Abstract: The file consists primarily of correspondence and telegrams between the War Office and the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia regarding the conflict and attacks taking place in Kurdistan. The file includes the following related subjects: the creation of the Kurdish National committee and the Kurdish movement; the massacre of Christians in Kurdistan; the reactions of anti-British, anti-foreign and anti-Christian subjects; the various disturbances in Zakho, Amadia [Al ‘Amādīyah], Sulaimaniyeh [Sulaymaniyah], and Kerkouk [Kirkuk]; the British response to the Kurdish movement, with discussion of punitive action and strategic operations; British prisoners, and casualties and deaths among British soldiers; the repatriation of Christians; the armistice frontier in the southern boundaries of the British forces' area in Persia.Principal correspondents are the War Office; General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia; GHQ Egypt [General Headquarters Egypt]; GHQ Constantinople [General Headquarters Constantinople]; C in C India [Commander in Chief India]; Political Agent Baghdad; Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; 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 between ff 3-102.
Abstract: The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to tensions arising between the Muslim and Sikh communities of Bahrain and Qatar, in response to the Indo-Pakistan war of 1947. The tensions referred to in the file are chiefly between Indian/Pakistani employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL), operating the oil concession in Qatar. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, Cornelius Pelly, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Sir William Rupert Hay.The file includes: a letter from Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte, Manager for PCL, to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 22 January 1948, reporting on tensions between Sikh and Muslim PCL employees, and enquiring if Special Police Constables can be employed by PCL, similar to those employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain (f 3); proposed searches of PCL employees for weapons, dismissal and/or departure of Sikh PCL employees (ff 4-7); correspondence between the Political Resident and H Dayal of the Ministry of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations in New Delhi, 1948, relating to ‘communal relations’ in Bahrain and the wider Gulf region, with reference to Sikh-Muslim tensions, and anti-Jewish riots in Bahrain in December 1947 (ff 10-12); the text (typewritten draft and printed) of a notice entitled
Kings Regulations under Article 83 of “The Qatar Order in Council, 1939” No.1 of 1948: Special Police Officers’ Regulations, dated 3 February 1948 and signed by Hay (ff 13-14, 16).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; 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.
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning the protection of Christians in Persia, following the execution of a Muslim at Tabreez (Tabriz) for the murder of an Armenian Christian.British officials intervened following alleged attempts by local officials to stir up ill feeling amongst Muslims against Armenians, following which the Persian Government issued a guarantee that Christians in Persia would receive protection against violence if need arose.The Despatch includes correspondence from HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran] (Charles Allison) and the British Consul General at Tabriz (Captain Henry Mitchell Jones).The Enclosures are dated 6 June to 12 July 1871.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)