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1. '11/3 ACTIVITIES OF SAUDI ARABIANS IN DOHA'
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- Abstract: This file is entitled 'Activities of Saudi Arabians in Doha'; however, it concerns the activities of Saudi Arabians in Bahrain. The file includes correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain George Ashmead Cole, Political Agent at Bahrain; and Charles Dalyrmple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government.Correspondence between 1934 and 1935 concerns a Saudi proclamation ( i‘lān) posted on a wall in the Manama Pearl Bazaar without the permission of the Government of Bahrain (ff 2-3); action regarding a Nejd [Najd] travel document issued to Mohomed Ali [Muḥammad ‘Alī bin ‘Īd] and signed by Shaikh Mohomed al-Tawil [Muḥammad al-Ṭawīl], a Saudi official accompanying the Saudi Arabia Delegation in Bahrain (ff 4-8); and a case involving a Saudi subject charged with importing a rifle into Bahrain and selling it at Muharraq, plus a subsequent letter from Hamad Sulaiman [Ḥamad bin Sulaymān], a member of the Saudi Arabian Delegation in Bahrain, to Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah regarding the matter (ff 9-13). The remainder of the file (ff 14-25) consists of copies of correspondence between the Political Resident and the India Office with regards to the issue of the flying of the Saudi Arabian flag by the Trade Agent of ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd [Ibn Saud] on Fridays at Kuwait, and how this issue pertains to the other Shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf, including Bahrain.Notable Arabic documents include the aforementioned proclamation, dated 23 Sha‘bān 1353 [1 December 1934], concerning plans by the Government of Saudi Arabia to offer to carry fifty pilgrims in motor cars from Hasa (al-Aḥsā’) to Mecca and Medina (f 3), with a partial translation appearing on folio 25; and the aforementioned travel document ( tadhkirat huwīyat al-musāfir) issued by the Government of Saudi Arabia and including the stamps of the passport offices of Qatif [al-Qaṭīf] and Bahrain (f 5).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 1-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
2. ‘File 28/65 Treatment of foreigners and enemy foreigners’
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- Abstract: The file contains a copy of a secret Government of India letter, dated 28 September 1945, containing instructions for the treatment of foreigners and enemy foreigners, after the cessation of war hostilities: removal of enemy foreigners from India; compulsory repatriation, with consideration of relaxation of compulsory repatriation under certain conditions (risk of persecution on return to their own country; connections with India; involvement in work of national importance); review of individual cases; withdrawal of restrictions on enemy foreigners, including exclusion from major ports and the provinces of Assam and Bengal. The file also contains a copy of a memorandum from the Home Department of the Government of Bengal, dated 10 October 1945, concerning the withdrawal of ‘mild’ restrictions on British subjects of foreign origin, which required them to notify the authorities of changes of address or intention to travel.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 8; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-6; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
3. 'File D/1 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Baghdad (Iraq).'
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- Abstract: This file is largely formed of miscellaneous correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the British Embassy, Baghdad (also spelled Bagdad in the file). Several items of correspondence are written in Arabic.The file contains translations of letters and memoranda from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which requests are made for the Embassy's (and by extension, the Agency's) assistance in matters regarding former residents of Iraq (most of whom are also Iraqi citizens) who are thought to be living and working in Bahrain. Most of the requests are for legal documents (some of which are judicial summons) to be issued to Iraqi employees in Bahrain so that they may be signed, countersigned, and returned.The file also includes translated copies of letters, addressed to the British Consuls at Baghdad and Basra respectively, from Iraqi residents requesting assistance in the recovery of debts and maintenance payments from relatives and acquaintances who are now residing in Bahrain. In response to these requests the Political Agent advises that those seeking remittance should be instructed to file a regular suit in the Bahrain Agency Court, either in person or through an accredited agent.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 107; 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 12-88; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
4. 'File D/2 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Basrah'
