Abstract: The file concerns the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including Central Public Works Department (A Croad), India Office officials (John Charles Walton, R Peel, E P Donaldson), Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick Pethick Lawrence), External Affairs Department of the Government of India (W R Hay, Aubrey Metcalfe), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Geoffrey Prior), the Foreign Office (C W Baxter, George William Rendel, Ernest Bevin, Orme Sargent, J T Henderson), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), HM Treasury, the British Ministry at Tehran (Reader William Bullard), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Colonial Office.The correspondence relates specifically to the following:discussion on the design of the new Residency building at Bahrainproposed Residency site on Muharraq Islandviews against the transfer from HM Ministry at Tehran and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Foreign Office's decision to go aheadTreaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union and Iran (ff 302-304)withdrawal from Bushireadministration of the Arab states in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 406; 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 concerns the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain in 1946, and the conversion of the Royal Navy Base in Bahrain for the use of the Political Resident.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including the India Office, Admiralty, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India, HM Treasury, the Public Works Department of the Government of India, the Ministry of Works, the Commonwealth Relations Office.The correspondence relates specifically to the following:new buildings required at the Naval Base, including four architectural drawings (ff 359-361, f 285)conversion of Jufair Naval buildings as site for the new Residencywireless transmitting stationlist of building and works at the Naval Base taken over by the Political Resident in August 1946 (ff 304-319)estimate of costsplan of empty land situated at Qadhibia (outskirts of Manama), Harbour of Bahrain, which has been sold by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain (f 208)air conditioning in the new Residency buildingregulations relating to the occupation of Embassy and Legation houses, the property of, or leased by, His Majesty's Government (ff 122-125)Ministry of Works report of visit to Bahrain and plans to build a new Residency (ff 107-117)Admiralty's need to reoccupy buildings in the Naval base at Jufair.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 368; 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 4-368; these numbers are also written in pencil, but the majority are not circled, where these have previously been circled they have been crossed through.
Abstract: The file concerns the financial aspects of the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The correspondence relates specifically to the budget provisions for 1947-48.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 11; 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 concerns the financial aspects of the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, HM Treasury, and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.The correspondence relates specifically to the following:'Future arrangements regarding administration and control in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf';budgets of British Consulates in Iran, Political Residency and Political Agencies in 1946-48;war expenditure;demand for grants for building works;application of Foreign Service Regulations to the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 189; 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 internal correspondence about and with subjects appointed as Secretary and British Consul at Bushire. The correspondence regards suitability of the candidates, terms of employment, discussions on pay and starting dates.The file covers:appointment of Everald Huddleston Gastrell as Secretary and Consul, in 1931appointment of Arnold Crawshaw Galloway as Consul, in 1937appointment of A C Stewart as Secretary and Consul, in 1939proposed appointment of a full time Consul for the duration of the War, and until 1946appointment of R G Daubeny as Consul, in 1943appointment of J C E Bowen as Consul, in 1945appointment of Arnold Crawshaw Galloway as Consul-General, in 1946charge certificate of A L A Dredge as Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, in 1947.The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Viceroy, the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran, the Passport Office, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The file also contains correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran and the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 190; 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 volume concerns relations between the British Government and the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia).The volume largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence. The correspondence near the beginning of the volume discusses Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's] wish to enter into full diplomatic relations with the British Government. The Hejazi Government's proposal in 1929 to establish a legation in London is accompanied by a request for the British Government to raise the status of its Agency and Consulate in Jedda to the same status.The subsequent correspondence in the volume discusses the following:The British Government's consideration (and acceptance) of Ibn Saud's proposal, and the appointment of Sir Andrew Ryan as His Majesty's Minister at the British Legation in Jedda in May 1930.Hafiz Wahba's appointment as Hejazi Minister in London in 1930.Complaints made by the Hejazi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding Sir Andrew Ryan's attitude and conduct since his arrival in Jedda.Details of an Hejazi-Nejdi diplomatic mission to Europe (including visits to Italy, France, Britain, and the Netherlands), undertaken in May 1932 and headed by Amir Feisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Hejazi Minister for Foreign Affairs (this part of the volume includes detailed accounts of the mission's meetings with Foreign Office officials during its visit to London).Sir Andrew Ryan's account of his meeting with Ibn Saud at Taif in July 1934, and their discussion of