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169. Affairs in Persia and the Bagdad Pachalic
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 3 of 1853, dated 26 March 1853. The enclosure is numbered 21 and is dated 15 February 1853.The enclosure consists of a letter from HM Consul at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay in the Political Department, forwarding under a flying seal a copy of a despatch to the address of the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, enclosing copies of two despatches addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord John Russell, concerning affairs of Persia [Iran] and the Bagdad Pachalic [Pashalik].In the first despatch to Lord Russell, dated 14 February 1853, Rawlinson states that the mother of Prince Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār] has learned that the Shah expresses much regret at having allowed her and her son to leave Persia, and that great efforts will now be made to compel them to return. Rawlinson reports that, fearing for her son’s life, she has implored Rawlinson to bring the case under the special consideration of Lord Russell, and to solicit that if the Porte [the Government of the Ottoman Empire] should rescind permission for Abbas Mirza to reside in Turkish [Ottoman] territory, then he should be allowed to proceed either to England or to India.The second despatch to Russell, dated 15 February 1853, encloses copies of despatches addressed by Rawlinson to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran, Colonel Justin Sheil, and HM Chargé d’Affaires at Constantinople [Istanbul], Colonel Hugh Rose, relating to the march of the Prince of Kermanshah on Zohab [Sarpol-e Zahab]. Rawlinson states in his letter to Rose that there is nothing to indicate hostile intentions towards Turkey [the Ottoman Empire] on the part of the Persians, but that they appear to be planning ‘some engineering operations’. Rawlinson also discusses a difficult situation which has resulted from the Kurdish tribe the Ja’af [Jaff], which is subject to Turkey but which usually encamps in the pastures of Zohab, going much further into Persian territory than has been the custom, and many ‘refractory’ Persian chiefs taking refuge in the Ja’af camp.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-3, on folio 462. The number 3 is repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of the enclosure.
170. Persia and Bagdad Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 36 of 1853, dated 23 May 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 16 April 1853.The papers relate to affairs in Persian [Iranian] and the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik]. Details discussed include the following:Troop movements of the Government of Persia and consideration of its motivation as well as its relations with Russia, Turkey and BritainQuarantine procedures and regulations in the Turkish ports in the Persian Gulf including Bussora [Basra].Correspondents include the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; and HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
171. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 148 of 1846, dated 12 December 1846. The enclosures are dated 26 October-9 December 1846.The enclosures mainly relate to British relations with the ‘Arab Chieftans’ of the vicinity, in particular:Haines’s account of the continued hostility and intractability of Sultan M’Houssain Fudthel of Lahidge [Sulṭān Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī, Sulṭān of Lahej] and the consequent suspension of the monthly stipend paid to him by the BritishThe apparent eagerness of several other local ‘chiefs’, including Sultan Ahmed Abdulla Foutheli [Sulṭān Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh al-Faḍlī], to agree terms of peace with the British and obtain the removal of the British blockade of their portsThe resumption of kafilahs [caravans carrying supplies] entering Aden townThe Government of Bombay’s opinion that a division between the Foutheli and Abdali tribes might be to their benefitHaines’s condition of peace that the Sayud Ismail [Sayyid Ismā‘īl] be removed to a distant country and be prohibited from returning to the vicinity of AdenReports received by Haines that Sultan M’Houssain Fudthel intends to come to Aden after Eyed [Eid] to sign peace termsHaines’s report of the Sultan of Lahidge’s attempt to seize Foutheli camels returning from the Aden market, the resulting deaths and capture of Foutheli prisoners, and the intention of the Foutheli to retaliate against the AbdaliA report by Haines of the death of Sallem bin Sallah [Sālim bin Ṣāliḥ] who was wounded by a Foutheli raiding party, and the incidental wounding by grape shot, fired from the Aden field works, of three men of the kafilah who received medical treatment at Aden.The principal correspondents are Haines, the Government of Bombay, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (30 folios)
172. Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 93 of 1846, dated 28 August 1846. The enclosure is dated 24 April 1846.The primary document is a despatch from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of HH the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also spelled Muskat in this item], based in Zanzibar, to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay.In his despatch Hamerton reports on the friendly relations for some time existing between himself and the Imam, ever since the receipt by the Imam of a letter dated 27 November 1844 from Lord Aberdeen [Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]. Hamerton also refers to the frequent complaints formerly made against him by the Custom Master and the Imam’s Secretary, which were the result of his ‘breaking down a system from which they and many others derived considerable pecuniary advantages’.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
173. The Complaint of the Persian Consul at Bombay
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 53 of 1843.The enclosure consists of the following:A letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 13 May 1843, regarding the complaint of the Persian Consul at Bombay [Mumbai], Aga Mahomed Rahim Khan Sheerazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥīm Khān Shīrāzī, also written as Hajee Mahomed Raheem Khan Maleektoojar in this item], to the Persian Government, that since his appointment to that office he does not receive the kindness and attention from the Government of Bombay to which he considers himself entitledThe response of the Government of Bombay, dated 17 July 1843, that the Governor in Council is not aware that Mahomed Rahim Khan Sheerazee has any just grounds for complaint, and that the Governor is ‘desirous of extending to him any civility or attention that may be usual and proper, in order to mark the high respect of this Government towards his Majesty the King [Shāh] of Persia’ (f 386)Copies of correspondence of the Government of Bombay with Mahomed Rahim Khan Sheerazee, and in relation to him, enclosed in the Government of Bombay’s response to Sheil, so that Sheil is fully aware of the treatment which Mahomed Rahim Khan Sheerazee has received from the Government of BombayA letter from the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay forwarding copies of the above two letters to the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.In addition to Sheil, the Government of Bombay, and Mahomed Rahim Khan Sheerazee, other correspondents are: Sir John McNeill, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia; Mahomed Jaffer Khan [Muḥammad Ja’far Khān], bearer of the firman from the Shah of Persia appointing Mahomed Rahim Khan Sheerazee Persian Consul at Bombay; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson; and the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Thomas Herbert Maddock. The item also includes a translation of the firman from the Shah of Persia, Mahomed Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār], to Hajee Mahomed Raheem Khan Maleektoojar.Physical description: 1 item (24 folios)
174. The East India Company's connection with Turkish Arabia, 1646-1846, Vol 24
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- Abstract: This volume consists of a report by Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government of Bombay's Political and Secret Department, on the East India Company's connection with Turkish Arabia during the period 1646-1846.Also included is a plan of the city of Bussorah [Basra] (f 38).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 351; 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 and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.Pagination: the file also contains an original handwritten pagination sequence.The sequence includes two foliation anomalies, ff 140a and 141a.
175. Coll 7/48A 'Afghanistan: sale of surplus American military equipment to'
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- Abstract: Correspondence between the Government of India External Affairs Department, the India Office Political Department, and HM Legation Kabul, regarding approaches made by the Afghan Government to purchase military and civil equipment from American surplus stock. The correspondence includes discussion of the sale of equipment under lend/lease arrangements, and British and Indian concerns over Afghanistan acquiring arms or ammunition from other sources.A communication from the Afghan Foreign Ministry, sending a list of members of an Afghan Commission to India with a view to purchasing American equipment, can be found at folio 8. Heads of Agreement between the Governments of India and the USA regarding the disposal of surplus American equipment in India can be found at folio 5.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
176. Coll 28/1 ‘Persia. Treaties & Relations with Foreign Powers. Treaties with Czechoslovakia, Norway, Germany, Finland, France, U.S.A., Belgium, Denmark, Latvia, Switzerland, Hungary, Japan.’