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- Abstract: This file largely consists of correspondence between the British Consul, Basra, and the Political Agent, Bahrain, regarding Bahraini citizens residing in Iraq. Most of the file is concerned with requests for the Political Agent's assistance, made by the Consul on behalf of various Bahraini citizens. The file contains translated copies of letters and petitions addressed to the Consul, and one item that is written in Arabic: an original copy of a letter, which is also addressed to the British Consul.Matters discussed in the correspondence include: the repatriation to Basra (where his father lives) of a boy living in Bahrain; the arrest (and subsequent release without charge) in Iraq of a Bahraini citizen; disputes regarding the nationalities of persons enlisted for military training under Iraq's conscription law; a Bahraini citizen's request for assistance in the recovery of proceeds and jewellery from two fellow Bahrainis; the verification of the legality (in British law) of a marriage performed in the Shara [Sharia] Court of Bahrain.Other correspondents include the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.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 51; 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 3-30 and ff 31-36; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
5. Coll 28/31 ‘Persia. Judicial; Law relating to entry & residence of foreigners’
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- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to the Persian Government’s introduction of new legislation, under which foreigners entering or resident in Persia [Iran] had to notify their presence in the country with the Persian authorities. Included in the file are copies and extracts of the new legislation, in French original, as well as in English and Urdu translation, which also includes details of new visa and customs legislation.Correspondence between the India Office (George William Rendel), Foreign Office (Charles William Baxter), British Legation in Tehran (Robert Henry Clive; Charles Dodd; Reginald Hervey Hoare), and the Government of India, discusses the implications of the new legislation for British and other foreign interests in Persia, including: British consular officers in Persia; the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; British vessels visiting Persian ports in the Persian Gulf; foreigners in motor cars in Persia; pilgrims travelling from India to Iraq via Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 65; 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.
6. Coll 28/32 ‘Persia; Foreigners in; Expropriation by Persian municipalities of property of foreigners.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence concerning the expropriation of property belonging to foreigners in Persia [Iran] by the Persian Government. The papers chiefly concern a set of silk cocoon drying sheds and storage facilities belonging to a Greek subject in Resht [Rasht], which were demolished by the town’s municipal authorities in 1931 for the purpose of street widening. Papers also discuss the subsequent claim made by the Hellenic Government against the Persian Government. The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Vice-Consulate at Resht (Archibald William Davis); the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive); the British Chargé d’Affaires in Persia (Lacy Baggallay).Later correspondence in the file, dated 1934, relates to the transfer of responsibility for Greek nationals in Persia, from the British to the Turkish Government.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
7. Coll 6/35 'Hejaz-Nejd. Ownership of property by foreigners.'
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- Abstract: This file relates to the ownership of property in the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) by foreigners. The early correspondence in the file (1930-1931) relates to the estates of deceased British Indian citizens (and one Chinese national). The remainder of the file's correspondence is chiefly concerned with the status of private properties in the Hejaz belonging to the Hashimite family. Much of this correspondence documents the progress of negotiations for the aforementioned properties to be restored to the Hashimite family; further correspondence speculates on the possible impact on Hashimite properties of Saudi regulations introduced in October 1934 (a translated copy of which is included in the file, at folios 39-44) which, it is reported, state that foreigners may not own immovable property in the country.The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon); the High Commissioner for Transjordan (Arthur Grenfell Wauchope); the British Resident, Transjordan (Charles Henry Fortnom Cox); His Majesty's Ambassador in Baghdad (Sir Francis Henry Humphrys); His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill); the British Consul General, Kashgar (Frederick Williamson); the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Nuri Al Sa'id [Nūrī al-Sa‘īd], former Iraqi Prime Minister; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, and the Government of Bombay's Political Department.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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 129; 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 2-128; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
8. Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.'
