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61. 'Summary of Principal Events. 1908'
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- Abstract: The file consists of one volume containing a summary of principal events in 1908 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Intelligence Branch, Division of the Chief of Staff, Simla.It covers the following: Russia in Asia, Northern China, Bhutan, Burma, China, Indo-China, Japan, Korea, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands Indies, Siam, Sikkim, Tibet, Eastern Bengal and Assam, Persia, Turkey in Asia, Arabia, Somaliland, Abyssinia, Afghanistan, North-West Frontier, Baluchistan, and unrest in India.Topics include: politics - foreign and internal relations, military, communications, commercial, climate and health, resources, harbours, shipping, telegraphs, naval matters, and geography.Also includes one map on folio 28: 'SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA IN 1908'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; 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.
62. Aden Administration Reports, 1866-1885
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- Abstract: Annual administration reports of the Settlement of Aden. The volume contains the following reports:Administration Report of the Aden Settlement for 1866-67 (IOR/V/10/553/1)Administration Report of the Aden Settlement for 1867-68 (IOR/V/10/553/2)Administration Report of the Aden Settlement for 1868-69 (IOR/V/10/553/3)General report 'on the various Arab tribes in the neighbourhood of Aden, with which the Government of India have Treaty relations' 1871-72 (IOR/V/10/553/4)‘THE ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE RESIDENT AT ADEN FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1872-73’ (IOR/V/10/553/5)Administration Report of Aden for the year 1873-74 (IOR/V/10/553/6)Administration Report of Aden for the year 1875-76 (IOR/V/10/553/7)Administration Report of Aden for the year 1876-77 (IOR/V/10/553/8)Administration Report of the Settlement of Aden for the year 1877-78 (IOR/V/10/553/9)Administration Report on Aden for the year 1878-79 (IOR/V/10/553/10)Administration Report on Aden for the year 1880-81 (IOR/V/10/553/11)Administration Report of Aden for the year 1881-82 (IOR/V/10/553/12)Administration Report of the Settlement of Aden for the year 1882-83 (IOR/V/10/553/13)Administration Report of the Settlement of Aden for the year 1884-85 (IOR/V/10/553/14).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 281; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: Multiple intermittent pagination sequences are also present.
63. File 4282/1923 ‘Persia: Annual Reports’
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- Abstract: Annual administration reports regarding Persia [Iran]. The reports provide a summary record of the main events and developments in Persia during the financial years of 1910 (ff 324-346), 1922 (ff 290-322), 1923 (ff 253-287), 1926 (ff 214-245), 1927 (ff 178-213), 1928 (ff 136-177), 1929 (ff 98-132), 1930 (ff 54-94), and 1931 (ff 3-52). The reports are divided into three areas: introductory letter, contents of the report and enclosures. A table of contents appears at the beginning of each report.Most of the reports include the following:General summary of eventsReview of the yearRelations with foreign countriesCapitulationsInternal affairsConcessionsTelegraphsBritish post officesTradeConsular affairsClaimsMilitary and naval affairsMedical affairsRefugeesMiscellaneous.The introductory letters are written by the British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia (George Head Barclay in the case of the first report, followed by Percy Lyham Loraine, Robert Henry Clive, and Reginald Hervey Hoare successively for the remaining reports). The reports were printed for use by the Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 346; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front or back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
64. Coll 30/146 'Oil: Bahrain Petroleum Company: Annual Reports.'
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- Abstract: The file contains Annual Reports of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for the years 1934-1946 inclusive, with associated covering letters and acknowledgements. The papers also include approximately twelve general maps of Bahrain.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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 383; 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.
