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49. Coll 28/38(3) ‘Statistique commerciale de la Perse; Tableau Général du Commerce avec les Pays Etrangers pendant le 1er trimester de l’année 1310 (22 Mars 1931 – 22 Juin 1931) publié par l’Administration des Douanes’
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- Abstract: Printed volume (in French) of statistics illustrating trade between Persia [Iran] and foreign countries, for the first trimester of the Iran calendar year 1310 (equivalent to 22 March 1931 to 22 June 1931 in the Gregorian calendar). The volume was published by the Persian Customs Administration in Tehran, 1932. The volume contains two chapters:An introductory note (f 4).Commodity import and export totals, arranged alphabetically by commodity (ff 5-36).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 37; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
50. Coll 28/38(4) ‘Statistique commerciale de la Perse; Tableau General du commerce avec Pays Etrangers pendant l’année du 1er Tir 1310 au 31 Khordad 1311 (23 Juin 1931 – 21 Juin 1932) publié par l’Administration des Douanes’
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- Abstract: Printed volume (in French) of statistics and texts illustrating trade between Persia [Iran] and foreign countries, for the period 1 Tir 1310 to 31 Khordad 1311 in the Iranian calendar (equivalent to 23 June 1931 to 21 June 1932 in the Gregorian calendar). The volume was published by the Persian Customs Administration in Tehran, 1933. Key chapters in the volume cover:Comparative tables and graphs, showing imports and exports between Persia and its principal trading partners, covering the Iranian calendar years 1301-1311 (ff 8-19).Commodity import and export totals, arranged alphabetically by commodity (ff 23-69).Imports and exports, expressed by quantity and value, and arranged by origin (imports) and destination (exports) (ff 70-80).Trade at key customs offices, expressed in quantity (weight) and value (ff 83-96).Shipping activity at ports in the Caspian Sea (ff 97-98), the Persian Gulf (ff 99-100) and on the Karoun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] (f 101).Details of maritime services operating in the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf (ff 102-105).Details of routes used for cargo and passenger transport (ff 106-115).Air services in Persia (f 116).Movements of foreigner travellers into and out of the country (ff 119-125).Miscellaneous information: telegraphs, post, telephones, railways, roads (ff 126-131).Road taxes (ff 132-140).The texts of laws passed by the Persian Government, relating to trade, monopolies, prohibited goods, currency control (ff 141-151).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
51. Coll 28/38(5) ‘Statistique commerciale de la Perse; Tableau General du commerce avec Pays Etrangers pendant l’année du 1er Tir 1311 au 31 Khordad 1312 (23 Juin 1932 – 21 Juin 1933) publié par l’Administration des Douanes’
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- Abstract: Printed volume (in French) of statistics and texts illustrating trade between Persia [Iran] and foreign countries, for the period 1 Tir 1311 to 31 Khordad 1312 in the Iranian calendar (equivalent to 22 June 1932 to 21 June 1933 in the Gregorian calendar). The volume was published by the Persian Customs Administration in Tehran, 1934. Key chapters in the volume cover:Comparative tables and graphs, showing imports and exports between Persia and its principal trading partners, covering the Iranian calendar years 1302-1312 (ff 9-12).Commodity import and export totals, arranged alphabetically by commodity (ff 25-74).Imports and exports, expressed by quantity and value, and arranged by origin (imports) and destination (exports) (ff 79-93).Trade at key customs offices, expressed in quantity (weight) and value (ff 94-108).Shipping activity at ports in the Caspian Sea (ff 109-110), the Persian Gulf (ff 111-112) and on the Karoun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] (f 113).Details of maritime services operating in the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf (ff 114-118).Details of routes used for cargo and passenger transport (ff 119-128).Air services in Persia (f 129).Movements of foreigner travellers into and out of the country (ff 132-138).Miscellaneous information: telegraphs, post, telephones, railways, roads (ff 139-144).Lists of granted export subsidies (ff 145-149).Texts of laws passed by the Persian Government, relating to trade, monopolies, weights and measures, prohibited goods, and currency control (ff 150-154).A list of customs offices, shown with their various branches and locations (ff 155-160).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 161; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
52. Coll 6/89 'Saudi Arabia: Approaches to Jedda Harbour. Interest of Standard Oil Co.'
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- Abstract: This file concerns the California Arabian Standard Oil Company's interest in erecting storage tanks at Jedda, which would involve making improvements to the harbour's navigational facilities in the process. The file features the following correspondents: the California Arabian Standard Oil Company, the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Admiralty's Military Branch.Also included is a list of several other Political and Secret Department files, most of which appear to also relate to the construction or improvement of port facilities or infrastructure.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
