Abstract: The volume contains letters received by the Resident at Bushire. For most of the period covered by this volume the Acting Resident at Bushire was Lieutenant William Bruce. The two other occupants of the Residency during this period were Andrew Jukes, Surgeon, and Stephen Babington.Correspondents include the British Mission at Tabriz and Tehran, in Persia, and the Government of Bombay, although there are a small number of letters from the Government of Fort William, Calcutta. Diplomatic exchanges between Britain and Persia are the main feature of the correspondence. Other subjects include: the Bushire Residency's accounts and expenses; the woollen and horses trade; instructions for receiving visitors at Bushire and the sending of letters and packets from Bombay to the Court of Persia, via Bushire. Some of the letters contain enclosures such as copies of letters from other Government departments at Bombay.The volume also contains a number of letters outward, sent by William Bruce between 19 and 25 December 1810, mostly regarding the Bushire Residency's accounts and expenses.Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1 and 1A; then 2-17; 18, 18A, 18B, 18C and 18D and it carries on until 46, which is the last number given to the back cover of the volume. The verso of folio 39 is paginated as 40. Three separate original pagination sequences are also present between ff. 1A-12v, ff. 14-18 and ff. 19-41. These sequences are written in either ink or pencil, and can be found in the top right of the verso side and the top left of the recto side of each folio respectively; pencil has been used in cases where the original numbering has been obscured, as a result of damage to the folio.
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-18 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 17 January 1852. The enclosures are dated 16 June 1851-17 January 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to four separate subjects.Folios 85-97 cover a complaint from the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran] that tents supplied to the British Mission at Tehran by the Government of Bombay in 1849 have proven to be of inferior quality to previous batches, and an enquiry into the tendering process and specifications of the tents.Folios 98-99 consist of an extract from a resolution by the East India Company Secret Committee relating to the establishment of steam navigation on the Indus and Punjab rivers for the purposes of communication.Folios 100-103 cover attempts to reduce the volume of communications between departments of the Government of India.Folios 104-113 cover the trade in enslaved persons within the dominions of the Imam of Muscat and Oman (including Zanzibar), and efforts against it by both the Imam and the British.The primary correspondents are: the Envoy in Tehran; the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; the Secret Committee; and the British Consul, Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (33 folios)
Abstract: The file comprises papers relating to requests made by the Ministry of Shipping to find a suitable agricultural adviser to represent the Middle East Supply in Centre in Persia. The principal correspondents in the file are the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of War Transport. The ministries wish to appoint a man named Mustapha as an agricultural expert for Tehran.Physical description: 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.
Abstract: This file consists primarily of letters, telegrams and reports regarding the Anglo Persian Charitable Relief Committee to Iran.The file contains two reports entitled 'Anglo-Iranian relief fund.' These reports list the cities that received aid from the fund and the amounts. The file contains another pair of reports entitled 'Publicity Given to the Working of the Anglo-Iranian Relief Fund during January to March 31st 1943.' These reports describe the actions the fund have took to alleviate poverty in Iran as reported on by the
Daily News, the Tehran English newspaper. Finally, the file contains letters from the Foreign Office regarding whether or not to contribute £10,000 to the Anglo-Iranian Charitable Relief Commitee.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 34; 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 letter, numbered 10, from HM Ambassador to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Richard Wellesley, in London. The letter reports and describes his arrival in Tehran and reception at the court of the Persian Shah. Details such as the istakbal (initial welcome outside the city), gift giving, and gun salutes are discussed. Reference to previous envoys, including those of General Gardanne [Claude-Mathieu de Gardane] in 1807, Sir Harford Jones in 1809, and General John Malcolm in 1811, are made and comparisons drawn.The letter was received from the Foreign Secretary's office on 9 May 1812.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: The file contains a telegram from the Ministry of Economic Warfare addressed to Sir Reader Bullard, the British Ambassador of Tehran, including related correspondence regarding the use an incorrect telegram code. The telegram refers to a proposed future purchase of wool in Iran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; 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 regarding Radio broadcasting in India and Iran. Included are two telegrams (folios 2 to 3) from Edward Walter Fletcher, Secretary. One is addressed from the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, to HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Iran, Tehran and proposes the building of relations between ‘All India Radio’ and publicity organisations in Iran, in particular a new radio station in Tehran. The reason of which is to limit the influence of German broadcasts from Iran, and to demonstrate the promotion of the Iranian regime in India to Iran. The second telegram is addressed to HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Afghanistan, Kabul and proposes cooperation with publicity organisations in Afghanistan for similar reasons. This telegram also refers to an earlier correspondence dated at 1 May 1940 which is not in the file.The main body of the file contains correspondence and a report (folios 4 to 10) from Reader William Bullard (British Ambassador at Tehran) to the Viscount Halifax at the Foreign Office detailing work undertaken by the new broadcasting station ‘Radio Tehran’. Copies of which have been forwarded to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, the Ministry of Information, and to HM’s Representatives at Baghdad and Kabul; these copies are not included in the file. The report includes information regarding the hours of broadcast, individual broadcasters (including the Minister of Posts, Telephones and Telegraphs), the mechanics of frequency and transmission, current and future scheduling, and opinion on the and style and content of programming (including a negative assessment of the available news service).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description 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.
