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1. 'Miscellaneous Paper relating to the trade of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: The volume contains a variety of papers relating to trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. The volume is organised into four parts, with contents summarised on folio 4:Papers relating to trade with Suez, 1773-78: proceedings, letters, representations and answers (ff 5-57)Trade with Arabia and Persia: report of the Resident at Bushehr [Bushire, also written in the volume as Busheer] and the Resident and joint factors at Bussora [Basra, also written as Busshorah], 1790-91 (ff 55-139)Survey of the Abyssenian [Abyssinian] and Nubian Coast by Lieutenants Court and Maxfield, 22 July to 3 August 1825 (ff 140-154)Memoir by Captain Sealy of the Gulph of Persia, 1813 (ff 155-196).The papers in the volume cover the period 1773-1813, with the exception of one item dated 1825.The first part, dated 1773-78, regards attempts by the East India Company to set up trade in Suez, and the opposition of the Ottoman Government. The matter is discussed in letters, memoranda, reports and extracts of Bengal Public Consultations. The principal correspondents are: officials of the East India Company; the Ottoman Porte [Sublime Porte, Government of the Ottoman Empire]; Robert Ainslie, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; and Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizir [Meḥmed Pāshā, Grand Vizier].The second part of the file consists of a report relating to the commerce of Arabia and Persia by the Resident at Bushire and the Resident and joint factors at Bussora. The report was signed at Bussora on 15 August 1790 by Samuel Manesty and Harford Jones. The report is preceded by an extract of a Bombay commercial consultation dated 25 February 1791 (f 58) and a list of different goods brought to Bushire from different parts of Hindoostan [India] (ff 58-62), as well as a letter by C Watkins.The third section consists of two letters to the Bombay Marine Board from Lieutenant Mayfield, describing his visit to the Abyssenian and Nubian coasts with Lieutenant Court. This is followed by letters from the Superintendent of the Marine. The fourth part is a memoir of a chart of the Gulph by Captain Henry William Sealy. In this memoir are recorded descriptions of places and cities (i.e. Persian coast, Muscat, and Bushire); also mentioned are remarkable objects, the longitude of the coast, ships and harbours sighted, and other remarks.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 199; 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 pagination sequence.
2. 'THIM DAYS IS GONE'
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- Abstract: A memoir written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career in the Royal Artillery, Rajputana, Sialkot, Persia, North West Frontier Province, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, and Kuwait.Typescript with manuscript corrections.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 124; 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.
3. 'AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR HERBERT TODD, C.I.E. 1893-1977'
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- Abstract: Memoirs of Sir Herbert Todd (1893-1985) of the Indian Political Service, later of the Iraq Petroleum Company. Written during the years 1976-78, the memoirs begin by recounting Todd's childhood on his family's farm in Kent, his education and entrance into the Home Civil Service in 1912, and his entrance into the Indian Political Service in 1913. Roughly half of the memoirs (ff 10-137) covers Todd's career up to 1947, which can be summarised as follows:Posted to the Indian Police, Burma [Myanmar], 1913-17 (ff 10-22)Served in the 11th Bengal Lancers (Probyn's Horse), Indian Army, in Mesopotamia [Iraq], 1917-19 (ff 22-24)Remained in Baghdad as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Baghdad East Subdivision, 1919-20 (ff 25-31)Transferred to Indian Political Service, holding positions in Baluchistan, 1921; Gilgit, 1927; Quetta, 1931; Bharatpur, 1936-39 (ff 31-67)Served in the Home Guard during extended leave (1939-40), first in Canfield, Essex, and later in Blackheath, London (ff 68-72), followed by a spell as an air warden while awaiting re-posting to India (ff 72-78)First attempt at passage to India abandoned when the ship he was travelling on, SS Simla, was torpedoed, September 1940 (ff 79-88)Returned to India, holding positions at Udaipur, 1940 (ff 93-97); Baluchistan, 1941 (ff 97-101); Cochin [Kochi] and Travancore, 1943 (ff 101-111); and Calcutta [Kolkata] and the Eastern States, 1944-47 (ff 111-134)Returned to London on leave, April 1947; career brought to an abrupt end in June 1947 with the announcement of the handing over of power and Indian independence (ff 135-137).The last hundred or so folios relate to Todd's employment in the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), 1948-59 (ff 138-227), and his subsequent retirement in Oxted, Surrey, 1959-78 (ff 227-248). As Chief Representative of the IPC, Todd and his wife spent much of their time in Baghdad. The memoirs document Todd's relations with prominent Iraqi politicians, diplomats, and visiting British MPs, as well as Todd's visits to Beirut, Damascus, Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Persia [Iran] and the United States. Also included are Todd's thoughts on the Suez Crisis and the 1958 revolution in Iraq (Todd was holidaying in Austria at the time and never returned to Baghdad).Aside from his career, Todd writes about his hobbies (polo and hunting) and comments on UK and world events, such as the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the death of Winston Churchill, and the first moon landing in July 1969; he also mentions in passing meeting Professor Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie at the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud (Iraq) in April 1955.The text is typewritten with annotations and crossings out in pencil and ink. It includes some offensive terms and language in its descriptions of members of colonised populations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 249; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file also contains an original printed foliation sequence. It should be noted that number 13 in the original foliation sequence is missing (in between folios 14 and 15).
