The file concerns a number of administrative issues in relation to oil exports from Koweit [Kuwait].The papers cover: advice on the signing of certificates for shipments of oil to France and French possessions, 1946; correspondence concerning a request from the Ministry of Fuel and Power for monthly statistics of oil shipments from Kuwait; and discussion of the legal basis for the issue of oil export licences by the Political Agents at Bahrein [Bahrain] and Kuwait.The main correspondents are the Ministry of Fuel and Power and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The French language content of the file consists of single certificate (folio 31).The file also contains one document, dated April 1940, of an earlier date than the main date range (folio 31).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 (31 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the fileFoliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 31; these numbers are printed, 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.
The volume contains correspondence, notes, and memoranda concerning the affairs of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf]. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, Foreign Office and India Office. Further correspondence, often included as enclosures and in the form of printed collections relating to a particular matter, is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, and various British political, diplomatic, and military offices in the Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia.The two parts of the volume each relate to different subjects, as follows:1. The treatment of British Indian traders at the port;2. An outbreak of violence in 1908 between Bedouin tribes and the townspeople of Katif.The volume comprises parts 1 and 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 (173 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 395 (Katif Affairs) consists of one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 175; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-173; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
The memorandum outlines a number of loans and advances made to the Persian Government by Britain and Russia respectively at the turn of the twentieth century; this includes information on the securities pledged by Persia to meet repayments. It also covers British concerns over the definition of the Southern/Gulf Ports of Persia (pledged as security for British loans), and British fears that the customs of these ports might fall under the control of another foreign power, or be used as security for non-British loans. Also outlined in the memorandum are a number of proposed loans that never reached fruition, and a proposed conversion loan in 1910 from the Imperial Bank of Persia in order to consolidate the Persian Government's debt.Information on some of the diplomatic discourse which has taken place from 1900 to 1912 between the Foreign Office, the India Office, and Russian representatives regarding the payment of loans to Persia is also included.The appendix on folios 48-53 contains supporting transcripts, which include:an extract from a memorandum by Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, dated 29 March 1903; it provides background details on the Imperial Bank of Persia (f 48);a note on the Caspian Fisheries (f 48);the text of an agreement for the advance of £200,000 by the Imperial Bank of Persia to the Persian Government (ff 48v-49)a table showing the amortization scheme for the Anglo-Indian Loan of 1903-04; extracted from a report on Persia by Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice (f 49);a statement (in French) by the Administrator of the Persian Customs as to 'fixed charges' on the customs revenue, dated 1909 (ff 49v-50);the text of an agreement between the Imperial Bank of Persia and the Persian Government, dated 8 June 1910, with supplementary letters from the Bank to the Persian Finance Minister, dated 2-4 June 1910; it regards the repayment of debts owed to the bank (ff 50-51);a list of payments and receipts from the Imperial Bank of Persia (1903-1910) respecting loans or proposed loans to the Persian Government (ff 51v-52).Some extracts quoted in the main body of the memorandum are in French, as are a number of the appendices. An index can be found on folio 54.This memorandum is continued in a subsequent memorandum dated 27 November 1912 (see IOR/L/PS/18/C120b).1 file (21 folios)The memorandum is divided into two parts: the main body (folios 33-47) and an appendix (folios 48-53). An index has also been included at the back on folio 54.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 33, and terminates at f 53, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of British-protected persons (primarily from the native states of India) within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The topics discussed in the file include the consular representation of poor British Indian subjects in the vilayet (province) of Baghdad, the status of Baluchis resident in Basra, the granting of visas to Afghan pilgrims in Mesopotamia (Iraq), an application to be registered as a British-protected person made by Shaikh Omar Abdullah Basaar, a resident of Hodeida (al-Hudaydah) in Yemen and the status of Kashmiris resident in the city of Kerbala. The correspondence is primarily between officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office and the Government of India. The file also contains a copy of a letter in French sent from the Ottoman Ambassador in London to the Foreign Office concerning the status of natives of Afghanistan and Baluchistan within the Ottoman Empire (folios 81-82). The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.1 volume (201 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 201; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The papers concern relations between Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Koweit [Kuwait] and the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]; particularly in regard to the purchase by the Shaikh of date gardens at Fao [Al Fāw] on the Shatt-al-Arab, and property at Fadaghia, near Fao, both of which were in Turkish territory. In both cases, the Turkish authorities insisted that the Shaikh should first register himself as an Ottoman subject before they would allow the legal formalities of ownership to be completed.The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent, Kuwait (Major Stuart George Knox; from 1909 Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the British Consul at Basrah (also referred to as Bussorah) [Basra] (Francis Edward Crow); the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Gerald Augustus Lowther); Shaikh Mubarak; and senior officials of the India Office, the Government of India, and the Foreign Office.The papers cover: papers concerning the Fao property, including the Shaikh's appeals for a committee of inquiry and arbitration over the matter, January 1908 - July 1909 (folios 115-199); papers concerning the Fadaghia property, February 1909 - December 1910 (folios 6-114); Foreign Office paper containing a memorandum communicated to the Turkish Ambassador concerning the Bagdad railway question and other matters, July 1911 (folios 4-5); and correspondence concerning a false report in a Turkish newspaper that an allowance had been granted by the Turkish Government to Shaikh Mubarak, May-July 1912 (folios 2-3).The French language content of the papers is confined to three folios of newspaper extracts (folios 133-135).The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents contained in the papers; the covering dates of the Secret Department minute papers that enclose them, as given on folio 1, are 1908-1912.199 folios
Part 10 comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the return or disposal of enemy (Turkish or German) property and other assets in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf at the end of the First World War. The volume includes: an enquiry from the Hamburg firm Robert Wönckhaus & Company, which had offices in various places in the Persian Gulf, including Bahrain, regarding the liquidation of their assets in the Gulf, and the nature of Britain’s jurisdiction in Bahrain; an enquiry from the US ambassador in London on the nature of British jurisdiction in Bahrain, and regulations pertaining to the import of narcotics into Bahrain; statements of balances and details of those firms whose assets were in the hands of the Department of the Controller of Hostile Trading Concerns in Mesopotamia; a printed copy of the India Treaty of Peace Order in Council, dated 28 June 1920 (ff 40-53); the liquidation of enemy property in territories covered by the Persian Gulf Order in Council of 1907.The principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Department of the Controller of Hostile Trading Concerns in Mesopotamia; the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Arthur Talbot Wilson.The part contains a single item of correspondence in French (f 127).1 item (187 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the item.
The volume consists of individual copies of the
Arab Bulletinnumbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘Arab movement’; the bulletins cover a wide range of topics and key personalities.Tables of content can be found at the front of each issue. A small amount of content is in French.1 volume (616 folios)The bulletins are arranged in numerical order from the front to the back of the file. An exception being that No 1 is located after No 6. An index to Nos 1-35 can be found at the front: folios 4-15.The subject 759 (Arab Bulletins) consists of two volumes. IOR/L/PS/10/657-658.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 618; 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 memorandum considers whether British participation in the proposed Trans-Persian Railway would be in Britain's interests. To this end it considers possible advantages/disadvantages to British trade, finance, and her strategic/political interests.The appendix (folio 32) contains an extract from a letter from Sir William Edmund Garstin dated 9 December 1912. It also contains two enclosures (in French) from a letter — also from Garstin — dated 20 December 1912.1 file (5 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 28, and terminates at f 32, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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The volume contains notes by India Office officials, as well as their correspondence with Foreign Office officials and others, about the formation in Paris in 1912 of La Société Internationale d’Etudes du Chemin de fer Transpersan, which is also referred to as the Société d’Etudes for the Trans-Persian railway project. The Société d’Etudes was a consortium of Russian, French and British financiers for the construction of a railway line across Persia from the Caspian Sea in the north (the Russian sphere) to the Gulf in the south (the British sphere), with the support and approval of their respective governments. The main correspondents who are members or officials of government include: the British and Russian Ministers for Foreign Affairs and their senior officials, the British Ambassador at St Petersburg, the French Ambassador at London, the British Minister at Tehran and the Viceroy of India. The main correspondents who are members of the British Group of the Société d’Etudes include: Cecil Baring (Director of Baring Brothers and Company Limited, London), Lord Revelstoke (John Baring) and Viscount Errington (Rowland Thomas Baring). The correspondents discuss the financial arrangements and the constitution of the Société d’Etudes, the proposed route of the Trans-Persian railway line and in particular, an Anglo-Russian understanding that neither the Russian Group nor the British Group of the Société d’Etudes would seek a railway concession from the Persian Government that would extend territorially beyond their respective spheres of influence in Persia.1 volume (326 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 42 (Trans-Persian Railway) consists of one volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 328; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Part 2 of the volume (folios 17-187) contains correspondence and notes about a proposal by the British Government, for strategic and commercial reasons, to lease certain islands which are situated at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, such as Kishm, Larak and Henjam, from the Persian Government. The main correspondents are ministers and officials at the India Office and the Foreign Office in London, the British Minister at Tehran and the Viceroy of India. The mineral concessions already granted by the Persian Government to the Persian merchant Muin-ut-Tujjar are also discussed, as well as the interests of the British company Frank C Strick and Company Limited of London. The correspondence includes several official Persian Government documents and letters in French, relating mainly to the mineral mining concessions already granted to Muin-ut-Tujjar in Hormuz and other Persian Gulf islands.171 folios
Correspondence concerning the flying of flags and the positioning of flag staffs at British consular buildings in Persia [Iran], including at Britain’s naval base on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], and the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The file begins in 1931 with an objection from the Persian Government of the flying of a British flag (the Red Ensign) at buildings in Persian territory, operated by the Imperial and International Communications Company. Subsequent correspondence discusses:The question of whether the Imperial and International Communications Company is entitled, as a private concern, to fly the national flag.The significance to the Persian authorities of flag staffs as claims of territorial sovereignty.Instructions issued to British consular properties in Persia in 1932 to remove flag staffs from their grounds, and to instead fly their flags from the roof of consular buildings.National holidays on which foreign missions and consulates might fly their flags in Persia, with a list of dates on folio 78.Reciprocal measures, imposed by the Government of India, limiting the flying of flags by Persian officials in India.The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Legation at Tehran (Major Percy Charles Russell Dodd, Reginald Hervey Hoare; Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull Hugesson); the Foreign Office (George William Rendel, Lacy Baggallay); the India Office (Charles William Baxter); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe; Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard William Craven Fowle).The file contains a small number of items written in French.1 file (288 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 289; 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.
Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, and memoranda concerning the repeal of the Ethiopia Order in Council, 1934. The decision to surrender extra-territorial jurisdiction is discussed following the Italian occupation of Abyssinia. Inter-departmental discussion of the decision and of the text of a provisional agreement with the Italian Government as a form of replacement constitutes the bulk of the file. These exchanges are between officials at the Foreign Office, India Office, Dominions Office, Home Office, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department. Further correspondence is from the British Legation in Addis Ababa, British Embassy in Rome, and officials from the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Italy, and Ethiopia.Included in the file are documents used for reference purposes, including:A copy of 'Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Ethiopia and France', 1908 (folios 372-375)Copy of 'Treaty Series No. 31 (1938) - I - Agreement between The United Kingdom and Italy consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; II - Bon Voisinage Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between The United Kingdom, Egypt and Italy' (folios 120-139).1 file (374 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 375; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes and printed papers in 1916 relating to the development of British policy towards Persia as well as the British relationship with Russia vis-à-vis its position and interests in Persia.The discussion in the volume relates to the terms, duration and articles of the Treaty of Alliance developed by 'three-cornered conversations between Teheran, London and Petrograd' as well as the views of the Government of India on the proposed Treaty.The volume includes:A printed copy of the proposed agreement with Persia (ff 260-261).Comments of HBM's Minister for Teheran (Sir Charles Murray Marling) on Persian proposals and details of the Russian counter-draft (ff 236-238).A draftt in French (ff 213-214) of the proposed treaty.A note (ff 161-165) on 'Persian Expenditure: the "half and half" arrangement' on the division of costs in Persia between HM Government and the Government of India.A telegram dated 31 August 1916 (f 81) listing the members of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister to the Shah of Persia Yossugh od Dowleh [Mushir-ed-Dowleh].A printed paper (ff 43-44) from the Minister to Tehran to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Edward Grey) detailing a history of Sipasalar's A'zam's administration.Further discussion surrounds the associated negotiations of issues including: the abrogation of the Treaty of Turcomanshai [Turkmenchay] in which Russia dictated terms to end the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828); cancellation of Persian debt; tenure of land by foreigners; recognition of Persian territorial claims in the Gulf; and Persian concerns over de facto partition.The correspondence also discusses the creation of a Cossack brigade for use by Persia and further potential military assistance to Persia; an Anglo-Russian subsidy to the Persian Government and mechanisms of financial control; the role of the South Persia Military Police in the 'restoration of order' in Fars and Kerman; and the loss by the Persian Government of correspondence relating to the Treaty.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Walter Louis Frederick Goltz Langley); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); HBM Minister at Teheran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor); Permanent Under-Secretary of State, India Office (Sir Thomas William Holderness); HBM Ambassador to Petrograd (Sir George William Buchanan); the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); and the Prime Minister to the Shah of Persia (Mushir-ed-Dowleh).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 volume (279 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 281; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Correspondence, minutes, draft papers, and memoranda relating to passport arrangements for Bahrainis in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly copies of that between officials in numerous diplomatic and administrative posts in parts of Mesopotamia, Persia, and the Persian Gulf, the Government of Bombay, and the Governments of Bahrain and Persia. This correspondence was exchanged as enclosures within the interdepartmental correspondence between the India Office, Colonial Office, Foreign Office, and Government of India, Foreign and Political Department.The papers deal with several matters, including:Disagreement between the Persian, British, and Bahrain Governments over the status of Bahrain and the required travel documentation for Bahrainis travelling to and from Persia, and Persians travelling to and from BahrainSeveral individual cases of Bahrainis being denied the right to travel by the Persian authorities in Basra and Mohammerah, and the handling of the affair by the BritishTravel facilities in the Persian Gulf more generallyThe proposal that the Governments of Muscat, Kuwait, and Bahrain start issuing their own passports.1 volume (661 folios)The volume 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 inside back cover with 663; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-660; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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The volume comprises correspondence relating to requests from foreign airlines – chiefly the Dutch company Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) and Air France – to use the air route following the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and its aerodrome facilities at Bahrain, Gwadur [Gwādar, then a possession of the Sultan of Muscat], and Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the file are Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent in Bahrain, and George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department at the Foreign Office.Specific events and topics covered in the volume include:An official request by KLM to the British Government to fly aircraft on their Amsterdam to Batavia [Jakarta] route over Bahrain (ff 98-109), emergency landings made by two KLM aircraft at Bahrain not covered by the original authorisation (ff 62-87), and further authorisation requests as a result of enlargements to the Amsterdam to Batavia fleet;Foreign Office discussion over Bahrain’s status in relation to Britain, with regard to the International Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation (or Paris Convention of 1919, ff 27-31);An official request by the French Ambassador to the British Government for the French airline Air Orient to use civil air facilities in the Gulf;The arrival in Bahrain of a French director of the Iraq Petroleum Company (Monsieur Montaigu), who had arrived from Basra by air without seeking prior permission to land, the subsequent formal complaint made by Government of Bahrain, and official investigation into the incident, including the aircraft’s original passenger list (f 72);The presence in the Gulf of a French intelligence officer (Captain Albert de Boucheman), understood by British officials to be in the region on behalf of Air France (ff 162-163, 165, 169-170);Official permission for the Czech businessman Jan Antonín Bat’a to fly over the Gulf (ff 157-159).1 volume (222 folios)The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the volume/file (ff 210-226) mirror the chronological arrangement.Foliation: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present between ff 6-209 and ff 210-220; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the desire of William Morgan Shuster, Treasurer-General of the Persian Government, to appoint Major Claude Bayfield Stokes of the Indian Army as a financial assistant responsible for the organisation of a Treasury Gendarmerie. This proposal was ultimately refused due to the resistance of the Russian and British governments for its perceived contravention of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, which had divided Persia into Russian and British zones of influence.The majority of the correspondence in the file is between Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary; Sir George Barclay, British Ambassador to Persia; and Sir George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia. The file contains a limited amount of correspondence in French, including drafts of letters to be sent from the British Government to the Government of Persia. Copies of correspondence between Shuster and Barclay are also enclosed in the file.The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.1 volume (193 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 193; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Correspondence and other papers relating to the export of dates from Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of Mesopotamia in the First World War. The file includes: correspondence dated 1916 relating to the lifting of a general prohibition on the export of dates from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Basra (as well as from Muscat), in view of Mesopotamia’s status as enemy territory; in 1917, proposals to prohibit the export of dates from Mesopotamia to destinations other than Britain or its wartime allies; in 1917, the supply of dates to British troops in France, including arrangements for purchase and freight by the War Office; a copy of a printed British diplomatic and consular report entitled ‘Turkey. Report for the Year 1913 on the Trade of Basra’, edited at the Foreign Office and Board of Trade (ff 293-303); reports in early 1918 that the demand for dates in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf exceeded supply, leading to the Foreign Office’s initial decision to decline a request from the Government of the USA for the Hills Brothers Company of New York to export dates from Mesopotamia, a decision that was reversed in March 1918; price controls on dates for export, arranged in 1918; correspondence dated 1919 on the future policy of restrictions on dates exported from Mesopotamia.The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Chief Political Officer of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Ministry of Food.The volume contains a single item in French, being a note from the French Ambassador in London (f 69).The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (350 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 348; 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.
The file concerns the allocation of call signs for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's wireless telegraph stations at Abadan and Maidan-i-Naftun, Iran.The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the India Office, the Foreign Office, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, British Petroleum, and the General Post Office.There are some letters in French, addressed to the International Telegraph Bureau.1 file (44 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 46; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title:
A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.The part contains a proof of the revised narrative for the section regarding Aden and the south coast of Arabia (ff 26-63), followed by copies of numerous related treaties and agreements covering the period 1802-1919 (ff 64-208).Also included is a small amount of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the accuracy of the revised proof, and the question of whether all the related treaties and agreements that have been concluded since 1909 should be published in the revised edition, as proposed by the Government of India. Correspondents include the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; officials of the India Office, Foreign Office, and Colonial Office.The French language material consists of several articles among the aforementioned treaties and agreements.1 item (204 folios)
Papers relating to trade between Baghdad and Basra in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Great Britain, in the wake of Britain’s military invasion and occupation of Mesopotamia during the First World War. Subjects covered include: the resumption of trade between Britain and Baghdad; enquiries made to the British Government by British firms asking if they may resume trade to and from Mesopotamia; enquiries relating to goods seized and condemned by the Prize Court; the resumption of trading at Baghdad by a number of firms ‘approved’ by the British Government’s Board of Trade; enquiries by commercial firms relating to goods looted or destroyed during the military invasion of Mesopotamia. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; Henry Fountain of the Commercial Department of the Board of Trade.The file includes a single item of correspondence in French: a copy of a telegram from the Persian Consul General in Baghdad (f 144).The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (187 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 3104 (German War: conquered territory, Mesopotamia: trade) consists of 9 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/564-572. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 to 8 comprising one volume each, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the last volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 189; 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, which consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns relations between France and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], and French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd].Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:The attitude that should be adopted by the British Government in the event of the French Government according official recognition to the Imam of Yemen.Details of a Treaty of Friendship between France and Yemen, signed on 25 April 1936.French claims to Sheikh Said (which reportedly rest on an agreement made in 1868 with local chiefs, and on a treaty with the Ottoman Government, signed in 1870).British concerns regarding the possibility of an Italian occupation of Sheikh Said.The Imam's decision to import arms for the fortification of Sheikh Said.The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Ronald Hugh Campbell), His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan), and officials of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office.In addition to correspondence, the file includes the following: a copy (in French) of the aforementioned Treaty of Friendship between France and Yemen (folio 50); a copy of a declaration (also in French) between France and Yemen, regarding Sheikh Said, dated 18 July 1936 (folio 5).The French material in the file consists of the aforementioned treaty and declaration (plus draft copies of the declaration) and several copies of a memorandum addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by the French Ambassador in London.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 (70 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 72; 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 of correspondence and memoranda relating to the effects of the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12 in the British-Indian Empire. The papers consist of letters, telegrams, handwritten drafts and notes, and printed collections of correspondence relating to a particular matter. The correspondence is mostly between the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India. Further correspondence is from various British political and military offices in India and Arabia, representatives of the Ottoman and Italian governments, and representatives of numerous Muslim groups in the region.The four parts of the volume each relate to a different subject, as follows:1. Britain's position of neutrality during the war;2. Alleged Turkish activities in Central Asia;3. Protestations by Muslim groups over Italian aggression;4. An Italian naval blockade of Hodeidah.The volume comprises parts 1-4 of 4. 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 (208 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.The subject 4327 (Turco-Italian War) consists of one volume divided into four parts.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 210; 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.
This part contains correspondence regarding wide-ranging negotiations that took place between Reza Shah's Minister of Court, ‘Abdolhossein Khan Teymourtache [Teymurtash], and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was the agreement of a bilateral treaty between the two governments in order to resolve a number of outstanding issues. The majority of the correspondence in this part is internal correspondence between British officials, but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence in French that was exchanged between the British Minister in Tehran, Sir Robert Clive, and Teymourtache.In addition to this correspondence, this part contains the following document: 'Memorandum by Admiralty and Foreign Office, dated 23rd, 1932 on the subject of the British Naval Depot at Henjam' (folios 553-564).1 item (334 folios)
The file contains requests for authorisation to undertake private flights over the Arab Coast route – the air route over Kuwait, Bahrain, Sharjah, and Muscat. These requests are entirely from French nationals and are submitted to the Foreign Office on their behalf by the French Embassy in London. One of these requests is for a flight of two French military planes. These requests are then forwarded to the India Office for comment, and occasional reference is made to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is noted that such requests have increased due to a recent diplomatic rupture between France and Iran.Letters from the French Embassy are 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 (48 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 49; 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 transcripts and reports of press articles on Bahrain and the Persian Gulf, and associated correspondence. Much of the press is critical of the Government of Bahrain and the British administration there. The sources for the press articles are mainly the Arabic and French language press of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Bahrain itself, but there are also articles from German, United States, and Indian publications. The Arabic and French articles are mostly provided by L'Orient Arabe press agency of Cairo, Egypt. The associated correspondence is mostly from Hugh Weightman, Political Agent, Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. There is also correspondence from other British officials in the Middle East, the India Office, the Foreign Office, and officials of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO).The file includes papers relating to articles in the
Al Bahrainnewspaper of Bahrain, March -May 1939, and September 1939, including letters from Belgrave and British officials expressing criticism of the paper and the need to impose censorship.The Arabic and French language content of the file consists of letterheads and reports of L'Orient Arabe.The starting date of the overall date range is provided by the covering letter for the translation of an article that was published on 2 November 1938, and the end date of the overall date range is provided by an entry in the notes at the end of the file.1 file (362 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers written in pencil and red crayon or ink can be found throughout, but do not refer to the existing notes at the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 363 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 1, 1A. A second, incomplete foliation sequence numbered 340-364 appears between ff. 338-362. The numbers are written in pencil, but are not enclosed in a circle, and appear in the same position as the main sequence.
