Abstract: The file contains a telegram from the British Embassy, Cairo, to the Bahrain Political Agency, requesting that facilities be granted to Abdel Hamid Munir, Egyptian Chargé d’Affairs in Jeddah, who is returning urgently to his post via Bahrain and has been unable to wait for a transit visa.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; 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 regarding a request by Margaret Sinclair for assistance in obtaining a permit to travel to Persia with her daughter to join her husband HB Sinclair, a former Vice-Consul at Bushire. Other than Mrs Sinclair, the primary correspondent is the India 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 5; 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 file contains telegrams regarding procuring a transit visa for Sardar Ahmad Wale Jan, an Afghan national, from the Political Department in order to travel to India.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 and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains negotiations regarding the desire of Mar Shimun, the Patriarch of the Assyrians, to pay visit to either Iraq or Syria for ecclesiastical matters. Consisting mainly of correspondence between Mar Shimun, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Government of India, the subjects discussed include:Whether Iraq or Syria would permit Mar Shimun's entry.Whether His Majesty's Government will continue to pay a maintenance allowance for Mar Shimun's family.The travel and visa arrangements required for Mar Shimun to be allowed re-entry into the United States.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Captain Gordon to have his wife and two children transported to Basra to join him. The primary correspondents are: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident, Persian Gulf; India Office; Foreign Office; Agnes S Gordon, Captain Gordon’s wife.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; 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 file contains correspondence regarding a request by a Mr V Subbiah (various spellings throughout) for a British visa to go to France from Pondicherry. Related matters of discussion include the following: request and complaints from V Subbiah regarding his British visa application; an enquiry about Subbiah's nationality; the integrity and validity of Subbiah's French passport; Subbiah's political opinions on the British Government of India; Subbiah's election as a representative of the French Establishment in India.The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Commonwealth Relations Office, the Foreign Office; the British Consulate General, Pondicherry.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: The file's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
Abstract: This file is comprised of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Afghanistan, HM Ambassador to Iran and the Foreign Office regarding travel restrictions and visa arrangements for British subjects wishing to travel in the Persian 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 10; 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 a telegram from the Political Agent, Bahrain, to the Secretary of State for India regarding a visa application by a Miss Ada Tate.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; 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 file contains papers relating to visa requirements for air passengers transiting through Arab states, which include the principalities of the Persian Gulf. The majority of the papers are exchanges detailing the visa requirements of passengers travelling between south, east, and southeast Asia to Europe or vice versa, via the Middle East. Such transit visas were required by airlines, most of which had routes passing through the Persian Gulf at the time.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; 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 regarding destitute Iraqi citizens in Hyderabad, India, and costs incurred by the Government of Hyderabad in helping them reach the Iraqi Consulate in Bombay [Mumbai] in order to be repatriated back to Iraq.The file includes requests from the Government of Hyderabad to the Governmentof Iraq for reimbursement of their costs, and to the Government of India for tighter restrictions on visas granted to Iraqi citizens. The primary correspondents are: Superintendent, Hyderabad Railway Police; Resident, Hyderabad; Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; British Embassy, Baghdad.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 37, and terminates at f 57, 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs and HM Ambassador to Iraq, regarding the reciprocal exemption of Kuwaiti and Iraqi subjects from exit visas when leaving Iraq or Kuwait, respectively.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the file.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 17; 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 2-15; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to passport control on the Indo-Persian frontier.It includes correspondence concerning the following:The examination of passports by the British Vice Consulate, Duzdab, of Persian [Iranian] subjects entering India via Duzdab (also called Duzdap in the file) [Zahedan]Visa fees charged by the Persian Consul at Quetta for visas issued to British subjectsThe grant of visas to Afghan subjects travelling to India via Meshed and DuzdabThe re-organisation of the passport control arrangements on the Indo-Persian frontierThe decision of the Government of India to discontinue the British passport control system at DuzdabThe reported ‘loss’ of British passports by Indian British subjects in Persia (and the India Office supposition that these passports were being traded)Alleged deposits required from British subjects applying for visas for entry into Persia from IndiaThe importation of cut diamonds from Iran into India.The main correspondents include:The India Office; the Foreign Office; HM Consul General and Agent of the Government of India, Meshed; the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign and Political Department (and the Deputy Foreign Secretary); HM Consul for Sistan and Kain; the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan; HM Minister at Kabul; HM Minister at 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 230; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.