Abstract: This file consists of a copy of the 'Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918'. It is written in French and expresses the wishes of Britain and France to liberate those they feel have been 'too long oppressed by the Turks' by helping them to install functional governments and 'indigenous administrations', and by contributing to their economic development.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 104, and terminates at f 104, as 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 present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai], Fort St George [Madras, i.e. Chennai], and the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to proposals by the Court of Directors to change the position of ‘Resident at Bushire’ ([Būshehr], also called the Resident in the Persian Gulf) to ‘Assistant to the Envoy at Tehran’. The Government of Bombay and the Resident, David Anderson Blane, provide their detailed opinions on this proposal and the Court of Directors respond. The main points of discussion are: the experience and diplomatic skills required by the Resident to effectively manage relations with nearby rulers and suppress acts of ‘piracy’; potential reductions in the Residency’s expenses; and an earlier plan to move the Residency from Bushire to the nearby island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk]. Copies of earlier (1828) minutes by the Governor of Bombay regarding the purpose of the Resident at Bushire and the Residency's expenses are included.The item also refers to proposals by the Government of India to separate the governments of Bengal ([Calcutta], also called Fort William) and Agrah [Agra] and to transfer political authority from the subordinate governments of Bombay and Fort St George to the Government of India. A lengthy minute (ff 120-135) by the Governor of Bombay detailing his opposition to the latter proposal is included, along with multiple tables (ff 140-174) setting out the different relationships that the Government of Bombay holds with ‘local chieftains’ in the areas surrounding Bombay, notably Guzerat [Gujarat] and Kattywar [Kathiawar]. Some of these tables date back to 1820. The direct reporting of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia and the Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Government of India, as opposed to the Government of Bombay, is also discussed.To a lesser extent, the item also relates to the appointment of Major James Morison to the position of Resident in the Persian Gulf, an event complicated by the disclosure that Morison has been granted permission to return to Europe due to poor health.Multiple spellings of numerous place names are present in the item. The majority of the item’s contents date from 1834-35.Principal correspondents include: the governments of India, Fort St George, and Bombay; the Court of Directors; and Blane.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Coll[ection] No. 15’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1721, Draft 266, 1836’, ‘Collection N. 1 [crossed out] of N. 33’, ‘Bombay Political Department’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 50, and terminates at f 208, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file contains detailed paperwork and correspondence pertaining to the appointment of wakils or representatives/court clerks at the joint courts and Agency Court. The file also contains documentation on the initiation of court proceedings by plaintiffs, usually foreign subjects, against various Bahrain subjects. Many papers pertain to the striking off of wakils from the court registers, and ensuing petitions by dismissed wakils to the agency, protesting their dismissal.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 122; 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 2-121; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The volume comprises copies of letters from Malcolm during the period when he was Governor of Bombay (his appointment was from 1 November 1827–1 December 1830). Malcolm arrived in Bombay around 26 December 1827. Much of his time was spent outside Bombay, touring the territories under his jurisdiction.Malcolm’s letters chiefly cover his management of the territories under his governorship, notably:Administrative and fiscal (commissariat) reforms of the Indian civil service introduced by Malcolm to improve efficiency, expertise and reduce costs, including employment of members of the indigenous populationCivil and military personnel, including appointments, recommendations, testimonials, letters of introduction, and promotionsRelations with local rulers, notably Sayajee of Baroda [Sayajirao Gaikwad II, Maharaja of Baroda, now Vadodara]Relations with British Residents in India, notably the Baroda ResidencyMalcolm’s battle with the judges of HM Supreme Court of Bombay who sought to extend their jurisdiction to the Deccan hinterland recently acquired by the Company, notably the closing of the court in April 1829 by Chief Justice Sir John Grant, Malcolm’s victory, and the reopening of