Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding a proposal made by the Hanna Sheikh River Transport Company to open an Iraqi shipping line. The message is relayed by Sir George Clinton Pelham (British Embassy in Iraq, Baghdad) to Archibald William David (British Consul, Basra). Subsequent correspondents include Hugh Stonehewer Bird (HM Ambassador to Iraq), and Peter Isham Garran (Foreign Office), Eion Pelly Donaldson (India Office) and Charles William Baxter (Foreign Office).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover 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.
Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters:1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 20 June 1802. The letter forwards intercepted letters from a French traveller in Caboul [Kabul] (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/235-238 and 247). Jones pledges to continue to monitor this correspondence and pass on intelligence. The letter also forwards reports from an informant ‘employed to the Northward’ (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/243).A duplicate of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/249.2. A letter from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 31 May 1802. The letter concerns payment for a shipment of gunpowder for the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] which was captured in the Gulf, and a shipment of cloth which was lost at the bar of the Bussora [Basra] River [Shatt al-Arab].A duplicate of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/254.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters:1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 31 May 1802. The letter concerns payment for a shipment of gunpowder for the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] which was captured in the Gulf, and a shipment of cloth which was lost at the bar of the Bussora [Basra] River [Shatt al-Arab].A duplicate of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/245.2. A letter from Harford Jones to Lieutenant-Colonel Harcourt, sent from Bagdad and dated 30 June 1802, concerning the transit of dispatches to London.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between British officials relating to political and religious activity in Hedjaz [Saudi Arabia] and Batavia [Jakarta] by Arab merchants and other notables originating from opposing factions in the Hadhramaut [Hadramawt] region of the Aden Protectorate [Yemen]. The main correspondents are the Political Resident at Aden, the British Consul and Vice-Consul at Jeddah and the British Consul-General at Batavia. In addition to exchanging intelligence, the correspondents also discuss measures to be taken to prevent the development of a new arms smuggling route from the Dutch East Indies [Indonesia] and the Straits Settlement of Singapore, to the minor port of Bir Ali in Aden Protectorate, thereby avoiding port clearances at Mukalla.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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the arrest of a British harbour-master by the Persian naval authorities, who sought a sum of money for his release.The discussion in the file relates to the communication by British officials with the Government of Iraq to support diplomacy leading to the harbour-master's release. Also discussed are the Basra port regulations in place, and movement of shipping in the Shatt al-Arab waterway. Further correspondence is concerned with diplomacy between Britain, Iraq and Iran concerning naval movements as well as other Iraq-Iran frontier-related tensions (folio 121).The principal correspondents in the file are: the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Under-Secretary of State for India; HM Ambassador to Iraq; HM Consul, Khuzistan; the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iraq; and the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 113, and terminates at the inside back cover with 179, 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 113-176 and ff 140-161; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence concerning the establishment of a light for shipping on Kubber Island [Jazīrat Kubbar]. The material is predominantly copy correspondence dating from 2 July 1935 to 8 June 1937.Correspondents include: the Port Director and Director General of Navigation, Basrah; the Government of India; and the Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, Bombay.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 inside back cover with 9; 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 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the British Consul at Basra, HM Ambassador to Iraq, and the Minister of Shipping, regarding the monopoly over shipping in the Persian Gulf held by the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, and the consequent restrictive effects on other shipping lines and on passenger movement.Further correspondence between HM Representative at Jedda, the Government of India, External Affairs Department, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, relates to the reduction in shipping services in the Persian Gulf after the requisition of steamers.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file concerns an order from the Deputy Governor, Henjam (acting on the instructions of the Government of Persia) that all vessels in Henjam (including British naval vessels flying the white ensign and using the Royal Indian Navy depot there) should be registered and numbered.The papers indicate that British officials though that registration was probably not a Persian challenge to the British position at Henjam. Registration was eventually postponed by the Persian Government.The file includes correspondence from the Admiralty and HM Minister, Tehran.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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 45; these numbers are printed, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
Abstract: Printed and typewritten monthly reports submitted by the British Consul, or Acting/Officiating Consul at Kerman (George Alexander Richardson; Abdul Alim L K; Major Cecil Henning Lincoln; Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Falconer). The reports cover affairs in the Persian [Iranian] province of Kerman, as well as in the towns of Kerman and the Persian Gulf port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]:the activities of local officials and local government, including courts and customsactivities of the Persian police, military and navycommunications, including roads, railways, and trade routesmunicipal affairs, including public workshealth and sanitation, including reports of outbreaks of diseasesecurity, including reports of crimeclimate, including rainfall and floodsagriculture and harvests (wheat, barley, opium)local trade and commercial activities, including carpet production, the activities of the National Bank of Persia/Iran, and the Government’s institution of monopoly companiesBritish interests, including the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), the Indo-European Telegraph, and the movements of British individualsforeign interests in Kerman, including Russian, German and Japanesethe arrival and departure of vessels on the Kerman coast, and, attached to a number of reports for 1935, detailed lists of cargoesMinute papers are enclosed in front of many reports, containing notes made by India Office staff commenting on items of note in the report.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 534; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-533; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding freight charges, ports of call and other administrative matters related to shipping routes in - and through - the Persian Gulf.Specific matters discussed include a request by Kalat State for the British India Steam Navigation Company to arrange for their ships to call at Jiuni [Jiwani] port, a proposal to open a post office in Sharjah, and whether shipping routes should go via Henjam, Bahrain and Lingah.In addition to correspondence, the file contains a document entitled 'Report on Steamship Lines Calling at Basra' that was written by the Department of Overseas Trade in December 1934 (folios 52-56).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 79; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: A handwritten note from [Arthur William Moore?] to the Vice-Consul in Tehran, Harry Lionel Churchill, in which the author suggests that the British formally declare a Protectorate over a portion of the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden recently evacuated by the Egyptians. However, he warns against extending the Protectorate to territory not previously under Egyptian control, on the grounds that the British would then become financially liable for the protection of shipping in an area particularly hazardous for shipping.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at folio 92, and terminates at folio 95, as it is part of a larger volume; 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 5-152; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, reports, plans, photographs, indentures and tables relating to the lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf.The discussion in the volume relates to the transfer of the responsibility for lighting and buoying from the British India Steam Navigation Company to the Government of India, and the planning, costs of construction and the diplomacy associated with this.Included in the volume (ff 303-310) is the 'Report of a Committee of Enquiry on the Lighting and Buoyages of the Persian Gulf'. Key locations identified for lighting are: Muscat, Little Quoin, Jezirat Tanb, Sheikh Shuaib, Kubbar Island, Ras Al Arz, Fasht ad Dibal.The volume is part 1 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part of the year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the loose spine with 444; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.