The file contains correspondence regarding attempts to negotiate an Anglo-Persian arms convention, intended to regulate arms traffic in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence concerns the following:the changing patterns of arms traffic in the Persian Gulf;Persian attitudes to the Slave Traffic Convention (1882) and the Arms Traffic Convention (1925);the right to inspect third party shipping, and to verify the flags flown by vessels in the Persian Gulf;previous negotiations with Anoushirvan Khan Sepahbodi, and the proposals submitted by him on 24 April 1933;the subsequent withdrawal of those proposals by the Persian [Iranian] Government;a new Persian proposal, presented on 30 May 1934.The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office, HM Representative at Tehran, the Secretary of State for India, and the India Office Political Department. The file also contains communications received from the Persian Government, and a draft of the proposed agreement (folios 41-45). The formal British response can be found at folios 12-13.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).1 file (58 folios)The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 58; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Part 2 relates to discussion between the Government of India, the India Office, and the Foreign Office regarding the possible revision of the Anglo-Russian Agreement [the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907].Included is a memorandum, dated August 1915 and produced by the India Office's Political Department, which is entitled 'Revision of Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907'. The memorandum discusses in great detail British interests regarding Persia, Afghanistan, Tibet, the Russo-Afghan frontier, and the Hunza boundary. On the subject of Persia, the memorandum discusses possible rearrangements of the Russian and neutral spheres of Persia in favour of British strategic interests. Regarding Tibet and Afghanistan, the memorandum recounts meetings between the British and Russian Governments, following the completion of the Tibet Convention [between Britain, China and Tibet, completed on 27 April 1914, but not signed by China], in which Britain sought Russia's acceptance of the Convention, and in return agreed not to support any demand made by British subjects for irrigations works, railways, or any commercial or industrial enterprises in Northern Afghanistan.Appended to the memorandum are copies of telegrams between the Viceroy of India [Charles Hardinge] and the Secretary of State for India [Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes], a draft formula between Britain and Russia regarding Afghanistan, and extracts from Anglo-Russian protocols relating to irrigation rights on the Russo-Afghan frontier (dated 1885, 1887 and 1893 respectively).In addition to the memorandum, this part of the volume includes the following:remarks from General Edmund George Barrow (Military Secretary, India Office) regarding rearrangements of the spheres in Persia;two sketch maps of Persia showing suggested lines of demarcation;copies of telegrams from Sir George William Buchanan, Ambassador to Petrograd [Saint Petersburg], to the Foreign Office, recounting meetings in Petrograd with the Russian Minister at Tehran, on the subject of a new agreement regarding Persia;copies of telegrams from the British Minister at Tehran, Charles Murray Marling, to the Foreign Office, reporting on a press campaign in Persia in favour of abrogation of the Anglo-Russian Agreement of 1907.The French material in this part of the volume consists of a short quotation from a memorandum from the Russian Ambassador, which appears in the Political and Secret Department memorandum mentioned above.1 item (60 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the part.
This volume contains correspondence predominantly between Major W G Grey, Officiating Political Agent; Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; and A Barnett Barker, Lieutenant-Commander, HMS
Lapwing; and Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd, the Sultan of Muscat. The volume primarily concerns a dispute between Great Britain and France with regards to the flying of the French flag by Muscat dhow boats, resulting in arbitration by the Hague Tribunal. Subjects discussed within the volume include:The case of a British ship (HMS
Terpsichore) boarding a vessel flying the French flag (folios 320-324);The French Consul's visit (folio 76);A landing at Gwadar in 1896 by the Perso-Baluch Boundary Commission without reference to the Sultan of Muscat (folios 111, 119);The objection to the inclusion of the Sultan in the Hague Arbitration (folio 7) and selection of members for the Hague Arbitration (folio 14);The captain Ali bin Salim Walad Taib [‘Alī bin Sālim Walad Tayyib?] (folio 289);Boundaries of Muscat as given for the Hague Arbitration (folios 168, 231, 266);Instructions that the Political Agent should not interfere with French consul's visit (folio 76);The case of ‘Abd al-Ḥasan bin ‘Abdullāh, known as Habluk (folio 67-68);The treatment of the Khoja's (f. 42); Nasib bin Muhammad [Naṣīb bin Muḥammad] (folio 67);The naval contractor and French protection (folio 60);Russian interests (folio 17);Question of the flag on Telegraph Island off Musandam (folios 201, 27);Boundaries with Ras-el-Khaimah (Ras al-Khaymah)and Shargah (Sharjah) (folio 200); slave trade under French flag (folio 320).Documents of particular interest include:Agreements between the United Kingdom and France referring to Arbitration: the Question of the Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhow, February 1905 (folios 1C-4);Memorandum regarding the history of the Khoja Community now in Oman (folios 39-45); letters of Faysal bin Turki Al Bu Said (folios 47, 53-54);Documents concerning the interpretation of a 15 June 1900 (16 Ṣafar 1318) notification (
‘ilān) in Arabic by Faysal bin Turki regarding flying flags of foreign governments (folios 134-144, 179-186);'List of dhow owners supposed by French to be under their protection' (folios 177-178);And Nine separate notes in reply to various statements made in the French case for the Hague Tribunal (folios 204-233);'Foreign Department Notes. Limits of the Sultanate of Muscat', by John Gordon Lorimer, dated 22 March 1905 (folios 267-268)1 volume (332 folios)The file has an index on folio 328.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the final folio; these numbers are typed, with additions/clarifications/corrections in ink and pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C; 42 and 42A. Fold out folios: 36, 53-54, 93 and 93A; 138; 183; 185.
Correspondence discussing membership of the Tehran Sanitary Council, including concerns over German subjects in the nominal service of foreign governments (Norway, the Netherlands) and their tendency to promote German policy. The correspondence details the approaches to the Greek and Belgian governments to suggest that they be represented by the British on the Persian Sanitary Board. Also discussed are ideas about the causes of the outbreak of plague and cholera in the Persian Gulf ports. The file also contains copies of the proceedings of the meetings of the Persian Sanitary Council (Conseil Sanitaire de l'Empire de Perse).Correspondents include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Sir George Barclay; Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Sir Henry McMahon; and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.1 volume (256 folios)Foliation - the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Part four consists of correspondence relating to an Italian blockade of parts of the Red Sea coast of present-day Saudi Arabia. Several matters are covered by the correspondence:the classification of Turkish grain ships as contraband of war by the Italians;the Italian blockade of Hodeidah [Ḥudaydah] and reported intention of extending it to Jeddah and Yenbo [Yanbuʻ al-Baḥr];the Italian threat to bombard Hodeidah;the appeal for British protection from the British Indian population of the town;impediments to the embarkation of European goods;the British demand for assurances from the Italians that the blockade will not be extended and British Indian subjects will be safe.The correspondence is mostly between the Turkish Government, Turkish Embassy in London, Political Resident at Aden, British Embassies at Constantinople and Rome, and the British Consulate at Jeddah.1 item (70 folios)
Papers and reports concerning a rebellion against the Persian Government by the country’s southern tribes (including the Qashqai and Bakhtiari) in the provinces of Isfahan and Fars in August 1946. The papers include: correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, John Haller Le Rougetel, and the Foreign Office in London, reporting on events in Isfahan and Fars; correspondence concerning allegations made by the Persian Government that the British Consul General at Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Alan Charles Trott, was complicit in the rebellion; the British Government’s refutation of the claim; the Persian Government’s demand that the British Government recall Trott; the Persian Government’s eventual acceptance that Trott had no role in the affair; correspondence dated 1947 concerning the proofing and preparation of two reports, entitled
The Tribes of Farsand
Boir Ahamad,both by Lieutenant G F Magee. A draft copy of
The Tribes of Farsconstitutes the contents of the next file in the series: Coll 28/44A ‘Persia; Internal; Fars Affairs; Lt G. F. Magee’s report entitled “The Tribes of Fars”’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3449).The file contains two items written in French: These are statements issued by the Iranian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qavam (ff 139-140).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 (153 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 155; these numbers are written in pencil 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.
This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, with much of the file concerning the administration and finances of a hostel in Cairo that hosted Kuwaiti students studying in Egypt.In addition to internal correspondence between British officials (notably the Political Agency in Kuwait and the British Council), the file also contains correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and Kuwait's Department of Education (much of which is in Arabic accompanied by English translations).A limited amount of correspondence between British officials in Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also present (this is largely in French and occasionally in Arabic).In addition to correspondence, the file also contains a number of reports concerning Kuwait's educational system that were written by British officials.1 file (379 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 381; 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.
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and draft papers relating to quarantine services in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and Ministry of Health. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from officials at the British Legation in Tehran, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, HM Consulate at Bandar Abbas, HM Consulate-General at Fars, Government of India (Marine Department), the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and the Government of Persia.Throughout the file are regular reports on the quarantine service in general. Matters covered by the papers include:Persian objections to British control of the service and the eventual handover in 1928Quarantine regulationsCases of outbreaks of diseaseFinancesMaintenance and replacement of equipmentStaffingThe proposal for establishing a station at HenjamRelations with international bodies such as the League of Nations.586 folios
Correspondence concerning the use of French flags by dhows at Sur and the actions taken by the Sultan of Muscat and the Government of India. Includes a hand drawn map (folio 33) 'Rough sketch of Soor'.Topics covered include:The establishment of a French consulate;Representation of the Sultan of Muscat at the Hague tribunal;British documents relating to the arbitration at the Hague tribunal;Issues involving the slave trade and use of the French flag.Correspondents include Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Agent, Muscat; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Louis William Dane, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Quarantine superintendent of the Sultan of Muscat.1 volume (249 folios)The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. There is an index at the front of the file.Foliation: The foliaton system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio.
The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, maps and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Francis Bertie, British Ambassador to France, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Arthur Nicolson, Permanent Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Edward Goschen, British Ambassador to Berlin, the Board of Trade, William Graham Greene, Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty, the Government of India, the India Office, and Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait.The volume covers the discussion over various matters, with numerous draft conventions and agreements sent back and forth between the various governmental offices and departments. Documents relating to Cox's successful attempts to obtain the acceptance of the agreement from Sheikh Khazal of Mohammerah and Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait are also included. The issues discussed as matters for agreement with Turkey include:the status of Kuwait, including territorial limits and relations with Britain and Ottoman Turkey;the conservancy of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a Navigation Commission;the ownership and control of the Baghdad Railway and the question of its extension beyond Basra;the boundary between Turkish Arabia and Persia;other Persian Gulf matters such as Turkish power and influence in Katr [Qatar] and Bahrain.Other subjects that feature are Sheikh Mubarak's temporary illness, and reports of the dispatch of Turkish troops to Qatar, contrary to agreements.1 volume (355 folios)The volume is arranged chronologically.Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto pages. There is an earlier foliation system that runs through the volume, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto pages, as well as the top-left corner of any verso pages bearing written or printed matter.The following anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 104b, 278a.The following folios are foldouts: 1 (attached to inside front cover), 14, 15, 25, 46, 66, 82, 83, 89, 92, 125, 126, 208, 218-22, 231, 294, 338, 340.
The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; and proposals to use modern diving apparatus.The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent, Bahrain; and senior officials of the Government of India, the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Board of Trade.The papers cover:
Report on the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries, published 1902 (including extracts of documents from the 1850s onwards), which includes references to the presence of Arab divers at the Ceylon fisheries (folios 247-281); the presence of two French businessmen in Bahrein [Bahrain], and the question of whether European enterprise could be excluded from the pearl fishing industry on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf, March 1904 (folios 212-246); the opinion of the Law Officers' Department that the tribes of the Arabian coast had a right to the exclusive use of the pearl fisheries within a three-mile limit, and any other waters that might justly be considered territorial, February 1905 (folios 203-211); German attempts to gain control over the pearl industry in the Persian Gulf, including the importance attached by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Cox) to the operations of Gray, Paul & Company, March 1905 - January 1908 (folios 177-202); the Government of India in favour of direct intervention to secure a British monopoly, June-August 1908 (folios 170-176); enquiries into the pearl fishing industry by Dr Gustav Josef Eduard Levien of Hamburg, April-May 1910 (folios 150-169); papers concerning the alleged depletion of the pearl banks, December 1910 - May 1911 (folios 106-149); further French interest in the pearl fisheries, February-May 1911 (folios 82-105, 66-69); official encouragement for British firms to enter the pearl trade, March-May 1911 (folios 69-81); a proposed investigation into depletion of the pearl banks by James Hornell of the Madras Fisheries Department, June-September 1911 (folios 56-65), and the investigation postponed, February 1912 (folios 42-53); assurances by the rulers of the Arab littoral states that they would not grant concessions to countries other than Britain, November 1911 (folios 54-55), and the texts of the rulers' replies, July-August 1911 (folios 32-41); papers concerning an application to use modern, 'scientific' diving apparatus in the Gulf by Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab Mishari, a director of the Arab Steamship Company in Bombay, and a rumour (denied) of similar interest from the Sultan of Oman, April-November 1912 (folios 11-31); copies of official correspondence from 1857 showing that British officials thought that British subjects did not have any right to fish for pearls on the fishing grounds of the maritime tribes in the Persian Gulf, March 1913 (folios 5-6); and American (United States) interest in scientific aspects of the pearl industry in Bahrain, June 1914 (folios 2-4).The volume includes two Admiralty charts illustrating the pearl fisheries of the Persian Gulf, on folio 238 (= IOR/W/L/PS/10/457 (i) and IOR/L/PS/10/457 (ii)), and a map accompanying the report on the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries (folio 278).The French language content of the file is confined to a single letter (folio 91).The date range gives the covering dates of the main run of papers (which include extracts of documents from the 1850s onwards), and any other additions to the volume; the Secret Department minute papers enclosing groups of papers are dated 1904-1914.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 (283 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 (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 281; 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.