4. 'A Grandfather's Tale: Memoirs being mainly concerned with service in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service in India and the Persian Gulf from 1932-1947'
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- Abstract: A memoir written by Major Hugh Dunstan Holwell Rance about his career in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service (IPS), 1932-47. The memoir details:His childhood and educationHis service in the Indian Army, 1932-36 and 1940-43His service in the IPS, 1936-40, at Baroda [Vadodara], Simla [Shimla], Agra, Rajkot, Bushire [Bushehr], Shiraz and BahrainHis service in the IPS, 1943-47, at Quetta, Mekran [Makran], Bahrain, the Trucial Coast [United Arab Emirates] and ShirazHis career with the Colonial Service in Northern Rhodesia [Zambia] and at the Colonial Office in London, 1948-51His career in the private sector, 1952-76.Folios 56-58 contain photocopies of maps showing parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: a typed pagination sequence is present between ff 6-55.
5. 'Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.'
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- Abstract: A memoir written by Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Alexander Gordon Pinhey about his career in the Indian Political Service (IPS), 1927-47. The memoir details:His education, early career and reasons for joining the IPSA description of Baluchistan, where he served as Assistant Political Agent, 1929-30A description of Zahidan [Zahedan], where he served as Vice-Consul, 1931-33A description of Ajmer, Rajputana [Rajasthan], where he served as Assistant Commissioner, 1933-36An account of an earthquake that struck Quetta on 31 May 1935A description of Kalat State, where he served as Wazir-i-Azam [Chief Minister] to Sir Ahmed Yar Khan, Khan of Kalat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio 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.
6. 'Memoirs and Recollections of An Officer of the Indian Political Service'
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- Abstract: This file contains a photocopy of a typewritten draft of Sir John Richard Cotton's (b 1909) memoirs of his time in the Indian military and civil service. The memoirs, which were written when the author was 'in his seventy-fourth year', cover his time in the Indian Army, at Aden, Ethiopia, Attock, the Persian Gulf, Mount Abu, Hyderabad, Rajkot (Kathiawar), the Political Department in New Delhi, and finally the UK High Commission in Pakistan.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 78; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file also contains an original printed foliation sequence.