53. Coll 6/88 'Intelligence: Military Report on Arabia (C.B. 1892).'
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- Abstract: This file consists of two parts. The first part (folios 1-9) begins with a 'state of report' document for an Admiralty Naval Intelligence Division report entitled 'Arabia, Intelligence Report'; the 'state report' concerns the updating of the report in October 1941, and it includes a list of maps, plans and photographs that are contained in the report. There then follows a small amount of correspondence between India Office, War Office, and General Staff (India) officials regarding the supply of an earlier issue of the report, dated 1939.The second part of the file consists of the actual report, entitled 'C.B. 1892 (X) (10/41) Arabia Intelligence Report', dated October 1941, with appended maps, plans and photographs relating to Arabian Peninsula ports. The report is divided into four sections (six sections are listed in the table of contents, which lists sections one and three, most of section two, and one part of section five, as 'not issued', i.e. not printed in this edition of the report).The first section to appear in the report is entitled 'Section II: Strategy and Tactics'; parts 1 and 3-6 of this section have been omitted, leaving part 2, which has the heading 'Possible Lines on which War Plans would be Framed'.The next section, 'Section IV: Geography and Topography', provides an overview of the geography and topography of the Arabian Peninsula, including information about climate, transport facilities (including a table of landing grounds and seaplane anchorages), and communications.The third section, 'Section V: Base Facilities and Maintenance of the Fleet' (from which part one has been omitted), provides a summary of principal commercial dockyards and repair bases, locations for fuel storage, supplies and storage of ammunition, fixed coastal defences, and aircraft.The final section of the report, 'Section VI: Ports, Anchorages and Their Defences', proceeds through a number of Gulf ports in alphabetical order (i.e. Akaba, Bahrain, Doha, Hodeida and Ras Kethib, Jedda, Kamaran, Kuwait, Mukalla, and Muscat), describing each place's port facilities, anchorages and defences, as well as providing other information relating to matters such as government, commerce, water supply, transport and communications.Enclosed with the maps and plans is a symbols chart, which lists some of the symbols used in the maps and plans.Physical description: Foliation: The file is formed of two parts. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of the first part at 1 and terminates at the inside back cover of the second part at 65; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
54. 'Matrah - Proposal to make it Port of Call for B.I. steamers instead of Muscat'
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- Abstract: Correspondence discusses the merits of developing the port at Matrah [Muţraḩ] as a port of call for British India steamers as opposed to Muscat. Correspondence notes that the British Residency wished to move trade away from Dubai; the development of Khasab was considered and the lowering of re-export duty in Muscat is also discussed.A memorandum from Charles Wills of the Mesopotamia-Persia Corporation to Captain Stuart Horner, Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, sets out the case for the development of Matrah. A letter from Cyril Johnson Barrett, Political Agent, Muscat to Bernard Stuart Horner, Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, explains the winds and other advantages of Matrah to Muscat. A letter from Bertram Thomas, Financial Adviser to Major Cyril Johnson Barrett, Political Agent, Muscat, argues against the move. The correspondence notes that the proposal was dropped for the time being.Physical description: Foliation: 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 hand corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B.
55. Notes on Coins, Weights and Measures, and Conditions of Trade at Various Ports in the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean and the South China Sea
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- Abstract: This untitled volume was written by John Pybus, an employee of the East India Company from 1742 to 1768. It contains notes relevant to trade in ports of the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and South China Sea. Subjects include:The weights, measures, and currencies used in different ports, and methods of converting between these units and British Imperial measurementsDescriptions of trading ports, including routes by which a ship could reach them, goods that can be traded in each port, and customs feesAdvice on the most profitable methods of trading in different portsMethods of assessing the quality of gold, silver, pearls, and other commoditiesThe personalities of important individuals at each port.The volume also includes a letter from Governor Thomas Bradyll and his council at Fort William, Calcutta [Kolkata] to Richard Bourchin and David Findlay, giving instructions for a trading voyage to Manila via Malacca.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original handwritten pagination sequence.