Correspondence and other papers relating to the status of British Indian subjects and British-protected persons in Persia [Iran], in the wake of the ratification of the Persian Law of Nationality in 1929. Correspondence is chiefly exchanged between representatives of the British Legation at Tehran, the Foreign Office, the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department, and the India Office. The file includes:Correspondence between British officials over the status of persons of Kashmiri and Kurrami origin, now resident in Persia.English-translated copies of the Persian Law of Nationality of 1929, along with subsequent supplementary articles and revisions.Sample copies of statutory declarations for British Indians and British-protected subjects living in Persia.The file contains a number of items in French (Government of Persia correspondence) and a single item in Persian (f 67).1 volume (553 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 555; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-552; these numbers are also written in pencil and. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
This volume contains part 6 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns British relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Much of the volume's correspondence discusses whether the British should offer Bin Saud inducements (in the form of money, titles, arms or personnel) to take action against both Shaikh Saud bin Abdul Aziz bin Rashid, Amir of Hail [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd, Emir of Ha'il, also referred to by the British as Bin Rashid and Ibn Rashid] and the Turks. The volume includes the following:a copy of an article on Bin Saud by Gertrude Bell;copies of translations of correspondence between Bin Saud and Bin Rashid, and a copy of a translation of an agreement between the two men, dated 10 June 1915, in which they agree to respect each other's territories;a note entitled 'Relations With Ibn Sa'ud', prepared by the Arab Bureau's Iraq section, which provides a British perspective on Britain's relations with Bin Saud from 1899 onwards;copies of reports sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in January 1915 from the late Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, regarding his meetings with Bin Saud;reports of Harry St John Bridger Philby's meetings with Bin Saud in December 1917, as part of a political mission.The volume features the following principal correspondents:Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, corresponding both as the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and as the Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force D;Secretary to the India Office's Political Department (Sir Arthur Hirtzel, succeeded by John Evelyn Shuckburgh);Bin Saud;High Commissioner, Egypt (Sir Francis Reginald Wingate);Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger];Foreign Office.The volume also contains copies of correspondence between the Political Resident, Aden (Major General James Marshall Stewart) and both Saiyid Mohamed bin Ali bin Idris, the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī Āl al-Idrīsi] and Imam Mahomed Yahya bin Hamid-ul-Din [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].The part includes a divider that gives the subject and part number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in the part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (270 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 2182 (Persia Gulf) consists of 8 volumes: IOR/L/PS/10/384-391. The volumes are divided into 12 parts with part 1 comprising the first volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, part 3 comprising the third volume, parts 4-5 comprising the fourth volume, part 6 comprising the fifth volume, parts 7-8 comprising the sixth volume, parts 9-10 comprising the seventh volume, and parts 11-12 comprising the eighth volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 269; 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 one leading flyleaf.
Part 4 contains correspondence relating to attacks against Bahrain pearling dhows, committed by members of the Beni Hajir tribe and led by an individual named Ahmed bin Selman, in the waters around Bahrain and the Turkish administered territories of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] and El Katr [Qatar]. The part’s principal correspondents include: the Political Agent at Bahrain (John Calcott Gaskin; Captain Francis Beville Prideaux); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); the British Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul] (Sir Walter Beaupre Townley); the Ambassador to the Court of the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire (Sir Nicholas Roderick O’Conor).The correspondence covers:reports of the activities of Ahmed bin Selman and his followers in around the waters of Bahrain, Nejd, and the Qatar peninsula, including accounts of theft and violence committed against pearling dhows, as reported by the Political Agent at Bahrain;representations made by British officials to their Turkish counterparts, protesting against the acts described as piracy being committed from Turkish-administered territories in the Persian Gulf;Government of India proposals for the provision of a boat for the Political Agent at Bahrain, and gunboat patrols of the pearl banks;a visit made by HMS
Sphinxto the Nejd coast in 1905, in order to pursue enquiries against Ahmed bin Selman, which provokes an official complaint from the Ottoman Turkish Government (in French, f 108);the appearance in 1906 of Ahmed bin Selman in Doha of Al Bidda [Doha], representations made by British officials to the ruler of Qatar Shaikh Jasim bin Thani [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], and further Turkish complaint at British interference on the Qatar peninsula;the visit of HMS
Lapwingto Katif in 1907 in pursuit of Ahmed bin Selman, resulting in a show of ‘discourtesy’ by a Turkish official towards British naval officers, and subsequent British demands for an official apology, which is tendered by the kaimmakam [kaimakam] of Katif in June 1908 (f 8).178 folios
Correspondence and memoranda regarding the Société Internationale d'Études du Chemin de Fer Transpersan's proposed bid for an option to construct a railway in Persia.The volume contains communications received from the French and Russian Ambassadors to the UK, the British Ambassador to Russia, and the French, Russian and English representatives of the Société d'Études. It also contains internal communications between the Viceroy of India, the Foreign Office, the War Office, the India Office, and HM Legation in Teheran [Tehran].Topics discussed:whether to present the option request through the Société d'Études, or through the representatives to Teheran;whether France should play a formal role in negotiations;the establishment of an Anglo-Russian Commission to study the proposed alignment of track;granting concessions to third parties for port and terminal facilities in the south of Persia;potential alignment (routes) of the track: Ispahan -- Shiraz -- Bundar Abbas; Kerman -- Chahbar; Yezd -- Bundar Abbas [Eşfahān -- Shīrāz -- Bandar-e 'Abbās; Kermān -- Chābahār; Yazd -- Bandar-e 'Abbās];Anglo-Russian relations;the potential impact on the military defence of India, should Russia have rail access to any point to the east of Bundar Abbas;the application for a mining concession by the Persian Mining Syndicate.The file also contains a copy of the
Convention signed on August 31, 1907, between Great Britain and Russia, containing Arrangements on the subject of Persia, Afghanistan, and Thibet(ff 190-95).1 item (173 folios)Papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. Folio 79 is a collection header sheet, giving the subject heading and a list of correspondence references found within the volume part.
This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia towards the end of the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard, succeeded by John Helier Le Rougetel) and officials of the Foreign Office. Other prominent correspondents include the following: His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran (Harold Lister Farquhar), His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow (Maurice Peterson), His Majesty's Ambassador in Washington (Archibald Clark Kerr, referred to as Lord Inverchapel), His Majesty's Ambassador in Baghdad (Sir Hugh Stonehewer Bird), and the Secretary of State for India (Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence).The correspondence includes discussion of the following:Soviet Russia's failure to withdraw its troops from Persia by 2 March 1946, an act regarded by the Persian Government as a violation of the Tripartite Treaty of 1942.Whether the Persian Government should be advised to submit to the United Nations Security Council an appeal regarding Russia's refusal to withdraw its troops.A proposed British Parliamentary delegation to Persia.Russian assistance to both the Kurdish Republican movement and to the new Azerbaijan National Government [the Azerbaijan People's Government, based in Tabriz], as well as Russian influence in the negotiations between the Persian Central Government and Azerbaijan National Government delegations.Reports of a gradual withdrawal of Soviet forces from north Persia during April-May 1946.The Tudeh Party's growing strength as a political force (particular attention is given to the party's involvement in strikes by employees of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, as well as to the Persian Government's response to the strikes).Whether observers from the United Nations should be invited into the country for its forthcoming elections.The French language material consists of one item of correspondence.The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).1 file (304 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 306; 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 comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, from 1914 to 1918 relating to the delimitation of the Turco-Persian border. It contains two parts IOR/L/PS/10/522/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/522/2.The discussion relates to leave and leave allowances to civil officers and subordinates who served with the Commission, and medals awarded by the Persian Government in recognition of services with the Commission.IOR/L/PS/10/522/2 contains reports on the Turco-Persian Frontier.The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for India, Sir John Broderick; the Under-Secretary of State, India Office; and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Office.1 volume (196 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 5094 (Turco-Persian Frontier Commission) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/522/1-2.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 198; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 170-198 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Part 1 of the file relates to the 1905 revision of the treaty with Shaif bin Sef bin Abdul Hadi bin Hasan [Shā’if ibn Sayf al-‘Amirī], Amir of Dthala (also sometimes written Dthali) [al-Ḍāli‘].The correspondents include:Major-General Pelham James Maitland (later Henry Macan Mason), Political Resident at Aden;Colonel R A Wahab, Aden Boundary Commissioner;Government of India, Foreign Department;Government of Bombay, Political Department;India Office, London;Foreign Office, London;Major W Merewether, Political Officer at Dthala.The correspondence discusses a number of matters integral to the new treaty, including:the deployment of a permanent Political Officer in Dthala;the need for an Arab levy to patrol the frontier with Ottoman Turkish territory;increasing the Amir's stipend and granting him a gun salute;relations between the Amir and the Kotaibi tribe.Folio 382 is the revised treaty, signed 28 November 1905 (ratified 8 February 1905).1 item (86 folios)
Correspondence and other papers relating to the drafting of an article for the Anglo-Persian Treaty, concerning private claims made against the British and Persian Governments. The correspondence concerns: the exclusion from the article of British Indian claims; an agreement by both parties to not pursue certain claims arising from the ‘exceptional circumstances obtaining during the [First] world war’ (f 155); general treaty instructions from the India Office, sent to the British Legation in Tehran; details of an historic claim for approximately £900,000, made against the British Government by a Persian subject named Socrates Atychides, whose ship, the
Kara Deniz, was detained and declared as prize at Bombay [Mumbai] in 1914; a printed copy of a general review of British claims against Persia, prepared by Hugh Ritchie, formerly of the Foreign Office. Ritchie’s review includes indexes to supplementary volumes (not included in the file) entitled
Persia (Legation Claims),
Persia: Consulate Claims (Peace-Time), and Persia: Consulate Claims (War-Time)(ff 22-51). The indexes are lists of British claimants.Principal correspondents in the file include: John Charles Walton and John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office; George William Rendel and Christopher Frederick Ashton Warner of the Foreign Office; W R L Trickett of HM’s Treasury.The file contains a single paragraph of French text: a draft of the claims article submitted by the Government of Persia (f 168).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 (176 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 178; 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 contains correspondence in the form of letters, notes, pedigrees, news extracts and telegrams. The correspondence is mainly related to the ruling family in Kuwait. Reports were sent between the Political Agency, Kuwait and the Political Residency, Bushire regarding the following: political and social news in Kuwait; events concerning the al-Subah family (death, marriage or illness); news of Shaikh Mubarak’s coalition with Shaikh Khaz‘al against a number of tribes in the region; and reports on incidents taking place at Mohammerah, as well as news of the status of a number of Islands, such as Warba, which were claimed by the Shaikh of Kuwait.The file contains extracts from the Bahrain and Kuwait News, Residency reports about Shaikh Mubarak’s dispute with his pearl towashes (pearlers or pearl merchants), and an article (folios 219-224) on Shaikh Ahmad’s visit to London in 1919. It also contains a number of pedigrees of the al-Subah family.The file also includes correspondence related to the number of gun salutes due to chiefs in the Persian Gulf.The main correspondence is between the Political Agency, Kuwait, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, and the British Consul at Mohammerah.Due to the random arrangement of the papers in the file, the earliest paper (dated Nov 1904) is found at f 144, and the latest (dated Oct 1922) is found at f 135.1 volume (228 folios)The papers appear to be arranged randomly within the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 230; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-227; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.
