Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding a request from the Imperial Court of Persia for the recall of Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Dodd as British Military Attaché, due to a perceived slight by Dodd towards Reza Shah Pahlavi. The filealso covers an order from the Shah for Persian army officers to no longer socialise with Europeans. As well as Dodd, the primary correspondents are the Foreign Office and the British Legation, Tehran. Folios 105 and 113-116 are written in French.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 88, and terminates at f 152, 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.
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence regarding the employment of a German engineer at the Kuwait Electric Company (also referred to as the Kuwait Electric Light Company and the Kuwait Electric Supply Company), and the need for his replacement with a British Indian, due to the strategical importance of preventing German infiltration into the Arab side of the Persian Gulf.The main correspondence is from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for India, and the Political Agent at Kuwait. Also included is a hand-written extract from Kuwait Intelligence Summary No. 7 on German interests in Kuwait.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 inside back cover with 9; 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 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to individuals offering their services, mainly to the India Office or the Foreign Office, in the event of war, and for war work after the outbreak of the Second World War.It largely consists of correspondence between the India Office and the following:individuals applying for war work, including Bertram Thomas, Frank Symthe, Sir Evelyn Berkeley Howell, G W Carter, W R Ward, and C C L de Grenierthe Foreign Officethe Government of India, External Affairs Departmentthe War 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 73; 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 correspondence relating to the retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and from Government of India employment, and his desire for re-employment.It includes correspondence between Fowle and the following: the Secretary of State for India; Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office; and John Charles Walton, India Office. It also includes: correspondence between Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office, and Sir Alexander Cadogan, Foreign Office, Sir Lancelot Oliphant, Foreign Office, and Alexander Percival Waterfield, Ministry of Information; and other related India Office correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 44; 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 consists of papers regarding an investigation by the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East relating to the employment of German nationals in oil installations, particularly by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited and Iraq Petroleum Company.It contains: notes from the War Office, Petroleum Department, and Secretary to the Sub-Committee; and agendas and minutes for Sub-Committee meetings on 20 December 1938 and 1 May 1939. 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 22; 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 correspondence regarding the outstanding payment from the Government of Iran for Indian Medical Service officers lent to the Persian Gulf Quarantine Service between 1923 and 1928. The primary correspondents are: Sir Robert Clive, British Legation, Tehran; Francis Verner Wylie, Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; Mirza Mohamed Ali Khan Feroughi [Mohammad Ali Foroughi], Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iran; HM Chargé d'Affaires to Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 160, and terminates at f 178, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Thefile contains correspondence regarding the outstanding payment from ColinCampbell Garbett of income tax for his employment by the High Commission,Baghdad, between 1920 and 1922. As well as Mr Garbett, the primarycorrespondents are: Colonial Office; India Office; Neville Chamberlain,Chancellor of the Exchequer.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 53, and terminates at f 97, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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: Thefile contains correspondence regarding a request to the Government of Pakistanto approve the recruitment of Pakistani citizens to work as security guards atthe British Embassy in Tehran. The primary correspondents are the CommonwealthRelations Office, the British Embassy in Tehran, the High Commission to Pakistan and the ForeignOffice. The file includes a divider, which gives a list ofcorrespondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at theback 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 26; 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 file consists of a single letter from the Office of the High Commissioner for India to the Commonwealth Relations Office, regarding the appointment of Mr Mohammed Mansouri as Vice-Consul for Saudi Arabia at Bombay.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4, 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 part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 13 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures are dated 18 February 1840 to 28 February 1841, and relate to the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar.The enclosures mostly consist of copies of correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay (John Pollard Willoughby) and the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell); the Superintendent of the Indian Navy (Captain Robert Oliver); the Secretary to the Government of India (Thomas Herbert Maddock); and the British Agent at Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton).The correspondence concerns matters including:The suggestion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf that the European troops at Karrack [Kharg], should be removed from the Island and accommodated on shipboard during the hot season for health reasons, and the probable expense which would be incurred if this suggestion were adoptedThe British Agent at Muscat having arranged a passage to Bombay for the Chief of Sohar (Saied Hamood bin Azan) and his party, in the interests of maintaining good relations between the Chief of Sohar and the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatThe disapproval of the Government of Bombay of the transfer, at the suggestion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf, of a portion of the European crew of the East India Company’s steam ship
Bereniceto vessels of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, in contradiction of orders given by the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Commander of the
BereniceThe British Agent at Muscat proceeding to Zanzibar, and requesting permission to employ a writer and interpreter whilst on the mission to ZanzibarThe opinion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf as to whether it was still necessary for a Native Agent to be employed at Muscat, in addition to the European officer appointed British Agent at Muscat.In addition, this part also includes the following:Extracts of letters from the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] (Moollah Hoossain), reporting on events which had recently taken place on the Arabian Coast, principally concerning relations between Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī] of Sharjah, his son Suggur, and Shaikh Mukhtoom of Debay [Shaikh Maktoum bin Bati ibn Suhayl of Dubai]Intelligence received from the Native Agent at Muscat (Rubil bin Aslan) about the state of affairs in Muscat (also spelled Muskat)Intelligence received from the News Writer at Shiraz (Meerza Riza) and other sources about events in Persia [Iran].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-40, on folios 59-66. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
Abstract: Papers regarding a petition received from the Aden Labour Association, requesting help for unemployed Aden-born subjects, and criticising Government employment practices.The file contains: a letter from the Labour Party (UK) requesting a formal response; a report on the Aden Labour Association by R S Champion, Acting Chief Commissioner; and internal India Office and Colonial Office memoranda.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; 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 proposal of the Government of India to appoint an Indian as Trade Representative (or First Secretary) at the HM Legation at Tehran. After discussions and arrangements, the appointment was made in 1945.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the HM Legation at Tehran, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Secretary of State for India, and the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 121; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.