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- Abstract: This file, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, relates to the position and national status of British subjects and protected persons residing in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The correspondence includes discussion of the following:The treatment of foreign chauffeurs employed by the Hejazi Government.Details of a proposed census of all male inhabitants of Hejazi towns, and the possible implications for foreign residents.Reports that the authorities in Mecca are demanding that foreign residents produce documentary proof of their foreign nationality within fifteen days, with the alternatives being either to adopt Saudi nationality or to leave the country within three months.The status in Saudi Arabia of natives of the Hadramaut.Reports of British protected persons of African origin being pressured to leave the country within a period of ten days (or in certain cases, to enter military service).Reports that British Indian chauffeurs and mechanics working in Saudi Arabia have been informed that they cannot continue working in their occupations unless they adopt Saudi nationality, on the grounds that cars which are engaged for military purposes cannot be driven or maintained by foreigners.The file features the following correspondents: His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia (Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd); officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.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 (folio 2).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 87; 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 3-86; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
9. Coll 28/47 ‘Persia. Judicial. Obligation of foreign subjects to deposit security for costs in law suits.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence concerning a law passed by the Persian Government in 1929 that obliged foreign subjects in Persia [Iran] to deposit security for costs in law suits brought before the ’Adliyeh (Courts of the Persian Ministry of Justice). The correspondence, chiefly exchanged between HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Robert Henry Clive, and the Foreign Office in London, concerns: the impact of the law upon British subjects in Persia; reciprocal treatment for Persians; application of the law to Iraqi subjects living in Persia; current practice in the Indian courts.The file contains a single item in French: the text of the law in question, originally published in the Messager de Téhéran(f 50).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 51; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
10. Coll 28/50 ‘Persia. Foreigners in Persia. Foreigners, other than British subjects.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence concerning the presence of non-British foreigners in Persia [Iran], usually reported by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare, Horace James Seymour. The papers include: a memorandum dated 1929 written by Alan Charles Trott, on foreigners employed by the Persian Government, with details of nationalities and post occupied (ff 33-36); the issue of an order by the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi] in 1931, curtailing contact between foreigners and Persian military officers (ff 27-28); the appointment in 1931 of Belgian financial experts to positions in the Persian Government (f 26); the discharge in 1932 of a number of Germans from their employment in the Persian arsenal (f 24); the dismissal in 1932 of Dr Lindenblatt, a German citizen, from the Persian National Bank (ff 21-23); the Persian Government’s engagement in 1933 of a number of Austrians and Germans, who are experts in forestry, geology, botany, metallurgy (ff 18-20); in 1934, the non-renewal of contracts of a number of Belgian customs officials (ff 13-17); orders issued by the Persian Government in 1938 for the expulsion of Jews from Persia (ff 4-12), with particular reference to the implementation of the order in the province of Khuzistan [Khūzestān].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 37; 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.
11. Coll 6/83 'Saudi Arabia: Exemption of Saudi nationals from Koshan tax.'
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- Abstract: This file documents the British response to a recent Saudi royal command exempting Saudi nationals from paying a tax known as koshan(a tax levied on journeys from Jedda to Mecca or Medina) during the off-season, i.e. the four-month period of the year when pilgrims are not travelling to or returning from Mecca or Medina.The correspondence discusses British concerns that British subjects in Saudi Arabia (who along with other foreigners would still have to pay the tax) are being discriminated against; it also records the outcome of a request made to the Saudi Government by His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard) for the tax exemption to be extended to foreign residents.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 (folios 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
12. Coll 28/60(2) ‘Persia; Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, British Consular Representatives, etc.,’
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- Abstract: Correspondence, reports and other papers concerning the ill-treatment of British subjects in Persia [Iran] by the Persian authorities. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/60(1) ‘Persia. Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, and British Consular Representatives, etc.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3466). The file covers: the treatment and deportation of British subjects (Berberis, or Hazara Khawari) from the Khorasan province of Persia into neighbouring British India (Pakistan); an incident occurring in 1938 in which a bus carrying British consular officials was commandeered by an officer of the Persian military; claims of discrimination against British subjects in Meshed [Mashhad]; a boycott imposed upon the British Consulate at Meshed by the Persian Government; correspondence describing the general attitude of the Persian authorities towards British persons in Persia; a ‘Report on the Attitude towards the British in Persia in March 1938’, written by Lieutenant Ian Hallam Lyall-Grant of the Royal Engineers (ff 134-142).The file’s principal correspondents are: Nevile Montagu Butler of the British Legation in Tehran; HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Horace James Seymour; HM’s Consul at Meshed, Giles Frederick Squire; Charles William Baxter and Herbert Lacy Baggallay of the Foreign Office; the Government of India.The file contains a single item in Persian, a typewritten letter (accompanied by English translation) from the British Embassy in Tehran to the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated 23 April 1947 (f 5).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 304; 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.