The volume concerns the export of red oxide mined on the island of Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá].The main correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); and the Viceroy.The papers cover: contractual arrangements for the removal of red oxide from the island by the German firm Robert Wönckhaus & Company; diplomatic contacts concerning the issue between the British and German governments; the question of the ownership of Abu Musa; and the interest of British firms such as Frank C Strick and Company in the export of red oxide from the island.The volume also contains copies of earlier correspondence and agreements dated 1884-1908.The French language content of the volume consists of five folios of diplomatic correspondence between British and German officials.Each part includes a divider, which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (195 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 161 (Persian Gulf: Abu Musa Oxide) consists of three volumes: IOR/L/PS/10/127-129. The volumes are divided into three parts with each part comprising one volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 195; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 two leading and ending flyleaves.
Correspondence concerning a law passed by the Persian Government in 1929 that obliged foreign subjects in Persia [Iran] to deposit security for costs in law suits brought before the ’Adliyeh (Courts of the Persian Ministry of Justice). The correspondence, chiefly exchanged between HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Robert Henry Clive, and the Foreign Office in London, concerns: the impact of the law upon British subjects in Persia; reciprocal treatment for Persians; application of the law to Iraqi subjects living in Persia; current practice in the Indian courts.The file contains a single item in French: the text of the law in question, originally published in the
Messager de Téhéran(f 50).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 (49 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 51; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
This file is a memorandum written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Political and Secret Department, of historical events and correspondence relating to the occupation of Merv by Russia, and to Russian activity in Khorassan, on the Persian boundary.The memorandum reproduces a despatch to the Russian Ambassador to London, in which Lord Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, expresses the British Government's displeasure at hearing of the Russian annexation of Merv, against assurances previously given by the Government of the Russian Empire. The memorandum gives the Russian response, describing the annexation as merely an act of local administration without political pre-meditation on the part of Russia, who continue to seek co-operation and friendly relations with the British Government.The memorandum goes on to describe British concerns and Russian denials that they next intended to annexe Sarakhs on the Persian border, and, upon the arrival of Russian troops at Sarakhs and in other parts of Khorassan, Persian protests to the Russian Government.1 file (13 folios)Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 110 and terminates at the last folio with 122, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 110-122; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
The volume contains drafts and counter-drafts of the Anglo-German Convention on the Bagdad Railway, plus agreements involving the Bagdad Railway Company, the Ottoman Railway Company, the Anatolian Railway Company, and the Ottoman Government. There is also correspondence regarding the negotiations, conducted between the following: the India Office Political Department; the Foreign Office; the British Ambassador to Berlin (Sir William Edward Goschen); the Imperial German Ambassador to London (Karl Max Fürst von Lichnowsky); the Councillor at the German Embassy (Richard von Kühlmann); and the Ottoman Finance Minister (Mehmed Cavid Bey).Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence.1 volume (285 folios)The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 4044 (Baghdad Railway Negotiations) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/415. The volume is divided into 2 parts.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 287; 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.
This file concerns Saudi-Yemeni relations, beginning with the final weeks of hostilities between the two countries before going on to cover peace negotiations and the reoccupation of Hodeidah (also transliterated as Hodeida) by the Yemeni authorities, following the gradual withdrawal of Saudi troops.Related matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:The situation at Hodeidah, as reported by the Commanding Officer of HMS
Penzance.Arrangements for the simultaneous withdrawal of foreign warships from Hodeidah.The progress of Saudi-Yemeni treaty negotiations, and the wording of the resulting Treaty of Taif, concluded between Saudi Arabia and Yemen on 20 May 1934, and ratified on 22 June 1934.Costs recovered from the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] by the British for the internment of Yemeni soldiers in Aden during the Saudi-Yemeni conflict.Details of other costs incurred by the British during the Saudi-Yemeni War, as calculated by the Political Resident at Aden [Bernard Rawdon Reilly], and discussion as to whether any part of these expenses should be borne by Government of India revenues.The reported presence of members of the Idrisi [al-Idrīsī] family in Mecca.In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:Extracts from Aden, Bahrain, and Kuwait political intelligence summaries.Copies of an English translation of the Treaty of Taif.A copy of an English translation of the Treaty between King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī], signed on 31 August 1920.Copies of extracts from reports from the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops, as well as copies of reports from the commanding officers of HMS
Penzanceand HMS
Enterpriserespectively.The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon); the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops; the Commander of HMS
Penzance; His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (James Eric Drummond); the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Yemen; officials of the Colonial Office, the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Admiralty.Although the file includes material dating from 1934 to 1938, most of the material dates from 1934. The French material consists of three telegrams addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by Yemen's Minister for Foreign Affairs.The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).1 file (457 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 458; 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 volume discusses the work of British political and naval authorities in the Persian Gulf in suppressing the trafficking arms and ammunition, particularly from Muscat to Koweit [Kuwait]. Included are reports of searches undertaken on vessels suspected of trafficking of arms, including inventories of seized goods, and records of land attacks undertaken on arms depots and caches along the Gulf coastline.The later correspondence discusses the discovery of arms and ammunitions being smuggled into Koweit within cases of loaf sugar (sugarloaf), and attempts to identify those responsible for sending and receiving the smuggled goods.The principal correspondents include the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Arnold Kemball, and Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (William George Grey, and Frank McConaghey); the Political Agent at Kuwait (Stuart George Knox, and William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Sir Louis William Dane, and Spencer Harcourt Butler); the Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and India (Lord George Francis Hamilton, William St John Fremantle Brodrick, John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn); the Viceroy of India; the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade, and Richard Henry Peirse); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Marine Department (Malcolm Henry Stanley Grover); the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (Victor Gallafent Gurner, Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall, and James C Tancard); and representatives of the Foreign Office, the India Office and the Admiralty.This is part 3 of 10. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (358 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 619 (Arms Traffic) consists of 7 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/110-116. The volumes are divided into 10 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6, 7, 8, and 9 comprising the sixth volume and part 10 comprising the seventh volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 358; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Condition: The spine has become detached and has been placed in a plastic sleeve and placed after the last folio of the volume. It has been foliated with the number 357.
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia's withdrawal of claims to sovereignty over Bahrain. The majority of the file's correspondence takes place between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Barrett until November 1929), and the Political Agent at Bahrain (Geoffrey Prior).The withdrawal of Persian claims over Bahrain raised a number of implications for British representatives in the Gulf, and these comprise the contents of the file. The main implications were: the treatment of Persian subjects in Bahrain; British representation of Persian subjects in Bahrain; the question of whether there should be an official or non-official Persian representative in Bahrain (which both the Resident and Political Agent were strongly objected to); and passports and certificates of identity for Bahrainis travelling within and beyond the Gulf.In response to a request from Barrett, Prior compiled detailed notes on the Persian communities in Bahrain. His official typewritten response (with handwritten notes) are included in the file (folios 43-47, 48-56). These notes include comments on Persian Sunnis and Shias in Bahrain, their relations with the Āl Khalīfah family, animosity between Nejdis [Saudis] and Persians, Persian schools and property in Bahrain, and the Political Agency's ability to represent Persians in Bahrain. Further notes on the Persian communities, sent to Prior by the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave, are also included (folios 60-61A). A letter in English and Arabic, from Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah to Prior, dated 23 April 1930, is an undertaking not to attack Persian sovereignty or to violate Persian independence (folios 67-68).1 file (73 folios)The contents of the file have been arranged in approximate chronological order, running from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end.Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 61a. There is no folio 1.There is minor insect damage throughout the file, which is not sufficient enough to impair the legibility of the file contents.
This volume concerns relations between the British Government and Imam Yehia bin Muhammad Hamid Uddin [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Imam of Yemen]. Much of the correspondence discusses the progress of treaty negotiations between the British Government and the Imam (a treaty was eventually signed on 11 February 1934). The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister), the Political Resident at Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly – also referred to as the Chief Commissioner at Aden – and, in Reilly's absence, the Acting Political Resident, Reginald Stuart Champion), the British Ambassador to Italy (Ronald William Graham, succeeded by Sir James Eric Drummond), His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert), the Imam of Yemen, and various officials of the India Office, the Colonial Office, and the Foreign Office.Matters discussed in the correspondence include:Whether the Government of India should be included as a signatory of the proposed treaty.Reports of Yemeni incursions (referred to as 'tax raids' – armed incursions made with a view to collecting taxes on behalf of the Imam) into the Subeihi district of the Aden Protectorate.An ultimatum, issued by the British Government to the Imam, requesting the withdrawal of forces and the return of hostages, with a threat of aerial bombardment in the event of the Imam's non-compliance.Concerns that any action taken by the British against the Imam might be interpreted both by Italy and by Saudi Arabia as encouraging Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in his dispute with the Imam.Details of the precise terms of the proposed treaty, and of the Political Resident's mission to San'a for the resumption of treaty negotiations with the Imam.The British precondition that, prior to the treaty being signed, the Imam must remove all restrictions on overland trade between Yemen and the Aden Protectorate, as well as surrender the territories and subjects of those chiefs who are in treaty relations with the British.Arrangements for the ratification of the treaty.An enquiry from the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, regarding whether the proposed treaty will include an article committing the Imam to taking action against slavery.In addition to correspondence, the volume includes the following:Copies of minutes from meetings of the Imperial Defence Committee's Standing Official Sub-Committee for questions concerning the Middle East, which discuss Britain's relations with the Imam.Extracts from the Aden Political Residency's political intelligence summaries.A map of the Aden Protectorate.The French material in this volume consists of one telegram. All of the material in this volume covers the period 1933-1934, with the exception of the aforementioned map of the Aden Protectorate, which is dated 1930.The volume includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (371 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 367; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 four leading and ending flyleaves.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 49-367; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
Correspondence relating to the Iranian prince Salar-ed-Dowleh [Abulfath’ Mirza Salar-ed-Dowleh Qajar], the third son of the former Shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, who lived in exile in Alexandria, Egypt. The file contains: a British Passport Control Department memorandum dated 1935, stating that visas should not be granted to Salar-ed-Dowleh or to members of his family; a note on Salar-ed-Dowleh, written by Herbert Lacy Baggallay of the Foreign Office, detailing his involvement in revolts against the Persian monarchy, and his subsequent movements and actions; letters in French dated 1941 from Salar-ed-Dowleh, requesting assistance from the British Government to travel to India, Palestine, Jeddah, or South Africa.1 file (10 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 12; 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 parts 9 and 10 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]:Part 9 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/1) concerns the rights of the Ruler of Kuwait to the islands of Bubiyan, Warba, and Umkasr [Umm Qaşr].Part 10 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/2) concerns the Ruler of Kuwait's relations with the Ottoman Empire, and his properties at Fao [Al Fāw] and Fadaghia.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents in the volume; the Secret Department minute papers, which enclose those documents, are dated 1904-07.1 volume (314 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 1855 (Koweit [Kuwait]) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/47-51. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3 and 4 comprising the second volume, part 5 comprising the third volume, parts 6, 7, and 8 comprising the fourth volume, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the fifth volume.Condition: there is evidence that two folios have been removed from this volume between ff 1-2 and ff 200-201; staining on folio 238 has caused the ink to fade and adversely affected the legibility of the text.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 314; 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 front cover, and one leading flyleaf have not been foliated.
