Abstract: This file concerns a Japanese oil broker named Shunkichi Nomura; his intention to travel from Kabul to Iraq; the possibility he may be acting for the Japanese Government; and his eventual abandonment of plans to travel to Iraq. The file contains correspondence between Captain Everard Huddleston Gastrell, Political Agent at Bahrain, and Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Papers concerning relations between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and proposals in 1940 to fix the Saudi-Iraq border, including:The British Minister in Saudi Arabia Reader Bullard’s views, dated 27 April 1939, on Saudi Arabia’s status in the event of war, including any risks posed towards the country by Italy or Iraq (ff 3-4).A copy of an agreement defining the procedure to be followed by the Commission appointed to demarcate the frontier between Iraq and Arab-Saudiya [Saudi Arabia], dated 1940 (ff 10-12), and an explanatory note on certain articles in the draft Iraqi-Saudiya Frontier Demarcation Agreement (ff 13-14).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The memorandum is a report produced for the Inter-Departmental Committee on Eastern Unrest, which includes intelligence covering the period October 1922 to March 1923. It provides an overview of Russian-Persian relations and of changes made to Russian official representation at Tabriz, Tehran, and Kermanshah. It also reports on Bolshevik intrigue (and anti-British activities) in Persia, and to a lesser extent Iraq and India. This includes a brief report of anti-British articles produced by the Persian Press and efforts to suppress them, as well as reports on the Persian Communist Party.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 31; 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 is a secret printed memorandum by the Political Department of the India Office, dated 25 June 1935, concerning the Persian Gulf. The memorandum is divided in nine numbered sections, which include: 'Procedure for dealing with Persian Gulf Questions', 'British Relations with Persian Gulf States', 'The Arab Shore Air Route', 'Oil', 'Relations with Saudi Arabia', 'Koweit' [Kuwait], 'Saudi Blockade of Koweit', 'The Sheikh's Date Gardens in Iraq', and ’Koweit-Iraq Smuggling'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside 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.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume contains brief biographical statements on individuals active in Iraq, often including comments on their character, reputation, political affiliations, command of armed forces, and attitudes towards European and regional powers.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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence (138 pp).
Abstract: The volume is titled
Iraq and the Persian Gulf(London: Naval Intelligence Division, 1944).The report contains preliminary remarks by the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1942 (John Henry Godfrey) and the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944 (E G N Rushbrook).There then follows thirteen chapters:I. Introduction.II. Geology and description of the land.III. Coasts of the Persian Gulf.IV. Climate, vegetation and fauna.V. History.VI. People.VII. Distribution of the people.VIII. Administration and public life.IX. Public health and disease.X. Irrigation, agriculture, and minor industry.XI. Currency, finance, commerce and oil.XII. Ports and inland towns.XIII. Communications.Appendices: stratigraphy; meteorological tables; ten historical sites, chronological table; weights and measures; authorship, authorities and maps.There follows a section listing 105 text figures and maps and a section listing over 200 illustrations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 430; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Memorandum outlining oil concessions in Persia and Iraq held by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Standard Oil, and the Turkish Petroleum Company. It covers the Arabian littoral of the Gulf, and highlights the restrictions placed on Arab rulers by treaty engagements from granting oil concessions without approval of His Majesty's Government. In addition, it notes that Eastern and General Syndicate have a concession for Bahrein [Bahrain] Islands; and assesses the importance of Persian oil to Britain.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences and terminates at f 76, as it is part of a larger physical volume; this number is written in pencil, and is located in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning the development of new fisheries in Abadan, to improve the diet of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's staff. There are two copies of a report on Abadan fishery schemes, (ff 5-19 and ff 23-37) and a brief report on the fisheries of Iraq (ff 38-39), both by Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 40; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also located in parallel between ff 2-39; these numbers are written in pencil and crayon, but are not circled. They are located in the same position as the main sequence, except for some instances which are located on the verso.