7. '"NO MEDALS THIS TIME" by Sir Tom Hickinbotham, KCMG, KCVO, CIE, OBE'
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- Abstract: This volume is a set of typewritten memoirs by Sir Tom Hickinbotham, a retired officer of the British Indian Army and the Indian Political Service. Hickinbotham held various positions in India and in the Middle East, and these memoirs recount stories from his time in Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Quetta, Persia [Iran], Aden, Audhali, Bahrain and North Waziristan.The memoirs were most likely completed in 1982-83; they cover the period 1927-1982, although most of the chapters relate to events from the 1930s and 1940s.Hickinbotham writes not only about his official duties but also about various trips taken during periods of leave. Below is a list of the chapters, with a short summary of each:'No Medals This Time' (ff 3-6) – details of an incident in Kuwait involving a dhow that caught fire off the foreshore at Shuwaik [Ash Shuwaykh]'The Silver Coin' (ff 7-10) – thoughts on the use of the Maria Theresa thaler in Arabia'The Golden Dagger' (ff 11-36) – an account of Hickinbotham's unofficial visit to Riyadh to meet Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in May 1942'The Brass Pencase' (ff 37-53) – memories of a journey undertaken from Quetta to Europe via north Persia in 1927, travelling in a Fiat Tourer with Colonel T Nisbet (also referred to as the 'purple emperor'), on what Hickinbotham claims to have been the first trip taken by car from India to the Mediterranean'The Bronze Boy' (ff 54-72) – reminiscences of weekends spent in 'Little Aden' (a rocky peninsula seven miles west of Aden), in 1938, and a later visit, in December 1961'The Silver Letter Case' (ff 73-118) – details of a ten-day trip on the Audhali plateau in the summer of 1938, and a return visit, in December 1960 (the chapter ends with remarks on the situation in Yemen generally from the late sixties to the time of writing, i.e. 1982)'The Agate Ring' (ff 119-144) – memories of travelling in Oman during the summer of 1940 and how this compared with Hickinbotham's last visit to the country in 1980'The Pearl Tie Pin' (ff 145-151) – thoughts and anecdotes on the pearl trade in Bahrain'A Point of View' (ff 152-157) – a story told to Hickinbotham, possibly fictional, of a pearl trader in the Gulf who lost his fortune and livelihood, and eventually his sanity'Snakes Alive!!' (ff 158-161) – an account of a near-fatal encounter with a krite [krait] in Waziristan'The Queen's Visit' (ff 162-168) – memories of the Queen's visit to the Aden Protectorate in 1954, where Hickinbotham was serving as Governor.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 168; 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 3-168.Condition: The original plastic comb binding ring has been replaced with a wider one to facilitate flat opening of the volume. Polyester film covers have been added to protect the first and last folios.
8. Ext 3892/41 'Lt. Col. F.M. Bailey.'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Marshman Bailey, the India Office and the Foreign Office, regarding the proposed publication of Bailey's account of his personal experiences as an intelligence officer in Turkestan in 1918-1920, the approval for which is ultimately denied on the grounds that it would be inadvisable at that time to publish a book which held the early Bolshevik regime up to ridicule.The file also contains a request from Bailey, accompanied by his curriculum vitae, that he might be considered again for intelligence work following the military alliance between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.A list of correspondence references contained in the file by year appears on the front cover.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.
9. Memoir of John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette
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- Abstract: The file is a memoir of the career of Major John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette, covering his service in the British Army and in India and the Persian Gulf.The file consists of three parts. The first part is a draft of a short memoir entitled ‘Jack of all trades’, which recounts Bazalgette’s experience in the Indian Political Service. The memoir contains the following chapters, with additional chapters 9-18 listed but not included.Chapter 1 Soldiering in India in the 1920s (ff 3-14)Chapter 2 Transition to the Indian Political Service (ff 15-28)Chapter 3 Many Moves… Training (ff 29-39)Chapter 4 The Persian Gulf: 1935/38 (ff 40-52)Chapter 5 The Early War Years (ff 53-72)Chapter 6 The Frustrating Interlude (ff 73-81)Chapter 7 The Most Wonderful Job in the World (ff 82-114)Chapter 8 An End (ff 115-116)Chapter 9 Start Again: Venezuela for ShellChapter 10 A Spell in England: Dr Barnardo’s HomesChapter 11 There and Back to India by Motor CaravanChapter 12 With Refugees in Turkey: 1963/68Chapter 13 The House that