Copies of correspondence, memoranda, maps and other papers, relating to diplomatic negotiations taking place between the Turkish and Persian Governments, marshalled by the British and Russian Governments, over the fixing of the boundary line between Persia and Turkish Mesopotamia at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Hawizeh [Hoveyzeh] and Zohab.Papers include:correspondence dated June 1912, relating to infringements into Persian territory by Turkish troops, and clashes and fighting on the Turco-Persian frontier;several extracts (translated into English) and summaries from Dervish Pasha’s book on Mohammerah, printed in Constantinople in 1868, and describing the negotiations of the Turco-Persian Frontier Delimitation Commission of 1849-1852. The extracts and summaries were prepared by Hammond Smith Shipley, HM’s Consul at Tabriz;copies of a number of
Procès-verbal(in French) held between members of the Ottoman and Persian delegations sitting on the Turco-Persian Commission;correspondence concerning the Shaikh of Mohammerah’s role in boundary negotiations;correspondence and maps relating to the British Government’s request for clarification over the position of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) activity, close to the border at Kasr-i-Shirin [Qaşr-e Shīrīn] and Zohab;renewed unrest along the frontier in late 1912, including Russian troop movements, evacuations, and the murder of a Belgian customers inspector and eight of his Persian colleagues at Soujboulak [Qūj Būlāgh?].1 item (242 folios)
The volume concerns proposals for the construction of a British-owned railway between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad] in Persia.The papers include: the response of the Shaikh of Mohammerah, the Government of Persia, and the Government of Russia to the proposals; an India Office 'Memorandum on Persian Railways' dated June 1911 (including a map entitled 'Persian Gulf and Adjacent Countries', dated June 1908, on folio 184, to illustrate the memorandum); a Government of India 'Report of the Committee on the Proposed Trans-Persian Railway', February 1911 (folios 126-128); 'Report to the Board of Trade by Mr. H. W. Maclean, Special Commissioner of the Commercial Intelligence Committee to Persia, on certain matters connected with Persian Trade' (folios 101-104), and letter giving the views of the Board of Trade on the proposed railway, 25 March 1912 (folios 96-99); correspondence from the Persian Railways Syndicate, which stated it was surprised at the 'lukewarm attitude' towards the project of the Government of India (folio 80); discussion of proposals to negotiate a lease of Khor Musa [Khowr-e Mūsá] from the Shaikh of Mohammerah (folios 26-54); and interest in Khor Musa from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (folios 38-39).There is also significant correspondence in the file from the Foreign Office and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox).The volume contains copies of earlier correspondence and agreements from 1903-1911.The French language content of the volume consists of approximately ten folios of diplomatic correspondence.1 volume (194 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of volume.The subject 930 (Mohammerah-Khoremabad Railway) consists of one volume only.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 194; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-51; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
The file concerns discussions over the position of the inhabitants of Basidu [on the island of Qeshm], in the event of its evacuation by the British Government. Basidu was a former naval depot that had been under British control since [circa] 1820. However, in the opinion of the Law Officers, Britain had only a 'shadowy' claim to Basidu; and when the Government of Persia decided to claim Basidu as Persian territory, Britain decided to arrange for the evacuation of those inhabitants who wished to leave. The evacuation, and the hauling down of the British flag, took place on 12 April 1935 (folio 10).The papers cover: discussion of British rights over Basidu; consideration of the effect of British withdrawal on the inhabitants; the visit of Persian officials and the taking by them of a census of the inhabitants; agreement with the proposal of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf that £400 should be made available for the costs of the evacuation (half to be paid by HM Treasury, half by the Government of India); the conscription of local persons by the Persian authorities; and arrangements for the final evacuation of Basidu by the Royal Navy.The file includes correspondence from HM Minister, Tehran; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Foreign Office; and British naval officials.The French language content of the papers consists of a single folio (a suggested addition to article V of the General Treaty, on folio 193).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 (202 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-203; these numbers are printed.
The file contains miscellaneous papers, mostly correspondence, notes, and newspaper cuttings, mainly relating to Persia [Iran]. The papers largely relate to Russian influence in Persia, and include papers concerning railway construction in Persia.The correspondence consists of letters addressed to George Nathaniel Curzon from various individuals, and correspondence between other individuals, including printed copies of correspondence of the Marquess of Salisbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with British officials including Henry Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Tehran.The newspaper cuttings are from newspapers including:
The Englishman; Daily Chronicle; the Civil and Military Gazette; The Times; The Madras Mail; The Pioneer; The Statesman; and
The Morning Post.The file also includes a few documents relating to Koweit [Kuwait] (folios 55 to 56, and folios 49 to 52).The file includes a copy of the publication
Revue Franco-Persane Économique et Politique Paraissant Tous Les Mois[Franco-Persian Economic and Political Review Published Every Month], dated June 1900, which is in French (folios 101 to 109).1 file (121 folios)The papers are arranged in no apparent order within the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 125; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Printed volume (in French) of statistics and texts illustrating trade between Iran and foreign countries, for the period 1 Tir 1313 to 31 Khordad 1314 in the Iranian calendar (equivalent to 22 June 1934 to 22 June 1935 in the Gregorian calendar). The volume was published by the Iranian Customs Administration (part of the Iranian Government’s Ministry of Finance) in Tehran, 1936. Key chapters in the volume cover:Comparative tables and graphs, showing imports and exports between Iran and its principal trading partners, covering the Iranian calendar years 1304-1314 (ff 10-20).Imports and exports, with an indication of origin (imports) or destination (exports), quantity and value (ff 34-95). An index preceding the chapter (ff 27-33) lists commodities alphabetically, and references the chapter’s own pagination system.Statistics for duty-free imports (ff 100-108).Summary tables of major imports and exports by major importing and exporting countries (ff 113-140).Trade at key customs offices, expressed in quantity (weight) and value (ff 141-166).Shipping activity at ports in the Caspian Sea (ff 171-172), the Persian Gulf (ff 173-174), and the Karoun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] (f 175).Details of routes used for cargo and passenger transport (ff 176-182).Air services (f 183).Movements of foreigner travellers into and out of the country (ff 184-191).Miscellaneous information: telegraphs, post, telephones, railways, roads (ff 192-199).Road taxes (ff 200-206).A list of customs offices, shown with their various branches and locations (ff 212-218).1 volume (216 folios)The volume’s contents are arranged into 32 chapters (numbered I-XXXII). A contents page (f 4) lists the chapters, but does not refer to any page numbers. The chapter number and page of the chapter is indicated at the top of most pages, for example ‘XIII 17’ indicates the seventeenth page of chapter XIII.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 219; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
This part contains correspondence and other papers relating to Articles 37 and 56 of the Abyssinia Order in Council 1913, which concern persons being sent for trial or imprisonment to Aden or Bombay.It includes papers relating to the following issues:The question of whether or not expenses incurred by the Government of India in connection with the trial and imprisonment of persons other than of British Indian nationality at Aden and Bombay would be recoverable from Imperial revenues.The Government of India’s proposal that European British subjects charged with offences punishable by death under the Indian penal code should be sent to Bombay, and not Aden, for trial.A proposed official Guajarati translation of the Order-in-Council, and the question of whether or not the cost of this should be met by the Government of India.Arrangements for the trial and imprisonment at Aden of persons to whom the Order applied.The proposal of the Government of India that during the duration of the First World War the Consul-General at Abyssinia should be instructed to refrain from sending cases for trial at Aden.The detention at Aden (or Bombay) of British subjects sentenced by the Abyssinian Mixed Court, and the issue of whether or not the Government of India should meet the cost of this.The issue of whether or not the executions of British Somalis condemned to death by courts in Abyssinia should be carried out at Aden.The proposed amendment of the Abyssinia-Order-in-Council.The correspondence is mostly between the following:The India Office and the Foreign Office.The India Office and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department.The Government of India Foreign and Political Department and the Political Department of the Government of Bombay.The Foreign Office and HM Chargé d’Affaires and Acting Consul-General, Addis Ababa (Guy Henry Bullock).This part also includes India Office internal correspondence, India Office minute papers and reference papers, copies of the Abyssinia Order in Council 1913, and proceedings and judgements of the Court of HM Consul-General in Abyssinia.This part includes a few folios in French.1 item (436 folios)
The volume comprises two parts numbered 3 and 4 (parts 1 and 2 being contained within IOR/L/PS/10/155), both of which contain correspondence relating to breaches of maritime law in the Persian Gulf, referred to by British officials as cases of piracy:part 3, an incident involving the murder of four pearl fishers from Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi] at the Persian port of Charak [Bandar-e Chārak] by inhabitants of the nearby port of Taona [Bandar-e Ţāḩūneh];part 4, concerning attacks on vessels committed by a group led by a man named Ahmed bin Selman, around Bahrain, and in the Turkish-administered waters around El Katar [Qatar] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf].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 (284 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 3208 (Persian Gulf: Piracy) consists of 2 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/155-156. The volumes are divided into 4 parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising the first volume, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the second volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 286; 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 related to the Persian Government's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain. Specifically, the file contains correspondence concerning a (failed) attempt by the Persian Inspector General of Customs to land at Bahrain, discussions as to whether Persia should be allowed to open a consulate in Bahrain, the Persian Government's appeal to the League of Nations in Geneva and broader discussions concerning the history of Bahrain, Persia's claim to it and the composition (and size) of the Persian community in the country.The file contains a number of translations of articles from the Persian press that criticised the British role in Bahrain (and the Gulf more broadly). It also contains a cutting from an article published in London's 'The Evening Standard' (f.113) that attacked Persia's attitude towards the issue.On ff. 188 - 196, the file contains a summary of all the papers then contained in the records of the Government of India that related to the sovereignty of Bahrain from 1819-1870.A report on the composition of the Persian community in Bahrain (written by the Political Agent in Bahrain, Charles Geoffrey Prior) is contained on ff.74 - 78.1 volume (214 folios)File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.Previously a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.The main foliation system starts at the titlepage and ends on the spine of the volume. This sequence is written in pencil and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto side of each folio, except for when the verso side of folios are numbered as well. In the latter cases they can be found in the top left corner.A second foliation runs between ff.31-196. This sequence is also written in pencil and found in the top right hand corner of the recto side of each folio.Foliation errors: 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 2, 2a and 2b; 22, 22a; 85a and 85b; 116a and 116b; 150A and 150B; 177A and 177B. Pagination: f.5, f.7 and f.9 are on the verso side of the preceding folio.
Correspondence, reports and maps concerning the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission of 1913.Part 1 concerns arrangements for an Anglo-Russian loan to the Persian Commission, to provide for the cost of erecting boundary pillars.Part 2 concerns negotiations over and arrangements for the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission, and the eventual production of the
Protocole relative à la Délimitation turco-persane, signé à Constantinople le 4 (17) Novembre, 1913.It also contains maps of the Turco-Persian frontier at Hawizeh [Howeyzeh], Shatt-Al-'Arab, Bahmanshir [Rūdkhāneh-ye Bahmanshīr], Muhammareh [Khorramshar] and Abbádán I [Ābādān].Each part includes a divider which gives the subject, part number, the year the file was opened, subject heading, and a list of correspondence references found within that part, listed by year. These are placed after the last piece of correspondence.1 volume (314 folios)The subject 4880 (Turco-Persian Frontier Commission) consists of one volume, divided into two parts.Papers within each part are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 316; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-313; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and a press cutting relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.Issues discussed include:negotiations between the Foreign Office, India Office and the Sultan of Muscat for supervision of arms exports from Muscat by creation of a bonded warehouse;the Sultan of Muscat's proposed arrangements for regulating the sale of arms;the Foreign Office's approval of the Sultan of Muscat's draft notifications and conditions and a proposal on communicating these notifications to the Press;the 1844 Franco-Muscat Treaty and the 1862 Anglo-French declaration which guaranteed France's right to trade with Muscat;Anglo-French diplomacy on the matter involving the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;correspondence between the French Consul, Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat;Authorisation for British naval ships to board dhows flying the French flag if requested by the Sultan of Muscat;implementation of the new rules involving the removal of arms and ammunition to a warehouse;formal protests by French subjects against the regulations.The file includes two press cuttings: from the Times (f 182) and a French newspaper (f 178).The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox;the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty; the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.The volume is part 1 of 7. The 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 (f 2).1 volume (225 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 868 (Arms Traffic - Muscat) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/235-240. The volumes are divided into 7 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 comprising one volume each and parts 4 and 5 comprising a volume.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first flyleaf with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 225; 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.