56. File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’
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- Abstract: The main contents of the volume are exchanges of letters about government expenditure on the Kuwait Political Agency, primarily between British officials at the Foreign Office, India Office and Treasury in London and Government of India officials at the Foreign Department in Calcutta and Simla. They discuss cost estimates and actual expenditure in relation to the approval of Government of India proposals for the expansion of the cadre of the Indian Political Department in order to fill Consular posts in Persia, 1904-1905 and 1909; the establishment of a new Political Agency at Kuwait (spelt Koweit), 1904-1907 and the purchase of the steam launch Lewis Pelly, built at the Government Dockyard in Bombay, for the use of the Political Agent at Kuwait, 1906-1907, 1909-1912 and 1914. The volume also contains a sea chart of Kuwait Port, by the Marine Survey of India in 1905.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 182; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
57. File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire.The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson on the technical issues concerning development of railway lines between Bushire and Shiraz, and Bandar Abbas and Shiraz. Also included is a report on the commercial possibilities of these two developments, compiled by Commercial Adviser, H G Chick. These reports (folios 101-124) are preceded by an accompanying summary and analysis by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox.Also discussed in the correspondence is the question of concessions for railways in the neutral zone and the relative advantages (climate, water supply) of Bushire and Bandar Abbas as railway termini in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence also features discussion of a rumoured German scheme for a Bushire-Shiraz railway.Further discussion surrounds the arrangements for marine survey work in the region of Henjam and Bandar Abbas to be undertaken by the RIMS Palinurus.A report by the Captain of the Palinurus, Captain B W Mainprise is included along with three marine survey maps (folios 48-50).The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Consul General for Fars (Lieutenant Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); (Lieutenant Colonel Stuart George Knox); First Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain L Birdwood; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Under Secretary of State, India Office; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Louis Mallet); Director, Royal Indian Marine, Walter Lumsden; Officer Comanding, RIMS Palinurus (Captain B W Mainprise); Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department.The volume 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 127; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
58. File 4480/1923 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: Naval Incidents: Visits of British Warships to Persian Ports: Persian Territorial Waters Bill.’
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- Abstract: This volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Political and Secret Department minute papers, relating to naval incidents in the Persian Gulf, and visits of British warships to Persian ports.It includes correspondence regarding the following: the Persian Government’s objection to British shipping, including HM Ships, calling at Persian ports without notice; the reporting of movements of British warships in the Persian Gulf; the treatment of HM ships in Persian ports, including Persian quarantine and customs procedure at Henjam and Abadan; incidents which took place on the occasions of the visits of HM Ships Lupinand Crocusto Abadan and Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] respectively; the Persian draft bill regarding territorial waters; discussions between the Admiralty and the Foreign Office concerning the drafting of an article to regulate visits of British warships to Persian ports, for inclusion in a General Treaty between Britain and Persia; and new regulations imposed by the Persian Government in connection with the landing of officers and crews and of visits of vessels to Persian ports.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Foreign Office (including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Austen Chamberlain); HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Percy Lorraine, Sir Robert Henry Clive, and Sir Reginald Hervey Hoare, successively); HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; the Admiralty; the Colonial Office; the Minister of Court, Persia (Mirza Abdul Hussein Khan Taimourtache [Abdolhossein Teymūrtāsh, also spelled Teymourtache in the correspondence]); the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; and the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.The file includes several documents in French, including: correspondence between Sir R H Clive and Taimourtache; copies of documents entitled ‘Projet de Loi portant Réglement des Conditions d’Admission des Bateaux étrangers dans les Eaux persanes’ (Draft Law Regulating the Conditions of Admission of Foreign Vessels in Persian Waters) ‘Traduction de l'Instruction adressée par l'Administration centrale de l'Hygiène à ses Fonctionnaires au golfe Persique’ (Translation of the instructions sent by the Public Health Department to its officials in the Persian Gulf) and ‘La Quarantaine à Henjam’ (Quarantine in Henjam); correspondence between HM Minister, Tehran, and the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs; letters from the Director of Customs, Bushire, to HM Consul, Bushire; and articles of draft General Treaty with Persia.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 825; 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 114-119; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
59. File 50/1914 Pt 5,6,7, & 8 'Persian Gulf Buoying and Lighting'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Residency in the Persian Gulf, and Trinity House in London about lighting and buoying operations in the Gulf near the Shatt al Arab waterway. Most of the correspondence relates to the placement of maritime lighting indicators to facilitate the navigation of the northern reaches of the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 357; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
60. File 50/1914 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Lights and Buoys; Expenditure'
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- Abstract: This file contains papers relating to the construction and maintenance of buoying and lighting facilities in the Persian Gulf, primarily for the Quoin Island Lighthouse. The letters are exchanges between the Government of India and British Authorities in the Persian Gulf, and mainly discuss the cost and logistical arrangements for the construction of the permanent navigation equipment in the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description 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.