the court (the dispute is referred to but the detail of each argument is not part of the correspondence)Malcolm’s decision to resign as Governor of Bombay, letter of resignation effective for 1 December 1830 (see folio 140), and anxiety about the appointment of his successorMalcolm’s relations with the Court of Directors of the East India CompanyPersonal matters including his health and desire to return home to Britain.The addressees are listed below in alphabetical order by surname, with dates and corresponding folios. (First names and ranks are included where they are stated in the volume). The majority of addressees were Malcolm’s colleagues and associates: governors, civil servants or military officers in parts of India controlled by the East India Company, British politicians and government officials, British Army officers, and other members of the British political and ruling Establishment. There are also letters to family members and friends. A number of letters are marked ‘Private’.Annesley, 30 October 1829 (ff 372-374)Lord Ashley, 22 March and 10 April 1829 (ff 157-158, 173-179)Committee of the Royal Asiatic Society, March 1829 (f 155)William Astell, 6 December 1828 and July 1829 (ff 126-127, 236-237)Baillie, 3 June 1829 (f 231)Lieutenant-Colonel Ballantyne, 16 January-26 April 1828 (ff 31, 40-41, 44, 50-52)Major Barnwell, 5 December 1828-10 March 1830 (ff 123-124, 145-146, 409-412, 418-419)Bayley (or Bagley), 10 January 1829 (f 302)Lieutenant-General Sir Sidney Beckwith, 31 December 1829-4 December 1830 (ff 399-402, 404-409, 413-415, 419-420, 440, 448-449, 451-452, 459-461, 491)Lord William Bentinck, 9 September 1828 and 10 January 1829 (ff 262-266, 301)H Borradaile, 15 September 1829 (f 357)Lieutenant Burnes (Assistant Quartermaster-General) 22 August 1829 (f 352)Cadell, 14 November 1829 (ff 380-381)Lord John Campbell, 14 December 1828 (ff 131-132)R Campbell, 15 January-30 July 1829 (ff 137-138, 152-154, 189-190, 235-236)Cawfield (or Caufield), 28 September 1829 (ff 360-361)Earl of Clare, 4 December 1830 (f 491)Sir Alured Clarke, 21 May 1829 (ff 204-205)Honourable Robert Clive, 7 December 1828-31 July 1829 (ff 129-131, 194-197, 242-243)Major Cobb, 21 March 1830 (ff 97-100)Captain Cobbe, 26 August 1828 (ff 260-261)Cockburn, 6 February-31 July 1829 (ff 142, 181-182, 185-186, 240)Sir Edward Colebrooke, 29 September and 14 December 1828 (ff 272-273, 295-296)Lord Combermere, 20 September 1828-22 August 1829 (ff 267-268, 276-278, 283-284, 293-294, 331, 351)Lieutenant-Colonel Conway, 10 January 1829 (f 303)Major Dangerfield, 31 October 1828 (ff 283)Major Dickinson, 2 December 1828-10 January 1830 (ff 293, 336-338, 361-362, 404)J A Dunlop, 14 April 1829 (f 320)Lord Ellenborough, 22 February-3 August 1829 (ff 149-150, 156, 167-168, 171-173, 203, 227-228, 243-245)James Farish, 18 December 1828 (ff 208-209)Fawcett, 11 March 1830 (ff 416-418)FitzClarence, 8 June 1829 (ff 230-231)Lord Fitzroy, 8 February 1829 (f 143)John Fleming, 21 May 1829 (ff 198-201)James Forbes, 21 February and 5 November 1829 (ff 147-148, 376)Frazer, 21 September 1828 (ff 270-271)Frederick, 2 July 1830 (ff 450-451)Admiral Gage, 30 March 1829 (ff 314-316)Lieutenant-Colonel Goodfellow, 17 December 1829-19 June 1830 (ff 398-399, 402-403, 431-432, 434, 436)H S Graeme 15 February and 16 October 1829 (ff 309, 368)A Graham, 1 March 1829 (ff 154-155)Sir James Graham, 20 May 1829 (ff 191-192, 197-198)David Haliburton, 15 December 1828 (ff 132-133)Lieutenant-Colonel Hardy, 20 April 1830 (ff 424-425)Henderson, 1 September and 27 November 1829 (ff 354-355, 381-384)Captain Hicks, 26 September 1829 (ff 358-359)George Higgs, 5 October 1829 (ff 365-366)Lieutenant-Colonel Hough, 28 February 1829 and 14 July 1830 (ff 316-317, 442)Captain Hughes, 12 December 1829 (f 386)Captain Jacob, 3 October and 7 November 1829 (ff 363-364, 377-378)Captain Jarvis, 2 December 1828 and 22 August 1829 (ff 323, 353)Captain Johnstone, 9 January 1828 (ff 22-23)Captain Jones, 7 January-25 December 1829 (ff 134-135, 141, 538)Captain Jopp, 6 February 1829 (f 308)Conde [Count] Julian, 16 January 1829 (ff 305-306)Lord Lansdowne, 20 May 1829 (ff 193-194)P W Le Geyt, 30 July 1830 (ff 111-113)Brigadier-General Leighton, 14 August 1829-24 August 1830 (ff 350, 429-431, 462-463)Captain John Lock, 6 December 1828-3 September 1829 (ff 128, 140, 144-145, 151, 156-157, 162-164, 169-170, 181-182, 203-204, 205-215, 222-227, 231-232, 238, 250-251)Lord (?), 17 January 1829 (f 76)Sir John Lubbock, 5 January-31 July 1829 (ff 138, 164-165, 241)Honourable S R Lushington, 25 August 1828-8 December 1829 (ff 257-260, 271-274, 280-281, 284-285, 296-298, 299, 304, 306-308, 310, 312-313, 335-336, 348, 356, 366-367, 369-370, 379, 385)Sir Charles Malcolm, 1 August-29 September 1830 (ff 456-457, 466-476, 484)Captain Duncan Malcolm, 26 October 1828 (ff 278-279)George (?) Malcolm, 29 July 1829 (f 345)Surgeon John Malcolm, 5 January and 15 February 1829 (f 300)C Marriott, 30 July 1829 (f 346)S Marriott, 4 December 1829 (ff 397-398)B Martin, 9 May 1829 (ff 328-329)James Melville, 13 January-3 August 1829 (ff 135-136, 