Jack BuiltChapter 14 More Refugees in the Middle EastChapter 15 Indian RefugeesChapter 16 Earthquakes in TurkeyChapter 17 BeirutChapter 18 Retirement.The second part is a copy of Bazalgette’s published memoirs entitled ‘The Captains and the Kings Depart’. The memoir contains the following chapters:Chapter 1 Initiation (ff 123-128)Chapter 2 Soldiering in England and China: 1926/28 (ff 129-133)Chapter 3 Soldiering in India: 1928/32 (ff 134-139)Chapter 4 The Indian Political Service (ff 140-146)Chapter 5 Learning the Ropes (ff 147-151)Chapter 6 The Persian Gulf: 1935/38 (ff 152-158)Chapter 7 Palace Politics: 1940/43 (ff 158-168)Chapter 8 A Policeman’s Lot (ff 168-172)Chapter 9 Himalayan Paradise: 1944/47 (ff 173-186)Chapter 10 End of an Empire: 1947 (ff 186-191).The third part is another draft memoir entitled ‘Around the World for Sixty Years’. The memoir contains the following chapters, with additional chapters 4-10 listed but not included:Chapter 1 The Formative Years (ff 196-217)Chapter 2 Soldiering in England and China: 1926/28 (ff 218-237)Chapter 3 Soldiering in India: 1929/32 (f 238) (unfinished)Chapter 4 Transition to the Indian Political ServiceChapter 5 Many Moves, TrainingChapter 6 The Persian Gulf: 1935/38Chapter 7 The Early War YearsChapter 8 A Frustrating InterludeChapter 9 The Most Wonderful Job in the WorldChapter 10 An EndChapter 11 Start Again: Venezuela for Shell (ff 240-274)Chapter 12 A Spell in England: Dr Barnardo’s Homes (ff 275-323)Chapter 13 There and Back to India by Motor Caravan (ff 324-387)Chapter 14 With Refugees in Turkey: 1963/68 (ff 387-430)Chapter 15 The House that Jack Built (ff 431-453)Chapter 16 Indian Interlude (ff 454-460)Chapter 17 More Refugees in the Middle East (ff 461-469)Chapter 18 Earthquakes in Turkey (ff 470-523)Chapter 19 Beirut (ff 524-546)Chapter 20 Retirement (ff 546-550).Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical folders and one physical volume. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of folder one (ff 1-117), continues through the volume (ff 118-193), and terminates at the last folio of the second folder (ff 194-550); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional mixed printed and written foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-16 and ff 194-550.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence between ff 123-192.
10. Memoirs of Meredith Worth
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- Abstract: Memoirs of Meredith Worth (1905-93), beginning with a brief account of his education and his time in the Indian Civil Service in Bengal (1927-33), before going on to focus mainly on his career in the Indian Political Service (1933-47). The memoirs are typewritten with corrections and annotations in ink.Worth recounts posts held in Gyantse [Gyangze], Bahrain, Baluchistan [Balochistān], Gujerat [Gujarat], Kathiawar, Rajputana, Orissa [Odisha], and Quetta. He states his preference for the Indian Civil Service over the Indian Political Service, and also gives his views on the partition of India.Worth concludes his memoirs with an account of his career after 1947 in Australia, most notably in the Department of External Affairs, where he was involved in assisting Indian and Pakistani students in Victoria and Tasmania.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio 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.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
11. Memoir of the Career of Thomas Edward Rogers
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- Abstract: The file consists of a memoir written by Thomas Edward Rogers. The memoir covers his background, education and career. He also records his reasons for joining the Indian Political Service. The memoir relates his career in India and in the Foreign Service in Bengal, Persia [Iran] and the Gulf, Quetta (including experiences of post-Independence unrest), and as Deputy Secretary in the Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat. It also relates his career with the Foreign Office in Spain, Yugoslavia, Argentina, Canada, and Colombia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file also contains an original foliation sequence.
12. Memoir of the Career of Sir Reginald Michael Hadow
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- Abstract: This file consists of a memoir of the career of Sir Reginald Michael Hadow, which records the following: Hadow's motivation; his education and entry into the Indian Civil Service (ICS), and later the Indian Political Service (IPS); his experiences in Russia in 1942, as well as Meshed [Mashhad], Bahrain, Bushire [Būshehr], Bandar Abbas, and Delhi; his response to Jawaharlal Nehru (Prime Minister of India following independence) declining his application to join the new Indian Foreign Service.There are two copies of the memoir, the first one has corrections in blue pen, and the second has changes made to the first draft.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.