Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 November 1855, Numbers 61-62) and the Government of Bombay (28 November and 3 December 1855, Numbers 71 and 73-75). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the President in Council (folios 9-16r) focus on news from Afghanistan and developments in the Nepalese-Tibetan War (1855-1856). They also include an acquittal for the conduct of Major-General Clarke and the question as to whether British mediation can be employed in the dispute between Maharaja Gulab Singh of Cashmere [Kashmir] and his nephew Raja Jowahir Singh.The section from Bombay (folios 16v-17) provides brief updates on Aden, Afghanistan, Persia, and the suppression of the East African Slave Trade.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (21-22 August 1856, Numbers 32-34) and the Government of Bombay (28-29 August 1856, Numbers 61-65). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 3-26r) include the following: a report on an expedition to the Upper Meerauzie and preparations for a second; reports of developments at Candahar [Kandahar] and Herat; a debate over whether – as a result of Persian encroachment on Herat – the Government of India should provide, or guarantee under certain conditions, assistance to Dost Mahomed Khan [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan]; details of arms, ammunition, and finance to be supplied to Dost Mahomed following authorisation by the Secret Committee; details of the peace treaty signed between Nepal and Thibet [Tibet]; and news of the resignation of Jung Bahadoor [Jang Bahadur Kunwar Rana] as both Prime Minister of Nepal and Commander in Chief, and designation of his successor Bum Bahadoor [Bam Bahadur Kunwar Rana]. The despatches include a translation of a letter from Dost Mahomed to the Governor General (folio 8v-9), and a translation of a letter from Eesa Khan [Isa Khan Bardorani, Minister Regent of Herat] to Dost Mahomed (folio 9).The section from Bombay (folios 26v-35) considers the question of providing aid to the Khan of Kelat [Kalat] against Persia, arrangements for the suppression of slavery in the Persian Gulf; measures for enforcing Britain's treaties with the maritime chiefs of the Arabian Coast; and dissatisfaction in Arabia, Persia, and the Persian Gulf over British intervention in the slave trade.Physical description: 1 item (34 folios)
Abstract: The file contains the following reports submitted by HM Ambassador to Turkey, Sir George Russell Clerk:Report on the visit of the Prime Minister of Iraq (General Nuri Pasha) to Turkey, to discuss frontier delimitation, the Mosul Oilfields, the Iraqi policy towards the Kurds, French attempts at interference in Anglo-Turkish relations, and the completion of the Turco-Iraqi commercial treaty.Report on the visit of the High Commissioner for Iraq (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Humphrys) to Turkey, to discuss the Kurds, and the Permanent Frontier Commission.Report on the treaty negotiations between Turkey and Iraq, including discussions of means to prevent robberies on the Turco-Iraqi border, and the reinterpretation of Article 14 of the Anglo-Turco-Iraqi Treaty of 1926 regarding Turkish Petroleum Company royalties.The file also contains a telegram regarding a visit by the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs to Iraq to discuss the oil supply issue.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 1).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 contains correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to negotiations between the British and Egyptian governments over Egyptian independence. Most of the file consists of minutes of conferences that took place at the Foreign Office during July and August 1921. These conferences involved an Egyptian delegation, led by Sir Adly Yeghen [Yakan] Pasha, and the British, led by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord George Nathaniel Curzon. Matters covered in these meetings included: the termination of the British Protectorate, Britain's military presence, foreign relations, legislation, employment of foreign officials, financial and judicial control, Soudan [Sudan], the Suez Canal, communication rights, protection of minorities, retirement and compensation of British officials, and diplomatic relations between the two countries.Also contained within the file are minutes by Ronald Charles Lindsay and John Murray, both Foreign Office officials, and correspondence between Curzon, Lindsay, Adly Pasha, and Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan. These papers all concern matters covered by the negotiations.Documents of note include a copy of the Report of the Special Mission to Egypt, dated 9 December 1920 (folios 4-23), and a memorandum on the political situation in Egypt by John Murray, dated 4 January 1923 (folios 74-87).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 89; 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 2-87; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.