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- Abstract: Papers reporting on various treaties and agreements signed between the Persian [Iranian] Government, and other foreign powers. The agreements and related papers were sent by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India, accompanied by a cover note. The file includes the texts of a number of these agreements, all of which are in French. In some instances, copies of correspondence between government representatives are appended to the agreements, as are newspaper cuttings reporting agreements.The file also includes papers and British Government correspondence relating to a break in diplomatic relations between Iran and France from 28 December 1938 to 19 February 1939, in response to articles about cats ( chats) appearing in the French press, perceived by the Iranian Government to be an allusion to the Shah.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 115; 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 exists between ff 2-114 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
177. Coll 1/77 'Appointment of an Indian Trade Agent in Aden'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the External Department of the Office of the High Commissioner for India, and the Commonwealth Relations Office, regarding the proposed appointment of an Indian Trade Agent in Aden. The proposed appointment is later modified to one of Assistant Trade Commissioner, and then Commissioner.The file also contains correspondence between the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Colonial Office, regarding the functions to be exercised by the Trade Agent.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
178. Coll 17/1 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Bon Voisinage Agreement and Extradition; Treaty of Friendship, 1936'
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- Abstract: This file contains papers regarding relations between the Government of Iraq and the Government of Hejaz and Najd (later Saudi Arabia). It documents negotiations for the conclusion of the 1931 Bon Voisinage Agreement, Arbitration Protocol and Extradition Treaty, and the 1936 Treaty of Friendship (also referred to as the Treaty of Alliance). It includes discussions on: the treatment of tribal and political offenders; proposals for an alliance or federation of Arab states; customs arrangements between Iraq and Saudi Arabia; the first Iraqi diplomatic mission to Najd and the Hejaz in 1932; delimitation of the border; abolition of the neutral zone at Tawal [Tawāl]; and an agreement concerning the rights of the Shammar tribes.The papers primarily comprise correspondence between the Foreign Office, HM Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, later Stonehewer-Bird), the High Commissioner for Iraq (Francis Henry Humphrys), and the India Office Political Department. The file also contains correspondence between these officials and the Iraqi and Saudi Ministries for Foreign Affairs, as well as translations of notes communicated by the Iraqi Prime Minister (Nuri Pasha) and Ibn Sa'ud ['Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd].In addition to the correspondence, the following treaty texts and minutes are found within the file:Draft texts of the Bon Voisinage Treaty, Arbitration Protocol and Extradition Treaty, signed at Mecca on 7-8 April, ff 269-280.Memorandum by HM Embassy at Iraq on the proposed Iraqi-Saudi Treaty of Friendship, ff 171-172.English translations of drafts of the proposed treaty, ff 183-186, 153-160.English translation of the version of the Treaty of Friendship signed on 2 April 1936, ff 110-139.Notes on the Saudi-Iraq Boundary dispute, ff 105-108.English translation of the Residence and Passport Agreement between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, signed 1936, ff 88.Notes on a meeting between Maurice Peterson and the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1939, ff 73-75.The file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-3).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 428; 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 2-427; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.
179. Coll 30/127 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Relations between Ibn Saud and the Sheikh of Kuwait'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Residency and the Political Agency in Kuwait, concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.The correspondence in the file focuses on a visit made to Kuwait by the King of Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al'-Aziz bin 'Abd al-Rahman bin Faysal Al Sa'ud (referred to as Ibn Saud in the file), in 1935 and a reciprocal visit to Saudi Arabia made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, in 1939. A detailed account of Ibn Saud's visit to Kuwait is contained between folios 35 and 42.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 83; 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.
180. Coll 17/31 'Iraq. Posts under Iraqi Govt. filled by British subjects.'
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- Abstract: The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to job vacancies under the Government of Iraq being filled by British subjects. It includes papers concerning the following vacancies:Adviser to the Ministry of Economics and Communications.Chief Engineer to the Irrigation Department.Two Heads of Section and ten Surveyors to be recruited through the Surveyor General of India.Judges.Director-General of Railways.Deputy Director-General of Railways.Assistant Engineer for the Iraqi Railways.Financial Adviser for the Ministry of Finance.Director of the Port of Basra.Two experts to carry out a comprehensive survey of Iraq’s mineral resources.Expert in criminal investigation.Chief Surveyor for major irrigation schemes.Forestry expert.The correspondence largely consists of India Office internal notes, and correspondence and copy correspondence between the following: the India Office and the Foreign Office; the India Office and the Government of India External Affairs Department; and the Foreign Office and HM Ambassador to Iraq, Baghdad (Archibald Clark Kerr, Sir Maurice Peterson, Sir Basil Newton, Sir Kinahan Cornwallis).The file includes a copy of the Government of Iraq ‘Form of Contract for Foreign Officials’ which is printed in both English and Arabic (folios 187 to 194).The file includes two dividers, which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are 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 297; 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 2-297; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.