Abstract: The file comprises a printed copy of the report 'British Summer Legation at Gulhek. Provisional Edition, 1939' written by Lacy Baggallay. The report discusses the history, property, water supply, buildings, plans and reports relating to the British summer legation at Gulhek, seven miles north of Tehran.The contents include a list of schedules:Plan of the British Legation Property at GulhekReports on the British Legation Property at GulhekAcquisition of property, 1862-1928: land; trees; waterList of buildings comprising the legationEnclosed with the report in the volume is a covering letter, dated 6 December 1940, from the Foreign Office to the Under-Secretary of State, India Office, requesting that the report be brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for India.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 62; 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: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 1 June 1821. The enclosures are dated 2 April-21 May 1821.The item comprises an extract of the proceedings of the Bombay Government and correspondence, with relevant enclosures, between: Captain William Bruce, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr]; Lieutenant-Colonel Brackley Kennett, Officer Commanding and Acting Political Agent, Bassadore, Kishm [Basaidu, Qeshm]; the Government of Bombay; and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Tahran [Tehran].The subjects covered are:The Government of Bombay’s policy regarding the ‘difficult’ diplomatic situation at Kishm, including: a proposal to send 400 European soldiers to reinforce Lieutenant-Colonel Kennett’s detachment on the island; authority for Kennett to fortify his position at Bassadore or wherever he considers best; arrangements for the naval force in the Gulf to be enhanced with additional cruisers and put on standby in the event of an attack by Persia [Iran]; permission for the detachment’s evacuation to Muscat as a last resort; extensive efforts to obtain intelligence from the mainland regarding Persia’s plans; notification of all relevant parties of the Bombay Government’s position; and instructions to Willock to ensure these measures do not cause any alarm in TehranPreparations by Captain Bruce in case of a Persian attack, including his communications with KennettPreparations by Kennett in case of an attack on his ‘small and exposed force’ by Persia, particularly in light of rumours of a force assembled at Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] and the likelihood that the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat will, if severely pressured by Persia, back down from opposing the Shah of PersiaWillock’s intention to leave Tahran due to threats on his life (decapitation) following his refusal to make further advances of an annual subsidy to the Shah, including copies of his correspondence with the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mirza (also spelled Meerza in this item) Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā 'Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī], 26-31 March 1822 (ff 87-95), and ‘Notes of messages and information collected regarding the occurrences at Tehran form 28th March’ providing intricate details of the affair (ff 96-101).Physical description: The despatch comprises enclosures numbered 1-2. The enclosure number is written for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 92 of 1843 dated 26 December 1843. The enclosures are dated 14 September-26 December 1843.The papers relate to Persian [Iranian] affairs, notably:The maintenance of peace on the frontier with the Ottoman Empire including keeping the border tribes ‘in order’British-Russian relations in PersiaThe establishment of a Russian military base in the bay of Asterabad [Gorgan].Correspondents include: HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (84 folios)