Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the ceremonial visits made by the Viceroy of India to Bahrain, Kuwait and Sharjah in the summer of 1934, where he landed by aeroplane, on route from Karachi to England by Imperial Airways Ltd, for a period of home leave. The file contains reports by the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf which describe the ceremonies that took place. Also included in the file are English translations of the speeches made by the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Sharjah to mark the Viceroy’s visit to their sheikhdoms, as well as a letter of greeting addressed to the Viceroy by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.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 for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of three telegrams: two from the Political Resident, Bushire, and one from the British Embassy in Baghdad. The Political Resident wrote to HM Ambassador, Baghdad, and copied his correspondence to the Political Agent in Kuwait, the Secretary of State for India and the Government of India. The telegram from the Embassy was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The proposed visit of fifty Iraqi Boy Scouts to Kuwait is the subject discussed in the telegrams, a proposal which is ultimately rejected by the Shaikh of Kuwait.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 8; 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 British High Commission to Pakistan requesting accommodation in Tehran for an official visit by Colonel H C G Bloodworth of Cable and Wireless Ltd.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; 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 comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 109 of 1846, dated 30 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 25 August-25 September 1846.The papers relate to the visit of four ‘chiefs’ of Johanna [Anjouan, also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani] lately arrived at Aden with twelve followers, on the ship
Louisa Munro, including: their requests to Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent, Aden, for funds and assistance to facilitate their pilgrimage to Mecca; their appeal to the British Foreign Secretary regarding the French occupation of the island of Mayotta [Mayotte] (ff 377-379); and their departure for Mocha on 4 September.The correspondents are Haines and the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay. Also included are minutes of the Governor and President and members in Council, Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
Abstract: The file is concerned with a visit to Afghanistan by Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté, Air Officer Commanding Air Forces in India, 26-27 August 1939; the stated purpose of the officer's visit to Kabul being to assess the condition of the Afghan Air Force and make recommendations for improvements. A report submitted by the officer has been included: see folios 4-8.Most of the correspondence in the file is between William Kerr Fraser-Tytler, HM Minister at Kabul, and William Rupert Hay representing the Government of India.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 24; 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 procedure to be followed ahead of visits by ships of the Royal Pakistan Navy and the Royal Indian Navy to the Persian Gulf states, following the independence of Pakistan and India. The issue arose from the visit of the flagship of the Royal Pakistan Navy, HMPS
Godavari, to Gwadur [Gwadar], Muscat, and Bahrein [Bahrain] in November 1947. Correspondence between the Commonwealth Relations Office, the Foreign Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay), and British officials in Pakistan and India, discusses the permission required for such visits from the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; 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 a proposal by the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, that he make an official visit to the Arab shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf: Muscat, Sharjah, Bahrain, and Kuwait are mentioned as likely destinations. Linlithgow requested permission for the visit from the Secretary of State for India, Lord Zetland, because he felt it was important for Britain to strengthen her hold over the Arab rulers there. However, he acknowledged that the visit was dependent on the international situation [the impending outbreak of the Second World War].The file includes correspondence from Linlithgow and Zetland, and India Office minutes. The papers show that British officials had various opinions on the wisdom of the visit, which is discussed on constitutional grounds, and in terms of speed of travel, communications, and the international situation. Parallels are drawn with Lord Curzon's visit to the same region in 1903.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 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, minutes, and notes concerning visits to Muscat by French and Italian vessels and the discussion of the correct channels foreign states should go through to seek permission for such visits. The file covers the following visits:French warships
Mondementand
Alertein 1926French naval yacht
Dianain 1930French cruiser
Jeanne d'Arcin 1932Italian gunboat
Sebastian Cabotoin 1934Italian warship
Eritreain 1938.Also included in the file is a report of an Italian visit to Khorramshahr by Captain JEA Bazalgette, Vice Consul Khorramshahr, 9 March 1938.The principal correspondents are the Colonial Office, India Office, Political Residency in Aden, Admiralty, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Foreign Office, and representatives of the French government in London, Iraq, and Bombay.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at last folio with 123; 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 present between ff 2-122 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file concerns exchange of visits between officials of British Legation at Tehran, and naval and political officers in the Persian Gulf.The file includes:arrangements for visits of British Legation at Tehran to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, 1932 and 1935arrangements for visit of Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies to the Persian Gulf following up to the hauling down of the British flag by the Iranian navy at Basidu (known as Basidu incident, 1933), 1935proposed visits of British Legation at Baghdad to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, 1935 and 1938.The file is composed of correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran; the British Legation at Baghdad; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 80; 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 visits by foreign warships to Persian Gulf states that were under British protection. The British Government was concerned that such visits should obtain prior permission, particularly visits to the Trucial Coast in the 1930s, where British officials cited the Exclusive Agreement of March 1892, and the 'primitive conditions' to be found on the Trucial Coast at that time (folio 128).The file contains correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, and other British officials; intelligence reports; and correspondence with the governments of France and the United States of America.The file covers: visit of the French warship
Bougainvilleto Bahrain, Kuwait and Ras al Khaimah in 1935; visit of the French warship
d'Ibervilleto Bahrain, Kuwait and Aden in 1937; the cancellation of a visit by the
d'Ibervilleto the Persian Gulf in 1939; visits of US warships (including USS
Toledo, USS
Hyman, and the aircraft carrier USS
Valley Forge) to the region in 1947-48; and the question of national salutes.The French language content of the file consists of approximately five folios of diplomatic correspondence (untranslated).There are no papers in the file dated 1940-45.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 161; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Correspondence regarding a formal visit made by the Royal Pakistan Naval vessel HMPS
Jhelumto Muscat, during which a consignment of gunpowder was transported to the Sultan of Muscat. The Government of India had arranged for the transport of gunpowder three years earlier, but had been unable to effect the transfer. The correspondence provides details of the visit, which included a formal lunch for the Sultan, tea and dinner parties for officers, local notables and the royal family, and an open day for the public.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; 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 is predominantly concerned with plans for the supervision of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working for the Afghan Air Force at Kabul. This includes the drafting of a directive for Wing Commander P A McWhannel, the Air Adviser attached to the UK High Commission to Pakistan at Karachi, outlining the responsibilities he is to assume over the aforementioned personnel. The file also contains an application from McWhannel for an aircraft to be made available to facilitate regular visits to Kabul: see folios 12-15.Another significant topic covered by the file is a request from the Government of Pakistan for a copy of a plan for the expansion of the Afghan Air Force; the Air Ministry had prepared a plan for the expansion of the Afghan Air Force at the request of the Afghan Government. A copy of an abridged version of this plan is included in the file: see folios 52-66.A report by Wing Commander A R L Griffiths on his visit to Afghanistan (24-28 May 1948) has also been filed: see folios 88-93. This reports on the Afghan Air Force and the role of RAF personnel. It also tackles the question of supplying an aircraft for the use of the Air Adviser at Karachi.The main correspondents are: HM Minister/Ambassador at Kabul (Giles Frederick Squire), the UK High Commissioner to Pakistan (Sir Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office, and officials of the Foreign Office.On the inside front cover can be found a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 129; 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.