Abstract: Memorandum describing the developments leading up to the surrender of quarantine control by His Majesty's Government to the Persian Government in 1928. It outlines the following: quarantine arrangements dating from 1864 including who was responsible for what in terms of roles and the financial outlay; an assessment of the competency of Persia in being able to administer the sanitary services in her ports without foreign intervention; requests by the Persian Government for the transfer of quarantine service to Persian medical officers; negotiations by Sir Robert Clive, British Minister at Tehran; co-operation with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's medical officer; the termination of British quarantine officers employment.Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 7, and terminates at f 9, 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.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, receipts and notes on various topics concerning the Kuwait Political Agency, January 1921 to August 1921. An index of topics contained in the volume is listed on folio 6. Topics discussed in the volume include:The presentation of saluting guns to Shaikh Salim Shaikh [Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], 1919.The unpopularity of Shaikh Salim, 1920.Kuwait customs receipts, 1920.Exile of Shaikh Ghadhban of Iraq, 1920.Expulsion of prostitutes, 1921.Quarantine, 1921.`Ajman raids, 1921.The transfer of the Kuwait Post Office to the Iraq Postal Department, 1921.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Office of the Civil Commissioners, and the Under Secretary to the Political Resident, Captain Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 232; 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 intermittently between ff 7-227; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-227 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The volume is a continuation of ‘File 13/7 Civil Air Agreement’ (IOR/R/15/2/515), and contains correspondence relating to the air agreements and navigation regulations in place at the aerodromes on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and chiefly at Muharraq in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle, the Political Agent at Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.The subjects covered by the volume are:The issue of certificates of ‘special authorisation’ (of which there are examples at ff 22-24) for Imperial Airways aircraft at Muharraq;Discussion between British officials in the Gulf, and at the India Office and Air Ministry in London, on the best approach to obtain exemption from fuel duty for Imperial Airways aircraft;Punishment for the unauthorised landing of foreign aircraft at aerodromes in Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat, including the question of fines and practicality of imposing prison sentence (draft regulations on ff 86, 120-122);The question of policing, and the financing of policing, at Muharraq aerodrome, in the light of increased numbers of aircraft landing each week;An outbreak of smallpox at Sharjah, addressing matters including: quarantine at the Sharjah aerodrome, the wider implications of diseases and air travel, a report on the matter produced by the Office of International d’Hygiene Publique, the situation in relation to the International Sanitary Convention, and questions over whether there is a lack of an epidemiological information service in the Gulf region.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the 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 also present in parallel between ff 7-264; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains telegrams and letters sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, containing the details of private flights scheduled to touch down at Bahrain and/or Sharjah. Details of most incoming flights were sent by the RAF Commanding Officer at Bahrain to the Political Agency, with details passed on to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, as appropriate. These telegrams contains details of the anticipated arrival of flights, flight numbers, flight itineraries, names of crew and passengers, and some detail of instruction upon arrival: reporting to the customs department, passport medical officer.The file’s office notes, written by the Political Agent, Captain Hugh Dunstan Rance, his Assistant and others, give indication of an incident in late 1946 when there were breakdowns in telephone communication between RAF officials, customs house officials and employees at the Political Agency, on the event of an aircraft arriving at Muharraq airfield (f 7), in turn provoking further discussion (summarised in typewritten notes on f 23) on how best to manage the flow of information to various parties (customs, quarantine) in the event of new arrivals at Bahrain in future.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the 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.