Abstract: The file consists of a despatch concerning the appointment of additional consular officers in Persia, from Henry Mortimer Durand, the British Minister at Tehran, to Robert Arthur Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury.Durand reiterates suggestions previously given in 1895 regarding the state of affairs in Persia, and proposals for improving the strength of the British position. He also submits further suggestions which form part of a general scheme of policy, based upon examination of the current state of affairs in Persia in 1899. The principal changes which have taken place since 1895 are outlined regarding: succession, government, finance, Russian trade and political influence, and British trade.Diplomatic, Political and Consular staff in Persia are listed with costings, and suggestions are provided for places where the appointment of consular officers would be desirable, including the limits of their districts and an estimate of expenditure which the appointments would entail. He also proposes to: improve roads and possibly prospect for a railway, utilise the Telegraph Department and organise it for political purposes, grant a loan to Persia to foster goodwill, and check Russian encroachments.The file notes the enclosure of a sketch map; however this is not present and has not been bound into the file.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 99, and terminates at f 107, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence from the Government of India, External Department, the Foreign Office, the Comite National Francais in London, the Ministère des Affaires étrangères de Belgique, the British Embassy in Belgium, the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands Foreign Office, the Polish Embassy in London, the British Embassy in Yugoslavia, and the Ministère des Affaires étrangères du Royaume de Yougoslavie, to secure facilities for the entry into and departure from Egypt of members of the Allied forces. There is correspondence, in English and French, requesting extension of the agreements to French, Belgian, Norwegian, Czechoslovak, Polish and Yugoslav forces.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: A paper by Captain Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy detailing the British connection with Seistan.The paper is divided into three sections:Part I: 'A brief review of British Consular activity in Seistan.';Part II: 'The present position in Seistan.';Part III: 'Possible future changes in Seistan and the policy recommended to Government.'Three appendices (folios 17-19) give the value of overland trade between India and Iran, 1900-1938; the numbers of British subjects in (a) Seistan, and (b) Birjand, 1934-39; and 'A brief note on Birjand'.The paper is accompanied by a covering letter (folio 1) from Tandy in his capacity as HM Vice-Consul, Birjand, dated 18 September 1939.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding foreign consular activities in Bahrain and the surrounding region. The topics discussed in the correspondence include rumours of an Iraqi Government consulate being established in Bahrain, the desire of the US Government to establish a consulate in Bahrain and the establishment of an American consulate in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 1944.The file also contains broader discussions regarding American interests and representation in the region and the US Government's relationship with local rulers. The correspondence is primarily between British officials but also includes a limited number of letters (in Arabic and English) from local rulers, as well as correspondence with the American Consulate in Dhahran.The file contains minutes of a meeting held at the India Office in London on 9 October 1933 concerning foreign consular representation in the Persian Gulf (ff 24-30).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 221; 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 3-186; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/260), this file relates to the termination and proposed replacement of the 1939 Commercial Treaty between Britain and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.Most of the correspondence concerns the drafting of a new treaty between the two parties (eventually concluded in December 1951 and ratified in May 1952). The file contains a series of letters exchanged between the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (Major Frederick Charles Leslie Chauncy) and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] regarding the precise wording of the English text of the treaty. The remaining correspondence, which is mostly between the Political Agent and the Foreign Office, concerns proposed amendments to drafts of the treaty. Other related matters of discussion include the following: the question of whether the Sultan will agree to allow the British to retain their 'extra-territorial privileges' in Muscat (i.e. jurisdiction over nationals from other British territories); whether the new treaty should cover consuls and consular functions; the duration of the new treaty, with the Foreign Office preferring a minimum of twelve years; the possibility of prolonging the existing treaty until 31 December 1951.Also included is a draft of the proposed new treaty (ff 93-103). The Arabic language material consists of the aforementioned correspondence between the Political Agent and the Sultan (English translations are included).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 121; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file relates to the termination and proposed replacement of the 1939 Commercial Treaty between Great Britain and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, following the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] notice of termination of the existing treaty in February 1950.The file documents the prolongation of the existing treaty for a period of eight months, by an exchange of notes between the two parties, in order to allow time for the negotiation of a new treaty. Also covered are preparations for the drafting of a new treaty between the two parties (eventually concluded in December 1951 and ratified in May 1952).Related matters of discussion include the following: whether the Government of India should also exchange notes with the Sultan for the prolongation of the existing treaty; whether the Government of Pakistan should also be informed of the Sultan's wish to prolong the treaty; the question of whether the British consular authorities in Muscat should continue to exercise jurisdiction over residing Indian nationals for the extended period of the existing treaty.The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; officials of the Foreign Office.Also included in the file are the following items: copies of drafts of the new treaty (ff 11-17 and ff 36-42); drafts of a protocol to the new treaty, produced by the Foreign Office and concerning consular functions and privileges (ff 27-29 and ff 31-34); a copy of a non-ratified consular convention between Britain and the United States of America, dated 16 February 1949 (ff 45-54).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 124; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports and notes, relating to the Consulate Affairs in Jeddah, following the outbreak of war with the Ottoman Empire and the withdrawal of the British consul at Jeddah.Further discussion surrounds correspondence with Italy and the Netherlands over arrangments for the maintenance of buildings and the payment of staff, and the refusal of the Turkish Government to allow the American Consular Agent in Aden to visit Jeddah.The principal correspondents in the volume include the Viceroy, Lord Hardinge; the Political Resident, Aden, the Paymaster General's Office; the Under-Secretary of State for India and the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.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 in the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 185; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the leading flyleaf and ending flyleaf, have not been foliated.
Abstract: 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.Physical description: 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.
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871, concerning the proposed appointment of a British Agent in Yezd [Yazd]. The proposal came in response to a memorial from British traders at Bushire and Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas], and was designed to protect the traders' commercial interests.The papers show that the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, was in favour of the proposal. However, the response of the British Government was that consideration was being postponed in view of the state of southern Persia, following famine.The Enclosures include correspondence from Pelly, and Messrs. Gray, Paul, and Company Limited (on behalf of the traders).The Enclosures are dated 12 January-25 November 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 603, numbered 1-6.
Abstract: The file consists of two telegrams exchanged between the Foreign Office and the Political Residency at Bushire, regarding the application of an Abyssinian for assistance to return from Kuwait to Abyssinia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, External Department, the Office for the High Commissioner for India, and the British Mission to the French National Committee, regarding a missing soldier named René Piquemal, who was said to be employed in a steel factory in India, but never found.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence 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.
Abstract: This file contains an announcement from the Foreign Office to Embassies in the Middle East regarding a change in route for the delivery of bags into Basra.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