The file contains papers related to an Air Transit Agreement being negotiated between the United Kingdom (UK) and France to enable scheduled military aircraft to fly over, and land at airfields within, each other's territories. A number of drafts of this agreement can be found throughout the file; some of these copies contain French language content. A great deal of correspondence in the file concerns airfields in territories not under direct British political control (e.g. Bahrain, Iraq, Egypt, and Sharjah), independent states (Muscat and Oman), and states becoming independent dominions of the Commonwealth (India and Pakistan). Much correspondence discusses if and how these governments should be approached for consent for French aircraft to utilise their territory: in particular, whether France should make a direct request to the Government of India for transit rights or make an application via the British Government.The file also covers proposals for the servicing of French aircraft in India by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) following the withdrawal of Royal Air Force (RAF) bases in India.The main correspondents in the file are as follows: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (William Rupert Hay), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the India Office (Commonwealth Relations Office from August 1947), and officials from the British Embassy to France.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 (265 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 266; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
A publication comprising copies of correspondence, principally between HM Minister at Tehran, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, HM Ambassador to Russia, and various representatives of the Persian Government. The item also contains extracts from the Monthly Summaries of Events, submitted by HM Minister at Tehran.1 item (127 folios)A table of contents can be found at folios 9-18.
The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'South Persia'. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/86/1 is entitled 'Persia Trade in South: Conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz Road; Russian Commercial Competition in South Persia'. It includes correspondence discussing trends in trade between the southern region of Persia including caravans of trade to be bartered. The volume includes statistics of products (including beer, cigarettes, dates, nails, tamarind, tea) taken inland from Gulf ports by caravans of mules.Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/299/2) concerns conditions of trade in South Persia and German documents relating to this including a copy of a book
La Perse et la Guerre Europpeeneand another book
Behind the Veil in Persia: English Documents.Other visual items of interest in Part 2 include a 'Map of Persia' (folio 299) depicting the Russian and British zones of influence along with project railways, frontier lines and provincial boundaries.The title on the spine reads '1912 3852 Pts 1 and 2. South Persia: Conditions in Trade in South. German documents.'Correspondents include: Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Sir Hamilton Grant); Vice Consult, H B M Vice Consulate, Ahwaz; British Consul, Batoum; Deputy Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Arthur J Balfour); and H B M Consul, Shiraz (W F T O'Connor).1 volume (324 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject in the file are arranged chronologically from the rear to the front of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 324; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.
Three items: A) a bound volume containing reports on the Masqat [Muscat] arms traffic, dated 1908-1909; B) Foreign Department notes on the arms traffic in the Persian Gulf, containing copies of correspondence, dated 1909; C) an undated note written by the Commander-in-Chief in India, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, to Colonel Wilfrid Malleson. Items B and C were originally enclosed at the rear of item A.3 items (76 folios)
The file contains papers - correspondence and India Office papers and internal notes - relating to banking arrangements at Jeddah. It includes papers relating to the following:The Basra branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank applying for permission to do business with the Bank’s Jeddah Agency.The Imperial Ottoman Bank’s proposal that the branch at Jeddah should be reopened and placed under the protection of HM Government.French participation in any banking arrangements made at Jeddah, and the perceived desirability of a purely British company undertaking banking business at Jeddah.The suggestion that the British company Gellatly Hankey should be encouraged to extend their business to include banking.The proposal of Boulton Brothers and Company to open a branch of the Alliance Bank of Egypt at Jeddah.The correspondence mostly consists of: correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; correspondence between the India Office and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; and copies of Foreign Office correspondence with correspondents including Sir Reginald Wingate, Boulton Brothers and Company, and the Imperial Ottoman Bank.The file includes four documents in French: a letter from T Aboucassem, Acting Manager of the Djeddah [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia] Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, 18 September 1916; a letter and an extract from a note from the French Ambassador to London, 4 November 1916 and 16 May 1917; and a letter from Georges Heine and H Henry Neuflize to the Members of the Committee of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, London, 23 November 1917.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (175 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.The subject 74 (German War) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/528-531). The volumes are divided into six parts, with parts 1, 2 and 3 comprising one volume each, and parts 4, 5 and 6 comprising the fourth volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 175; 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.
Papers concerning Britain’s declaration of Egypt as a British Protectorate in November 1914. The volume includes:Correspondence relating to Britain’s annexation of Cyprus in November 1914, and the status of Cypriots and Egyptians in Cyprus as British subjects (ff 120-125).Papers concerning the status of Egyptians as British subjects (ff 116-119, ff 78-83), including Foreign Office guidance on the new Egyptian Nationality Law, dated 9 June 1915 (f 83).Copies of two proclamations (undated, both translations in English) addressed to the ‘People of Egypt’ (ff 102-115, ff 87-99), one of which claims to have been authored by the Senoussi [Senussi]. The proclamations are responses to Britain’s declaration of Egypt as a British protectorate.Translated documents taken from prisoners on patrols of the Bir Mahadat [Bi’r al Mahdāt], which are anti-British in rhetoric (ff 73-77).A copy of an intercepted letter (in French), dated 26 December 1915, addressed to Mohammed Farid Bey [Muḥammad Farīd], and presumed by British intelligence officials to have been written by Abdul Aziz Shawish [‘Abd al-‘Azīz Shāwīsh] (ff 61-65).Secret reports from MI1 (Military Intelligence, Section 1), reporting intelligence relating to Egypt, Turkey and Germany (ff 47-58).Papers reporting on the movements and actions in 1917 of the ex-Khedive of Egypt [‘Abbās Ḥilmī Pasha], including his relations with Turkish officials (ff 5-36).The volume’s principal correspondents are: the British Ambassador at Berne, Switzerland (Evelyn Mountstuart Grant Duff, Horace George Montagu Rumbold); the Foreign Office (chiefly Ralph Spencer Paget); the India Office (Arthur Hirtzel, John Evelyn Shuckburgh).1 volume (124 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 3136 (German War) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/462-467. The volumes are divided into 6 parts, with each part comprising one volume. The part numbers are: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. There is no part 3.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 126; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Government of India’s attempts to obtain control over rock salt production on the island of Hormuz [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz], partly in order to thwart Japanese attempts to establish their own concession on the island. The file includes a copy of the contract (in French) agreed between the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Iran, and the British Legation at Tehran, dated 9 June 1941, for the purchase of salt on Hormuz by the Government of India (ff 82-86). Much of the subsequent correspondence concerns the expenditure of the contract. The file also includes discussion of Frank C Strick & Company’s concession for red oxide production at Hormuz. The file’s principal correspondents are: HM Ambassador to Iran, Reader William Bullard; the External Affairs Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office.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 (116 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 119; 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 volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence is mostly between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Muscat, the Colonial Office, and the Government of India.The main subjects of the volume are:the change in name from 'The Kingdom of the Hejaz-Nejd and its Dependencies' to 'The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia';the announcement of Ibn Sa'ud's eldest son, Prince Sa'ud, as the heir apparent to the throne;the territorial dispute between Yemen and Saudi Arabia after the latter's absorption of the 'Asir region into its kingdom.A copy of the 23 September 1932 issue of the newspaper
Umm al-Qurais contained in the volume (folios 57-58). It features the Royal Order proclaiming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Other miscellaneous subjects covered in the volume include:relations between Italy and Saudi Arabia;a dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and his agent in Bahrain, al-Quasaibi [‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Qusaibi], over a debt the former owes the latter;a revolt against Ibn Sa'ud by tribes loyal to ex-King Hussein coming from Sinai;a request for a loan made by Ibn Sa'ud to the British Government;relations between the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia;relations between the USA and Saudi Arabia, including the visit of a Mr Gallant looking for oil concessions;concessions for the building of the railway between Mecca and Jeddah;the prospect of Saudi Arabia joining the League of Nations;the case of two slave girls seeking refuge at the British Legation in Jeddah.Other documents of note contained in the volume are:a copy of a new customs tariff for Saudi Arabia (folios 122-134)a 'Who's Who' of Saudi Arabia, produced by the British Legation in Jeddah and covering all those deemed important to know by the British (folios 183-200);an envelope containing the torn-out pages of an article in the
International Affairsjournal (Vol. 12, No. 4, Jul., 1933, pp 518-534) entitled 'Ibn Sa'ud and the Future of Arabia.'At the back of the volume (folios 245-251) are internal office notes.1 volume (261 folios)The volume is arrranged chronologically.Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio and continues to the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, circled and located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Note that following f 1 are folios 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D. The sequence then continues as normal from folio 2. There are two other foliation systems present but both are inconsistent and neither are circled.