65. Coll 30/155 'Bahrein: Administration Reports, 1926- Annual Reports'
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- Abstract: The file contains an Administrative Report and ten Annual Reports issued by the Government of Bahrain for the period 1926-46, with a small quantity of interspersed India Office covering letters, minutes and correspondence. The reports bear manuscript annotations.The file includes the following reports:'Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1356 (March 1937 - February 1938)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1357 (March 1938 - February 1939)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1358 (February 1939 - February 1940)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1359 (February 1940 - February 1941)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1364 (January 1945 - December 1945)''Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1365 (December 1945 - November 1946)'.The correspondence includes letters dated May 1941 from the Political Agent, Bahrain (Reginald George Evelyn William Alban) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) commenting on the causes of public disaffection in Bahrain and discontent with the local administration (folios 319-327); and a further letter from Prior dated 1945 concerning allowances made to the ruling family of Bahrain (folios 19-22).Folios 3-26 are minutes and correspondence dated 1942-47, and are not in chronological order.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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 503; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
66. Coll 28/67 ‘Persia: Annual Reports’
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- Abstract: The file contains a single printed copy of a general report on events in Persia [Iran] during 1947 and 1948, submitted by the British Ambassador at Tehran, John Helier Le Rougetel. The file also includes a cover slip and a page of office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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.
67. Coll 30/231 'Annual Political Review of Events in the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: The file contains copies of the Annual Report (political review of events in the Persian Gulf) of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay, for the years 1948 and 1949. The report for 1948 was the first to be submitted to the Foreign Office. The reports provide a summary of political events in the ten Arab shaikhdoms on the western shore of the Persian Gulf, whose foreign relations were handled by the British Government, and Muscat and Oman.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 16; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
68. Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.'
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- Abstract: This file contains copies of the monthly diary of the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire that was compiled by the Secretary of the Political Resident in Bushire.The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that month, most entries contain the following headings:movements of British officialslocal affairstribal and politicalsecuritypublic healthpublic relationsshipping and commercetribal and politicalmeteorologicalcommunicationseconomic situationwar suppliesThe 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 468; 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 2-468; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
69. Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946'
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- Abstract: This file contains copies of the monthly diary of the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire that was compiled by the Secretary of the Political Resident in Bushire.The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that month, most entries contain the following headings:movementslocal affairscommunicationsmilitaryelectionstribalpoliticaltrade and commercepublic healthcountry craftThe 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; 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 4-72; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
70. Coll 30/5(3) 'Bahrein [sic] Residency Monthly Letter - Summary of Events'
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- Abstract: This file contains copies of a monthly summary of events that was compiled by the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain (having moved there from Bushire in 1946).The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that particular month, most entries contain the following headings:the residencyvisitorstoursrelations with the USArelations with Saudi Arabiarelations with Persiarelations with Indiarelations with Iraqrelations with Pakistanoilcivil aviationBahrainMuscatTrucial Coasteconomic supplementquarantine and medicalslave tradeThe 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 127; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
71. Coll 30/5(3) 'Persian Gulf Bahrain Residency Monthly Letter - Summary of Events'
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- Abstract: This file contains copies of a monthly summary of events that was compiled by the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain (having moved there from Bushire in 1946).The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that particular month, most entries contain the following headings:generaleducationresidency staffeconomicBahrainKuwaitTrucial CoastMuscatmaritimecommunicationsThe 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 97; 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.
72. Coll 6/19 'Arabia: (Saudi Arabia) Hejaz-Nejd Annual Report.'
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- Abstract: This file contains copies of annual reports regarding the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia) during the years 1930-1938 and 1943-1944.The reports were produced by the British Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard) and sent to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (and in the case of these copies, forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India), with the exception of the reports for 1943 and 1944, which appear to have been produced and sent by His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda, Stanley R Jordan.The reports covering 1930-1938 discuss the following subjects: foreign relations; internal affairs; financial, economic and commercial affairs; military organisation; aviation; legislation; press; education; the pilgrimage; slavery and the slave trade; naval matters. The reports for 1943 and 1944 are rather less substantial. The 1943 report discusses Arab affairs, Saudi relations with foreign powers, finance, supplies, and the pilgrimage, whilst the 1944 report covers these subjects in addition to the following: the activities of the United States in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East Supply Centre, and the Saudi royal family.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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-12 and ff 45-268; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.