139-140, 150-151, 160-162, 179-185, 188-191, 216-217, 228-229, 233-234, 239-240, 246)Lord Melville, 6 December 1828 (f 127)C T Metcalfe, 18 September 1828-23 June 1829 (ff 266-267, 286-291, 301-303, 336-337)Lieutenant-Colonel Miles, 3 August 1830 (f 114)R Money, 12 August 1829 (ff 349-350)H A Morrison, 15 September 1829 (f 358)Miss Murray, 20 May 1829 (ff 192-193)J Nesbit, 19 December 1827-30 October 1830 (ff 16, 61-62, 64-67, 78-85, 93-94, 103-105, 115-116)Charles Norris, 31 December 1829-6 November 1830 (ff 401, 410, 412, 426-427, 455-456, 461-464, 479, 486)George Norton, 26 April-3 October 1829 (ff 322-323, 634-635, 343-344, 364-366)Lieutenant Outram, 3 June and 22 October 1829 (ff 330, 369)Admiral Owen, 5 November 1829 (f 375)Pattison, 30 July 1829 (ff 234-235)Resident in the Persian Gulf, 14 November 1827 (f 11)Major Henry Pottinger, 2 February-28 April 1828 (ff 41-44, 62-63, 70, 100-101)R Pringle, 2 March 1829-13 August 1830 (ff 78, 437, 459)Pulteney (Pulteney Malcolm?), 20 April 1830 (ff 422-424)Colonel Ramsay, 18 December 1829 (f 387)J G Ravenshaw, 5 January and 22 March 1829 (ff 133-134)Captain Robertson, 30 July 1829 (ff 92-93, 158-159)Lieutenant-Colonel Robertson, 14 December 1827-3 June 1829 (ff 11-13, 17, 34-40, 46-47, 61, 70, 73-75, 85-90, 109-111, 331-334)J Romer, 18 March-29 September 1830 (ff 420-421, 439-440, 442-443, 457-458, 485)Rybot, 29 January 1829 (ff 396-397)Lord Sidmouth, 6 December 1828 (ff 124-126)Skinner, 14 December 1828 (f 295)Major-General Sir Lionel Smith, 25 July 1829-1 December 1830 (ff 342, 346-347, 425-428, 432-433, 444-447, 452-454, 479-484, 490)Captain Spiller, 14 August 1829 (f 350)Edward Sterling, May 1829 (ff 329-330)Major Stewart, 4 April 1829-17 July 1830 (ff 79-80, 83-84, 94-96, 106-108)J Sutherland, 30 July 1829 (f 346)George Swinton, 26 October 1828-27 May 1829 (ff 279-280, 305, 312, 317-319, 324-325)Captain Taylor, 1 December 1828 (f 292)Sir George Walker, 24 October 1828-28 October 1829 (ff 287-288, 327, 370-371)John Warden, 21 January 1828 and 3 April 1829 (ff 32-33, 316-317)J (or G) Wellesley, 27 September and 14 March 1829 (ff 114, 313-314)Duke of Wellington, 11 February-7 June 1829 (ff 146-148, 159, 166-167, 170-171, 220-221)James Williams, 14 December 1827-10 March 1830 (ff 13-16, 18-22, 33-34, 44-45, 47-48, 53-60, 65-66, 68, 71-72, 416-417)Thomas Williamson, 5 June-2 December 1830 (ff 436, 438-439, 449-450, 478, 482-483, 486-489)J P Willoughby, 14 December 1827-12 June 1830 (ff 14, 23-31, 45-46, 69-70, 72-77, 96, 421-422, 434-435, 441-442)Wood, 21 September and 23 November 1828 (ff 269, 287)W Wynn, 6 February and 21 June 1829 (f 142)Henry Young, 14 April 1829 (ff 319-320)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 494; 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 original pagination sequence dating from the 1920s is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. This sequence correlates to the description found in Samuel Charles Hill's
Catalogue of the Home Miscellaneous Series of the India Office Records(London: HMSO, for the India Office, 1927).
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, on a wide variety of miscellaneous topics which are ordered in the volume by chronology. Topics include:reopening of the railwaysoil stocks shortage of oilsecurity of the oil-producing areasappointments to the Persian governmentactions of the Persian governmentIncluded in the volume are letters (ff 14-16) between the British Consul-General, Tabriz (RW Urquhart) to HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) about plans for preventing a revolt by the Kurds.The principal correspondents in the volume include the Under-Secretary of State for India and HM Minister, Tehran.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 460; 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 papers regarding proposed reforms to the administration of India, particularly in relation to Aden, British Baluchistan, the North-West Frontier Province and the Department of External Affairs. The file includes a draft of a White Paper detailing the proposed reforms (ff 12-32), which would become the basis for the Government of India Act, 1935. The primary correspondent is the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 5, and terminates at f 35, as 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 present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains a note dated 24 April 1944 from the British Ambassador at Tehran, Reader William Bullard, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The note encloses ten lists detailing the administrative reorganisation of Persia [Iran] according to information supplied by the Iranian Ministry of the Interior. Each list represents an ustan [ostān], or province, with two further subheadings representing further subdivisions of each ustan (into shahristan [šahrestân] and bakhsh). Note that there is no material in the file relating to judicial matters, as the title erroneously suggests.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 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.