Abstract: Copies of correspondence sent and letter received by the Political Agent at Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox):a letter from Knox describing his arrival in Kuwait, the Ruler of Kuwait’s [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] response to his arrival, accommodation and food offered by the Shaikh, and Knox’s plans to build a house for himself (ff 6-9);a reduction in allowance for Knox, imposed by the Government of India, and Knox’s objection to the reduction (ff 11-15);correspondence relating to the granting of privilege leave, and additional leave on medical grounds, to Knox (ff 16-19);correspondence concerning Knox’s early recall to Kuwait by the Foreign Office, before the completion of his leave entitlement, made in response to Shaikh Mubarak’s establishment of a post on Bubiyan [Jazīrat Būbiyān] (ff 20-27);further correspondence relating to pay and allowances for the Political Agent at Kuwait (ff 28-30).An office note at the front of the file (f 3) states that further papers leading up to the appointment of a Political Agent at Kuwait can be found in early correspondence in the Kuwait Political Agency files X/I (IOR/R/15/5/24) and XXII/I (IOR/R/15/5/59).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 2-32; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains the following Foreign Office memoranda (with covering circulars) concerning revised foreign allowances: (1) Mission Fund and Consular Customs Rebate, March 1947; (2) Variability of the New Foreign Allowances, May 1947.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 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 item comprises an abstract listing enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 146 of 1846, dated 11 December 1846. In the abstract the enclosures are dated 4 November 1844-26 November 1846.The enclosures, which are not present in this item, relate to the proceedings of the Government of Bombay in connection with Aga Khan Mehlatee [Āqā Khān Maḥallātī also known as Ḥasan ‘Alī Shāh], a refugee subject of the Government of Persia [Iran], including: his residence in Sind [Sindh] and then Bombay [Mumbai]; the attendance of a European Medical Officer on Aga Khan and his family in Sind; the allowance paid for his support by the Government of Bombay; the refusal of the Persian Government to grant permission for him to re-visit Sind (in 1846) to settle his affairs; the demand of the Persian Government that he be removed to Calcutta [Kolkata]; the Shah of Persia's encouragement of his return to Persia and promises to receive him 'kindly' and release all his property and estate from sequestration; the payment of arrears of his allowance by the Government of Bombay; and his apparent wish to return to Persia.Physical description: 1 item (15 folios)
Abstract: The file contains mainly correspondence and notes by India Office officials, relating to the applications of Mrs Margaret Howson, widow of a former British Consul at Bandar Abbas who died in 1918, for the grant of additional financial assistance from the Government of India in the 1930s, on grounds of personal hardship. The file begins with her first and successful application in 1934, for help towards the upkeep of her younger son in his final year of officer training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. The file ends with her unsuccessful applications in 1935 and 1938 for the grant of a Government of India pension in her old age. The correspondence contains numerous letters written by Mrs Howson after her return to England in 1933, which are addressed mainly to the India Office in London. The file also contains two private letters of support for her hardship case, from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick O’Connor respectively, both retired, to the Government of India in 1935.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 65; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence concerning enquiries for a grant from the Colonial Office towards the cost of rebuilding the Church of Scotland School at Sheikh Othman [Ash Shaykh ‘Uthmān] in Aden, which was destroyed by a flood in 1927.The main correspondents include John Graham Kerr, MP for Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliamentary Constituency); M J Clauson, Malcolm MacDonald, and K W Blaxster, Colonial Office; James Glasgow Acheson, Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; and the Government of India, Education, Health and Lands Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 7, it is the second file in a larger physical volume, each file has its own foliation sequence; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file concerns the financial position of Saiyid Tarig bin Taimur bin Faisal [Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur bin Faisal], the son of Taimur bin Faisal [Āl Sa‘īd, Taimur bin Faisal] (Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1913-1932). It consists of correspondence regarding a maintenance allowance.The main correspondents include: the British Consul General, Frankfort on Main [Frankfurt-am-Main]; the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent, Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 10; these numbers are printed, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
Abstract: The file concerns expenditure in the Persian Gulf relating to a proposed grant of a gratuity to Mr Cyril Bayer, who being disabled by a stroke of paralysis and unable to work, was sent to India under medical advice. Payment is recommended in consideration of his long service as Mechanical Engineer with the Koweit [Kuwait] Agency. It consists of minutes, draft papers, and correspondence between: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the Under Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent, Kuwait.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 12; 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 2-12; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence mainly relating to the subsidy paid to King Hussein [Hussain] ibn Ali al-Hashimi of Hejaz [Hijaz or Hedjaz]. The correspondence largely consists of: correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; and copies of correspondence of the Foreign Office with the Treasury, Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, Sir Reginald Wingate, and Sir Edmund Allenby.The file includes correspondence regarding: the granting to King Hussain of a subsidy of £125,000 a month for four months; a request from Sherif Abdullah [Shereef Abdallah] for a further grant of £10,000 to assist him in his dealings with the tribes to the north of Hedjaz; and the Secretary of State for India being unable to advise his Council to agree to any payment for these grants as charges on Indian revenues ‘for political reasons’.Physical description: The papers are arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.