This file primarily concerns relations between France and the Hejaz-Nejd (later Saudi Arabian) Government.The beginning of the file relates to treaty negotiations between France and Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's] Hejaz-Nejd Government, as well as negotiations between the Hejaz-Nejd Government and the French mandated territories in Syria. It contains copies of letters (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from British diplomatic officials reporting on events and on meetings with their French counterparts. The file includes the following:Reports of a proposed appointment of a French representative at the court of Ibn Saud.Reports on the progression of the treaty negotiations.Reports on the contents of the signed treaties (referred to in the correspondence as the Franco-Hejazi Treaty and the Syro-Hejazi Agreement respectively) and of how they compare with the Treaty of Jedda of 1927 [the most recent treaty between Ibn Saud and the United Kingdom].Copies of the agreements (in French).Reports of the raising of the French Consulate at Jedda to the status of a Legation.The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert), and the British Minister at Jedda, Andrew Ryan. The French material in this file consists of the aforementioned agreements and accompanying correspondence.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 file (53 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The papers concern the status of citizens of Koweit [Kuwait] in Persia, particularly in view of the fact that the British Government had not declared a formal protectorate over Kuwait, and that sovereignty over Kuwait was claimed by the Ottoman Empire.The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (the Marquess of Lansdowne); and senior officials of the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the India Office.The papers include: an intervention by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to ensure that a British representative was present at the trial of a 'Koweit Arab' in Persia, June-August 1904 (folios 320-323); papers concerning the question of protection for subjects of Kuwait on Persian territory, and incidents of interference by Persian customs with Kuwaiti merchant vessels, June-December 1904 (folios 286-319), including the question of what flag should be flown by Kuwait vessels (folio 291); and papers concerning diplomatic contacts over the status of subjects of Kuwait in Persia between HM Minister at Tehran and the Persian Government, February-August 1905 (folios 248-285).The French language content of the papers consists of copies of two letters (folios 261 and 276).77 folios
Correspondence and papers concerning trade in those parts of Mesopotamia [Iraq] under British military administration during the First World War. Subjects covered include: the resumption of trade between Britain and traders at Basra; claims by British firms for the losses of goods looted or destroyed at Baghdad and Basra by Turkish troops during the initial British invasion of Mesopotamia in 1914; the British Government’s response to claims made by British firms in Mesopotamia over losses incurred during the War; correspondence concerning the seizure and consequent liquidation of enemy (i.e. German and Austrian) commercial interests in the Persian Gulf, with specific reference to the German firm Robert Wönckhaus & Company; statements of balances of enemy commercial concerns seized by British forces for September 1916 (ff 116-117) and December 1916 (ff 79-80); the payment of funds from the assets of Robert Wönckhaus & Company, to employees of the firm interned as prisoners of war at Ahmednagar, India; representations made by the French ambassador to London on behalf of a French firm that had 180,000 Francs held in the Ottoman Bank, Baghdad.The file’s principal correspondents include: the Chief Political Officer of Indian Expeditionary Force D, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India.Several items of correspondence in the volume are written in French.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (241 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 3104 (German War: conquered territory, Mesopotamia: trade) consists of 9 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/564-572. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 to 8 comprising one volume each, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the last volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 243; 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 related to the death of the ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Jābir II al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ), and the succession of his brother (Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ). Reports were sent by the Secretary to the ruler of Kuwait (Al-Mulla Salih) to the Political Agent, Kuwait, informing him of Shaikh Jabir’s health conditions. The Political Agent, Kuwait, reported his own observations about the political situation in Kuwait, and Shaikh Salim’s reforms. These reports were shared with the Political Officer, Basra, and the Political Residency, Bushire. The file also contains condolence letters.The main correspondence is between the Political Agency, Kuwait, Al-Mulla Salih, the Political Officer, Basra, and the Hakim of Kuwait (Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ).1 file (67 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 69; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-68; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
This volume concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Most of the correspondence is focussed on British policy in response to the Saudi-Yemeni conflict.Related matters that feature in the correspondence include the following:Reports in March 1934 that peace negotiations between Saudi and Yemeni representatives have failed.The British response to reports of the evacuation of Hodeida by Yemeni forces, which include the dispatch of HMS
Penzanceand proposals to fly aircraft over the town.Discussion as to whether the British Government should invite Italian naval cooperation regarding Hodeida.The presence of HMS
Penzance, and later HMS
Enterprise, at Hodeida.The state of affairs in Hodeida (as reported by the Commander of HMS
Enterprise) following its occupation by Saudi forces.Saudi concerns that Italy might intervene in the conflict on the side of the Imam of Yemen.Discussion as to whether or not the Italian Government's decision to land troops at Hodeida and Mocha – ostensibly to protect Italian interests – constitutes an act of intervention.Differences of opinion between the British and Italian Governments over the sovereignty of Asir.Reports in May 1934 of the suspension of hostilities and the beginning of peace negotiations.Unfounded rumours of the death of Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].Notable correspondents include the following: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (James Eric Drummond); His Majesty's Ambassador in Bagdad [Baghdad] (Sir Francis Humphrys); the High Commissioner, Egypt (Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the Political Resident, Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister); the Commander of HMS
Penzance; the Commander of HMS
Enterprise; the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops; the Command-in-Chief, Mediterranean; the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Admiralty, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.In addition to correspondence the volume includes copies of political intelligence summaries from the Aden Political Residency, the Bahrain Political Agency, and the Kuwait Political Agency respectively, as well as a sketch map of the Arabian Peninsula.The French material consists of two items of correspondence. The aforementioned sketch map is dated June 1914; the rest of the volume dates from 1934, with most of the material falling within April-May 1934 (a few items of correspondence date from February-March 1934).The volume includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 3-4).1 volume (449 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 449; 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.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 218-449; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
A printed memorandum written and compiled by Adolphus Warburton Moore for the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, and dated 12 February 1884.The document is a continuation of 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part III)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/4), dealing with British relations with Shaikh Jasim [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thāni] of El Bidaa [Doha] in light of his recent poor treatment of British Indian traders resident in the town.The document summarises correspondence on the matter, outlining the opinions of officials from the departments and institutions involved, which include the Foreign Office, the Government of India, the India Office, and the Residency at Bushire.The document covers the British response to Jasim's actions, including claims for compensation, and the subsequent Turkish reaction to British threats against what was perceived to be Turkish sovereign territory.The author quotes extensively from the correspondence and other sources, notes on which are to be found in the margin throughout.1 file (8 folios)Foliation: the sequence for this description commences at folio 19 and terminates at folio 26, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-197; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the bottom right corner of each folio.Pagination: the document also has an original printed pagination sequence.
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Charles Marling, British Ambassador to Persia, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Admiral Edmond Slade, the Board of Trade, the Government of India, the India Office, and several private companies, including Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Ottoman Bank, and Imperial Persian Bank.The form of the negotiations was a series of memorandums containing proposals and counter-proposals. The issues and subjects discussed are:ownership and control of the line;custom duty increases in the region;navigation of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a commission to oversee this;transport of railway materials by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers;delimitation of the Turkish-Persian border;status and territorial limit of Kuwait;other Gulf matters, including the statuses of Bahrain and Qatar, the suppression of arms traffic, piracy, and slavery, and the protection of pearl fisheries.Folios 261-262 are a map showing the proposed territorial limits of Kuwait.1 volume (268 folios)The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (ff. 3-4) is a subject index, in no particular order but grouped under several broad headings. The numbers refer to folio numbers from the secondary, earlier sequence.Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto. There are two earlier foliation systems running through parts of the volume. The first uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto pages, and the top-left corner of verso pages. This foliation system numbers pages if they have content on them, which is the case for all rectos and some versos. This foliation system appears intermittently through most of the volume. The other foliation system uses circled blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto pages, and appears from folios 5 to 42. Numerous printed materials contained in the volume have their own internal pagination systems. The following foliation irregularities occur: 1a, 34a, 51B, 219B, 250B.
This file contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Pierre Sudreau as Consul of France in Bombay [Mumbai] and the extent of his jurisdiction as Consul beyond Bombay itself.On folio 6, the file contains a letter in French sent from the French Embassy in London to the Foreign Office confirming Sudreau's appointment.1 file (8 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
The item contains correspondence and other papers relating to: the payment of royalties due to the Persian Government from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), 1915; a dispute between the British and Persian Governments relating to British troops inside Persian territory, and damage inflicted to APOC oil pipelines close to the Mesopotamia [Iraq]-Persia [Iran] border, in the wake of the British invasion of Mesopotamia in 1914/1915; APOC’s withholding of oil royalties owed to the Persian Government, in compensation for damage inflicted to its pipelines in Persia; and negotiations between APOC and the Persian Government over the terms of a new agreement for royalty payments, 1919.The item’s principal correspondents are: APOC; the Persian Government; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran, Charles Murray Marling. One note from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs is written in French (f 329).The item 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 item (86 folios)
This volume contains correspondence regarding practicalities, relevant legislation and political considerations related to the movement of Persian shipping vessels around the Persian Gulf, notably regarding potential visits to Arab ports and British naval bases in Persian territory, at Henjam and Basidu.In addition to this correspondence, the volume also contains the following:'Memorandum on Certain Aspects of the Situation in the Persian Gulf as between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the Government of India, and the Persian Government', 1931 (folio 280)A draft in French of a general treaty between the Governments of Great Britain and Persia, 1930 (folios 342-345)'Minutes of an Interdepartmental Conference held at the India Office on Monday, 20th July 1931' (folios 410-418).The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (449 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 446; 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.
This volume contains correspondence regarding the British Protectorate of Aden and its border with the Ottoman Vilayet of Yemen. The correspondence discusses Britain's relations with tribes in the region, and the activities of Ottoman officials including reports of incursions made into British territory by their forces and their attempts to attract tribes to the Ottoman cause. In addition to correspondence between British officials in Aden and India, the volume contains translations of correspondence exchanged between tribal leaders in Yemen as well as letters exchanged between these leaders and British officials in Aden. The volume also contains a detailed description of the frontier between the Sandjak [Sanjak] of Taiz and the Cantons of Amiri, Haushabi, and Subehi. Some of these documents are in French. The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.1 volume (289 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 285; 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.
This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between the India Office, London; the Foreign Office, London; Political Resident Persian Gulf, Political Agent Kuwait; Political Agent Bahrain; the Anglo Persian Oil Company. The discussion over the territorial status bears on whether the islands would come in the concession area of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or Kuwait. One letter notes that if the ownership of the islands is undetermined up until that point this was of no importance; however, with the possibility that they may contain oil it was now imperative that they should belong to either Her Majesty's Government or to Kuwait rather than a foreign power. Therefore, the Shaikh of Kuwait is encouraged to erect beacons on some of the islands to support his claim to ownership. As the British were keen to avoid territorial disputes with Persia this was thought more unobtrusive than the raising of flags. There is also discussion over the island of Hawar and whether it belonged to Bahrain or Qatar.It also includes a translation of a letter from Shaikh Hamdan bin Zayed [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] to Colonel Stuart Geoge Knox, Political Resident Persian Gulf, a small hand drawn sketch map showing location of a village on Dalma Island with H.M.S.
Foxanchorage position (folio 3), and a table on sources of oil supply to Britain in the years 1935, 1936 and 1937.1 volume (204 folios)The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: The sequence consists of small circled numbers located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio, commencing on the first full page of text.
Correspondence relating to negotiations over revisions in the tariff questions relating to the proposed tarrif treaty with Muscat. Includes correspondence relating to negotiations with France, United States, Irish Free State and Canada. Arabic terminology is discussed relating to alcohol and tobacco and the Sultan's understanding of specific terms in English relating to alcohol such as "under proof". Also contains a number of letters in Arabic with translations in English from Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; a few letters in French from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the British Embassy, Muscat.An annex to the file (35/146) consists of printed confidential letters, 1929-1930, relevant to the finances of the sultanate.Correspondents include Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; Percy Gordon Loch, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts, Political Agent Muscat; Major Claude Edward U Bremner, Political Agent Muscat; John Charles Walton, India Office, Whitehall. Alfred Wiseman, Dominions Office, London; Maurice J Clauson, India Office, London.1 file (211 folios)The foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B. Foliation omissions: 145 and 148
This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf.The correspondence discusses the possibility of control of buoying and lighting in the Persian Gulf being transferred to the Government of Persia. At this time the service was being maintained by the Royal Indian Marine, with its financing being shared between the British Imperial Government (specifically the Foreign Office) and the Government of India. The correspondence includes the point of view of the Government of India on the suggestion that the Shatt-Al-Arab Conservancy board should also be responsible for lighting and buoying along the Gulf coast. Furthermore, it discusses the major point to be settled in the present negotiations with Persia during 1928-30, which is the international boundary in the Shatt-el-Arab, as defined in the Treaty of Erzurum of 1847, and the Persia-Turkish Frontier Delimitation Agreement of 1913. The correspondence then moves on to cover the organisation and discussion of the tripartite conference taking place in Iraq regarding the future administration of the lighting and buoying service on the coast of the Persian Gulf, with the participating countries being Iraq, Persia and Great Britain (with India).Notable correspondents include the following: the Viceroy of India; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the High Commissioner Iraq; the Director of the Royal Indian Marine; officials of the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Treasury, and the Government of India's Marine Department; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy, East India Section; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq; the Government of Iraq; the Council of Ministers, Iraq; the Port Directorate in Basra.In addition to correspondence, the volume contains the following: minutes of an interdepartmental conference held at the India Office in 1931 (ff 26-28), copies of an India Office memorandum entitled 'Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf', dated 1931 (ff 62-64).The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (338 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 815 (Persian Gulf) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/659-664. The volumes are divided into 13 parts, with part 1 (A-G) comprising one volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, parts 3-9 comprising the third volume, part 10 comprising the fourth volume, parts 11-12 comprising the fifth volume, and part 13 comprising the sixth volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 340; 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 has one foliation anomaly, f 89a.
The file is a direct chronological continuation of File 4949/1912 Pt 4 ‘Abu Musa – Angelegenheit. 1907.’ (IOR/L/PS/10/321), containing correspondence exchanged between the German Consulate at Buschär [Bushire] (Helmuth Listemann; Wilhelm Wassmuss) and others: the British Government; the Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] representative of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus and Company (Herr H Rosenfeld; Herr Krumpeter); the British Political Residency in the Persian Gulf (Major Arthur Prescott Trevor; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); the German Imperial Government.The correspondence refers to a dispute over a concession for the mining and shipment of red oxide at Abū Mūsá, originally awarded to Arab merchants by Shaikh Sālim bin Sulṭān Āl Qāsimī of Sharjah in 1898, and part of which was subsequently acquired by Wönckhaus and Company in 1906. The dispute was sparked by the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qāsimī’s cancellation of the concession in 1907, and subsequent claims by Wönckhaus and Company and the German Government, over financial losses arising from the cancellation of the concession.The majority of the file’s correspondence is in German. Official letters exchanged between the German Consul at Bushire and the British Political Resident are in French.1 file (296 folios)The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.The subject 4949 (Abu Musa oxide) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/318-323. The volumes are divided into six parts, with each part comprising one volume. Part 6 (IOR/L/PS/10/323) is missing.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 296; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-296; these numbers are printed.