Iraq; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Director General of Post and Telegraphs for Iraq; the Government of India, the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Agent at Kuwait; the Ministry of Economics and Communications of Iraq; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq; the ruler of Iraq [King Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; the ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]; the British Embassy at Baghdad; Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-Gordon; Kuwait Oil Company; the Treasury; Frank C Strick and Company Limited; and Imperial and International Communications Limited.There is a document in Arabic with English translation in the file, a letter from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the ruler of Kuwait, and the translation of an article, from the newspaper
Al-Bilad. There is also a document in French, a letter from the Bureau International de l'Union Postale Universelle.1 file (543 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 544; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf. However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to exploit the Gulf's pearl banks, which entailed the risk of infringing Britain's treaty obligations with the Arab states.The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office; Major Percy Zachariah Cox, acting as Consul-General for Fars, Khuzistan etc., and Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; officials of the India Office and the Government of India; the Viceroy of India (the Earl of Minto); and the Sponge Exploration Syndicate Limited.The papers include: letters of application for concession rights from the company; the granting of a concession to the company by the Government of Persia; the granting of a concession to the company by the Sultan of Muscat; a report by the British Museum, on the Persian Gulf as a possible area for successful sponge fisheries (folios 175-176); the involvement of the company with the rulers of the Trucial Coast; and the rights of British-protected Arabs. The volume also contains an Admiralty chart of the Persian Gulf on folio 50.The French language content of the volume consists of an agreement on folios 129-131.The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence. This is mainly dated 1905-09, with one item dated 1916. The correspondence also includes enclosures dated 1892 (folios 214-215).Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 1).1 volume (240 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 2830 (Persian Gulf: Sponge and Pearl Fisheries) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/456-457. The volumes are divided into two parts with each part comprising one volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 242; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Correspondence, notes, and minute papers concerning the passing of two regulations under The Bahrain Order in Council, 1913: The Traffic in Cultured and Tinted Pearls Regulation, 1930 (see folios 107-109), and The Possession and Traffic in Arms Regulation, 1936 (see folios 5-5A). The former was prompted by an increase in cultured pearls being imported into Bahrain from Japan, via Bombay (Mumbai).The correspondence consists of discussion over the text of the new regulations between officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), India Office, and Foreign Office.Copies of regulations passed under The Morocco Orders in Council, 1889-1929, Consolidated, are included in the file having been used for reference.1 file (150 folios)The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 151; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The file contains correspondence, minutes, and notes concerning visits to Muscat by French and Italian vessels and the discussion of the correct channels foreign states should go through to seek permission for such visits. The file covers the following visits:French warships
Mondementand
Alertein 1926French naval yacht
Dianain 1930French cruiser
Jeanne d'Arcin 1932Italian gunboat
Sebastian Cabotoin 1934Italian warship
Eritreain 1938.Also included in the file is a report of an Italian visit to Khorramshahr by Captain JEA Bazalgette, Vice Consul Khorramshahr, 9 March 1938.The principal correspondents are the Colonial Office, India Office, Political Residency in Aden, Admiralty, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Foreign Office, and representatives of the French government in London, Iraq, and Bombay.1 file (121 folios)The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at last folio with 123; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-122 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
The file concerns the reorganisation of telegraph communications in Iran after 1935.The file contains:Closure of Naval Station at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū], and of British Cemetery and Henjam Wireless Station, 1935Negotiations with Cable and Wireless on their proposal to close of Henjam, Jask and Charbar [Chābahār] stations, 1935Minutes of Committee of Imperial Defence, Imperial Communications Committee meetings discussing telegraph communications in the Persian Gulf, 1935Desire of Persian Government to purchase wireless systems at Henjam, Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], and Bushire, 1935-37Closure of wireless station at Bushire, 1936-37Renting of Cable and Wireless's building at Jask, 1936Repairs to cable ship at Jask, 1937.The file also contains, on folio 381, a map showing 'The Proposed Bahrein T Piece', illustrating an extension of cable communication connecting Bushire and Bahrain, 1935. There are some documents in French: a letter written by the British Legation at Tehran to the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs of the Government of Iran, and an extract from
Le Journal de Tehran.The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for India; the Admiralty; Cable and Wireless Limited; the Treasury; the British Legation at Tehran; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Iran.1 volume (531 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 533; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The file concerns the postal service in Persia and in the Persian Gulf.The file contains:Review of postal service in Persia [Iran] and in the Persian Gulf, with complaints of inefficiencies since their transfer under Persian administration, 1923Bushire - Shiraz mail service, 1923Proposed appointment of a Persian Director-General of Posts in Persia, whilst the Foreign Office was suggesting a Belgian to be appointed instead, 1924Appointment of Prince Moazed-ed-Dowleh as Director General of Posts, 1924Refusal of Persian Government to pay claims for loss of registered postal parcels, 1924Transfer of the Indian Post Office of exchange from Duzdap [Zahedan] to Mirjawa [Mirjaveh], 1925Transmission of parcels between Europe and Persia via Iraq, 1925Additional parcel post service via Lebanon, Syria and Iraq to Tehran, 1926Relations between Duzdap Railway authorities and Persian Customs administration, 1926Proposal for establishing insured parcel service between Persia and India via Duzdap, 1928Indian Exchange Post Office at Mirjawa, 1932; proposed closure of, 1939.The file is composed of correspondence between: HM Legation at Tehran; HM Consulate for Sistan and Kain; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; the Secretary of State for India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Superintendent of Post Offices for Baluchistan; and the General Post Office.There are letters in French in the file, from the Universal Postal Union, from the Foreign Office to the Persian Government, and from the Director-General of the Persian Postal Service.1 file (204 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 205; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The volume contains correspondence related to the concerns raised by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman regarding the landing of French and Dutch aeroplanes at Gwadur, which is part of his territory. The Sultan desires for these airlines to first obtain his authorization before flying over or landing anywhere in his territory. The volume includes correspondence between the British Government and the French and the Dutch governments asking to liaise with their respective airlines to write directly to the Sultan to obtain permission before using the airspace over his territories.Air France and the Royal Dutch Airlines [KML] applied directly to the Government of Muscat and Oman to obtain the named permission, and they also wrote asking for a renewal of their applications every time an authorization expired. The volume includes copies of authorisations that are issued by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman for aircraft to land in and fly over Muscat and Oman.The main correspondents in the volume are: the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; the Secretary of State for India; the Political Agency, Muscat; the Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain; and the Government of Muscat and Oman.1 volume (255 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 251; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-251; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Part 1 contains correspondence relating to the treatment of British-Indian traders at the port of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf]. The correspondence is mostly between the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the India Office. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Political Agency at Bahrain, British Consul at Basrah, British Embassy at Constantinople, British-Indian Merchants in Bahrain, and Turkish officials in Basrah.The papers cover the discussion over the reported mistreatment and overcharging of Indian merchants at Katif including proposals to establish a vice-consular presence at the port and to install a graded Political Officer as Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Turkish response to British complaints.Folios 119-122 are the Political Resident's, Percy Zachariah Cox, report into the excess customs charges.1 item (98 folios)