Abstract: The file contains a public notice and the following correspondence about Iraqi and Iranian nationality laws:A circular memorandum dated 1927 from the British High Commissioner for Iraq, Baghdad, about the effect of the Iraq Nationality Law upon foreigners born in Iraq, so that the Political Agent, Bahrain and others could give further publication to the fact that the Iraq Government had provisionally extended up to 31 December 1927, the period during which renunciation of Iraq nationality could be made by persons already of age, who were born in Iraq and whose fathers were born and resident in Iraq;A public notice in English and Arabic dated 1927, issued by the Political Agent, Bahrain, advising eligible Iraqis of the extended period during which they might relinquish Iraq nationality;A memorandum from the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah dated 1940, enquiring about the liability to conscription of certain travellers from Bahrain to Iraq and Iran, under the Iraq and Iranian nationality laws of 1924 and 1929 respectively;A circular letter and despatch from the British Ambassador to Iraq, Baghdad, in 1942, about persuading the Iraqi Government to lower the residency fees levied on foreigners living in Iraq, under the Iraq Stamp Law, including an exemption for British and British Indian subjects;A letter from the Political Agent, Bahrain dated 1943, enquiring about subjects from the Trucial Coast Sheikdoms living in Iraq, also being exempted from Iraq residency fees.The file also contains English translations of the following laws and regulations:Compilation of laws and regulations issued between 1st January 1924 and 31st December, 1925, published by the Government of Iraq, Ministry of Justice, Baghdad, 1926;The Hijaz (Hejaz) Nationality Law, 1926;The Saudi Arabian Nationality Regulation No.3, 1938;Iraqi Law No.40 of 1942, amending the Iraq Stamp Law No.30 of 1922.Physical description: Foliation: numbered 1-37, 37A, 38-81. The numbering is written in pencil in the top right corner of the folio and encircled. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the file cover (f 1) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f 81). Folio 37A is blank. In an earlier and incomplete secondary foliation sequence, folios 57 to 79 are also numbered 6 to 29 in pencil in the top right corner.
Abstract: The volume contains two separate but related subject files: on the Bahra Tribunal (folios 1-80) and on a proposed treaty between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (folios 81-198). Both parts consist of correspondence relating to their subjects.The correspondents in both parts include Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner for Iraq, Harold Dickson, Political Agent at Kuwait, the British Charge d'Affaires at Jeddah, Hugh Biscoe, Political Resident at Bushire, the Government of India, the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and India Office in London, Sheikh Aḥmad, Ruler of Kuwait, Ibn Sa‘ud, King of Najd and Hejaz, and the Government of Iraq.The first part deals with the following matters:organisation of the tribunal, including suggestions for time, location and who (of the British officers) will preside over proceedings;what claims for compensation will be considered, specifically whether to permit submission for claims from raids prior to November 1927 (date of the Busaiya Raid);the payment of a lump sum of £10,000 to be made by Ibn Sa‘ud to Kuwait and Iraq.the applications to migrate to Syria of rebel Najd subject, Ibn Mashhur.Folios 77-80 are internal office notes.The second part deals with the proposals and preparations for a treaty between Kuwait and Najd. It includes suggestions of a meeting between the rulers of the two countries and a discussion about the future of Kuwait as an independent nation. Folios 122-124 contain a copy of the draft agreement.Folios 195-198 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the last. It is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; 12, 12a; 132, 132a; 150, 150a; 188, 188a; 193, 193a. There is no folio number ‘1’. There are other intermittent and inconsistent numbering systems which are often crossed out.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the British Legation at Tehran and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives regarding the port of Basra and the disputes for the Shatt al-`Arab water-way between Kuwait and Iraq.Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil, not circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The numbering commences at the title page with 1, 1A, 1B; and terminates with 102, which is the last number given to the fourth folio from the back of the volume.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials stood as mediators between the Iraqi Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait to try and solve the smuggling issue. They discussed possible ways to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait to agree to a friendly arrangement for cooperation for checking smuggling on the lines which had been contemplated. British Government officials also suggested various methods to control smuggling such as a system of manifests, trade control posts, as well as the appointment of a British Director of Customs at Kuwait.The volume includes minutes of a meeting held in London discussing the question of Kuwait-Iraq smuggling with the Shaikh of Kuwait, a list of regulations of the Customs Code in Iraq issued by the King of Iraq and published in the official gazette, correspondence related to a number of cases of violation of Kuwaiti territorial waters by Iraq Customs launches, as well as the arrest and detention of Kuwaiti nationals.The Shaikh raised his complaints to the Political Agent who in turn shared the Shaikh’s concerns with other British officials. On the other hand, complaints were also raised by the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding the Kuwaiti Government’s lack of control of its border lines.Lists of violation incidents are also included in the volume. Each list includes the following information: date and place of occurrence by whom, a summary of the incident, date of report to the Political Resident and the Iraqi Government’s reply. The volume also includes summary lists of Iraqi newspaper articles which discuss Iraq-Kuwait related issues including smuggling, and the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq.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 269; 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.