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the use by private aircraft of aerodromes along the Arab coast of the Gulf, chiefly of the RAF aerodrome at Muhurraq, Bahrain, but also the RAF base at Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the file are the Acting Political Agent in Bahrain, Captain Huge Dunstan Rance, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, the Air Traffic Officer at RAF Bahrain, Flight-Lieutenant M S Scotney, and officials from the India Office and Foreign Office.The correspondence is in response to the arrival of an increasing number of private aircraft at Bahrain, most travelling from England to Australia, raising questions of: how best to ensure that the visas and passports for passengers and pilots are being adequately checked; whether private flights arriving at Bahrain are covered by the existing Air Navigation Regulations for Bahrain; and whether additional approval for private flights should be sought from the ruler of Bahrain. Included in the file is a letter from Rance to the RAF Commanding Officer (ff 18-19), with a list of the particulars of private flights required by the Political Agency, Bahrain Government and Quarantine Medical Officer, and a letter from Sheikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain (f 32), stating that he has no objection to private aviators landing at Bahrain, provided they possess the proper passports and visas. Later correspondence in the file concerns the means by which RAF officials communicate to the Agency, Government and Quarantine Officer on the arrival of private aircraft at Bahrain.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 also present in parallel between ff 2-50; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Political Residency in Bushire related to the establishment of a quarantine station at Kuwait after an outbreak of plague in Bahrain. In particular, the file contains correspondence on some disagreements with the ruler of Kuwait regarding the establishment of the station. The file's various letters also contain discussions on compliance with the Paris Sanitary Convention on quarantine regulations and the Ottoman government's demands for compliance with them.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 97; 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 3-85; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file contains British Government correspondence regarding unconfirmed information, provided by the Saudi Arabian Quarantine Administration, of an outbreak of smallpox in local hospitals, following the end of pilgrimage [Hajj].The correspondents are the Commonwealth Relations Office and British Consul at Jeddah.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: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 36 of 1853, dated 23 May 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 16 April 1853.The papers relate to affairs in Persian [Iranian] and the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik]. Details discussed include the following:Troop movements of the Government of Persia and consideration of its motivation as well as its relations with Russia, Turkey and BritainQuarantine procedures and regulations in the Turkish ports in the Persian Gulf including Bussora [Basra].Correspondents include the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; and HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 22 September 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 24 October 1873, forwarding, with a covering letter from the Bombay [Mumbai] Government, a report by the Civil Surgeon at Bagdad [Baghdad] containing his views on the relative effectiveness of the various options for the establishment of quarantine in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], with regard to the transmission of cholera and plague.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 689, and terminates at f 694a, 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. The sequence contains six foliation anomalies: f 689a, f 690a, f 691a, f 692a, f 693a, and f 694a.
Abstract: The file concerns reports of suspected cases of cholera and other infectious diseases in the Persian Gulf (especially Dubai), and quarantine arrangements in such cases for persons entering (e.g. from Ethiopia, folio 26) and leaving the Gulf (e.g. for Greece, folio 9).Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Commonwealth Relations Office.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 59; 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 appointment, and terms and conditions of Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain, Koweit [Kuwait] and Muscat.The papers include a 'Report of Dr Pridie, Medical Adviser to the British Middle East Office on Medical, Sanitary and Quarantine arrangements in the Gulf States' (folios 42-45); a report by Lieutenant-Colonel William Joseph Moody (Medical Adviser to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf) concerning reliefs for the Quarantine Medical Officers at Bahrain and Kuwait (folios 24-25); and a report on quarantine and medical arrangements at Sitra, which advocated the need for a full-time Quarantine Medical Officer there (folios 20-22).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 47; 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 medical and quarantine arrangements in the Persian Gulf, and the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel William Joseph Moody as Medical Adviser to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The papers include: reports of an outbreak of smallpox on the Trucial Coast, 1936; notes of a meeting at the India Office, July 1947, to discuss Britain's international and local responsibilities for health and quarantine in the Persian Gulf (folio 102); the details of Moody's appointment, 1947-48; and copies of relevant international agreements dated 1897-1935, including some text in French.There are no papers in the file dated 1939-46.The French language content of the papers consists of a single item of diplomatic correspondence, the French text of the International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation, 1933 (folios 225-271), and approximately five folios of correspondence from the Office International d'Hygiene Publique, Paris.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 last folio with 289; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.