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1. 'Aden Policy'
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- Abstract: The file consists of two notes by members of the Council of India, William Lee-Warner and Hugh Shakespear Barnes, on the Government of India's Letter No 119 dated 9 August 1906 (L/PS/10/74: Pol No 1455/06), concerning policy in Aden.William Lee-Warner's note opposes the Government of India's policy and discusses the following: the effect of the policy on troop numbers at Aden, increased political interference in the hinterland, and whether a garrison at D'thala [Aḑ Ḑāli‘] is needed, or the extension of railways desirable. A table is included providing sickness and mortality statistics among troops stationed at Aden, 1897-1904.Hugh Shakespear Barnes agrees with the Government of India's policy and states his views on the circumstances and effect of demarcation, the various methods of dealing with the tribes, railway extensions, and keeping a Political Officer and troops at D'thala.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 184, and terminates at f 187, 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 189-192; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
2. 'Collection of papers respecting the attitude of His Majesty's Government in regard to the Bagdad Railway and the Purchase of Land at Koweit (amended version)'
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- Abstract: The document, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, is a collection of letters and dispatches from 3 March 1904 to 16 September 1907, between the India Office and the Government of India on the purchase of land in Kuwait for the Baghdad Railway.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 84, and terminates at f 100, since 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 the bottom right-hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.Pagination: This section of the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
3. 'File 11/7 Death of King Edward VII and Accession of George V & Misc: Court Mourning'
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- Abstract: The file contains notifications from the Government of India, and correspondence between the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agency in Kuwait; informing of the death of King Edward VII, on 6 May 1910; giving instructions for the mourning, and on the accession of King George V.The file contains a letter sent from King George V 'to the Princes and Peoples of India', in English with a translation in Hindustani written in Latin script (folios 36-38). There is some correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad (Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah), regarding the death of the President of the United States (US) Warren Gamaliel Harding, in 1923.The correspondence with the Rulers of Kuwait within the file is in Arabic with English translation.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 53; 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 8-52; 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.
4. File 897/1912 Pt 4 ‘Persan Gulf: British post offices’
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- Abstract: The volume comprises copies of correspondence, agreements, notes and other papers relating to the closure of British Indian post offices in Persia, and the transfer of postal services from British Indian to Persian administration. The specific focus of the volume’s contents is a conference, taking place in Bushire and convened for November 1922 (eventually taking place 5-9 December 1922), between Persian, Indian and Iraqi delegates, to finalise the arrangements for the transfer of the British Indian postal services in Persia to Persian administration. The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Minister at the British Legation in Tehran (Sir Percy Lyham Loraine); India Office staff (David Taylor Monteath; Henry William Garrett; John Percival Gibson; Leonard Day Wakely); Foreign Office officials (primarily Lancelot Oliphant); the Government of India’s delegate at the Bushire conference (Major Alfred Angelo); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor).The volume includes:arrangements for the Bushire conference, including a list of Persian delegates (ff 199-203), which included the outgoing Director of the Persian Post, Camille Molitor;papers, notes and correspondence relating to the raising by Persian delegates at the Bushire conference, of the transfer to Persian authorities of the British post office in Bahrain, in reference to Persia’s historic claims to Bahrain, and British refusal to entering into negotiation on the matter (ff 194-196);a copy of the proceedings of the Bushire conference (ff 98-125), as well as a printed copy of the report of the Bushire conference, prepared by Major Angelo, which includes the conference’s procès verbal, and copies of the agreements relating both to the closure of foreign post offices in Persia, and to the exchange of money orders between Persia and British India (ff 158-172);concerns amongst senior Government officials, including the Viceroy, over the wording of the agreement, and in particular the reference made to Persia’s claim to Bahrain in the procès verbal, resulting in a refusal by Government to ratify the agreement before amendments are made (ff 155-156, f 149);correspondence and telegrams relating to the closure of British Indian post offices in Persia, which took place in early April 1923 (f 46, f 63), and reports of problems encountered in the transfer to the Persian authorities of postal and financial services, particularly relating to embargoes placed on the transfer/export of Indian rupees (ff 57-62);correspondence from July 1923 onwards, relating to various ratifications of the Bushire postal agreement, by the Union Postale Universelle (International Postal Union) (ff 14-21), the Iraq Government (f 13), and the League of Nations (ff 8-11).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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.