the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, in the Anglo-Ottoman convention of 1913) and the Kuwait blockade.Details of several meetings held at the Foreign Office between Fuad Bey Hamza (Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia), Sir Andrew Ryan and George William Rendel (Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department), during September 1934, regarding the 'blue line', the Kuwait blockade, and the future of the Treaty of Jedda (the treaty signed between Britain and Ibn Saud in 1927).Requests from the Italian Government for information regarding Fuad Bey Hamza's visit to London.The volume features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Agent and Consul at Jedda, a position that was raised to His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda in late 1929 (Hugh Stonehewer Bird, William Linskill Bond, Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, and Albert Spencer Calvert successively); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Ronald William Graham); Ibn Saud; Amir Faisal; officials of the Hejazi/Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the India Office.In addition to correspondence, the volume contains a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. The meeting, which took place in London on 8 November 1934, was primarily concerned with the settlement of the 'blue line' issue, the Saudi-Transjordan frontier, and the Kuwait blockade.The volume includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 449; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
Abstract: The file concerns the British Consulate at Ahwaz.The file covers:proposed increase of salaries of the subordinate staffrevision of the office allowanceproposal to increase in the emoluments of the Head-Clerk and Head-Munshi at Ahwazgrant of house rent allowance to Vice-Consul.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India, the British Consulate at Ahwaz, the British Consul for Khuzistan, and the British Legation at Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio 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.
Abstract: The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Resht.The file covers:expenditure of the Vice-Consulsupply of maps to the Vice-Consuloffice allowance, paid jointly by Government of India and Foreign Officelease of Consulate buildings to the Imperial Bank of Persia from January 1934death of Munshi acting Vice-Consul, and consequent closure of the Vice-Consulate in August 1935sale of the property, in 1936proposed establishment of a career Consulate in 1942.The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the British Vice Consulate at Resht, the British Legation at Tehran, the Stationery Office, the Office of Works, and the Imperial Bank of Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 98; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to the appointment of Iranian ambassadors and consular representatives to India. The correspondence relates to: the appointment of Ali Mu’tamidi as Iranian Ambassador to New Delhi in March 1948, his replacement by Nouri Esfandiari in January 1949; and the appointment of Ezzatullah Ferji Shadan as Vice-Consul to Bombay [Mumbai] in March 1949. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office; the Commonwealth Relations Office.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: The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Meshed (Mashhad, Iran).The file covers:office allowance and pay, in 1923proposal to transfer the Consulate outside the town, in 1928, rejected by the Government of India for financial reasonsreport of fire broken out on 14 October 1929 in the Consulate building, and repairs neededsupply of fire extinguishersencroachment made on Consulate property by a neighbourappointment of Attaché, in 1932estimates for special works to be done in 1934office allowance increase, in 1935street-widening scheme affecting Consulate property, 1936claim from Iranian Authorities for asphalting footpath in front of Consulate, in 1938replacement of motor lorry, in 1939.The file is composed of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the British Consulate at Meshed (Khorasan), the Viceroy, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Office of Works.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 171; 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 two letters from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the British Legation in Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen. The first letter, dated 29 December 1934, refers to reports in the Persian press of the termination of appointments of all honorary Persian consuls on 1 January 1935. The second letter, dated 1 August 1935, reports the establishment by the Iranian Government of a number of new diplomatic and consular posts around the world.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.
Abstract: The file concerns Diplomatic and Consular expenditure towards the cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran, and the maintenance of Christian cemeteries.The file contains:proposal that Indian Revenues should contribute towards the maintenance of a British Chaplain in Tehran, 1923; includes Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on British cemeteries abroadlists of members of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and their families buried in Persiafinancial contributions to the Christian Cemetery Fund, Yezdmaintenance of the British cemeteries of Henjam and Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] after the end of British occupation, in 1935construction of a wall around the new Cemetery site at Kuwait, in 1936list of inscriptions on memorials and gravestones in the cemeteries at Basidu and Henjam, 1936removal of tombstones to the British Cemetery at Shiraz from the old Armenian Cemeteryreplacement of damaged War Grave tablets in the British Cemetery at Shiraz.The file is composed of correspondence between the India Office, the Office of Works, the Foreign Office, the British Legation at Tehran, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the High Commissioner for India, the British Consulate at Kerman, the British Consulate at Shiraz, the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Admiralty, the Imperial War Graves Commission, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.There is a document in French, an extract from
Le Messager de Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 350; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.