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1. ‘Translation of a Journal Kept by Mirza Mahomed Ali whilst on a Mission to Tiflis’
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- Abstract: Translation of the journal kept by the Persian [Iranian] envoy, Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khan Shīrāzī], sent to Tiflis [Tbilisi] to negotiate with the Governor-General of Georgia, General Yermoloff [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. Mirza Mahomed Ali details his arrival and reception at Tiflis, and his discussions with General Yermoloff concerning the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. These discussions concern: the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Persia; the frontier dispute centered on Gokcha [Lake Sevan] that led to the outbreak of war; and the unsuccessful attempts to resolve the dispute and avoid war through diplomatic missions, particularly that of Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] to Persia. The journal also indicates that General Yermoloff refused permission for Mirza Mahomed Ali to proceed to Petersburgh [St Petersburg] to negotiate with the Russian Government owing to the state of war between Russia and Persia, and also refused to agree to an armistice without the express permission of the Emperor of Russia, but did agree to transmit communications between the Persian and Russian governments via Mirza Mahomed Ali. The journal also records Mirza Mahomed Ali’s communications with the former Russian Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Mazarovitch [Semyon Mazarovich], and Generals Devitch [General Ivan Ivanovich Dibich-Zabalkansky] and Madatoff [General Valerian Madatov], concerning subjects such as the interests of the British in the war, the Emperor of Russia’s war aims, and Madatoff’s military campaign in the khanate of Erivan [Yerevan].This document also includes a translation of the message from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī) to General Yermoloff, as delivered by Mirza Mahomed Ali, proposing an armistice and negotiations for peace (ff 5-6).This document was originally enclosed in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 25 April 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/220).Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
2. 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (April-June, 1928)'
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- Abstract: This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in August 1928, is an account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the first part of his third mission (April-June 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), King of Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and Najd and its Dependencies. The purpose of the mission was to negotiate outstanding questions mainly concerning boundaries of and relations between Ibn Saud's territories and Iraq and Trans-Jordan following the Hadda and Bahra Agreements of 1925, and the Treaty of Jeddah of 1927.Clayton was accompanied by George Antonius, Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government; Kinahan Cornwallis, Adviser to the Ministry of Interior in Iraq; Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector in the Iraq Government Service; Flight-Lieutenant G M Moore; and Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Counsellor to the Residency in Baghdad. The Najd delegates included: Dr Abdullah Damluji [‘Abdullāh al-Damlūjī]; Shaikh Yusuf Yasin [Yūsuf Yāsīn]; Shaikh Hafez Wahba [Ḥāfiẓ Wahbah]; and Shaikh Fuad Hamza [Fu’ād Ḥamzah].A page of contents and list of annexes appears on folio 2v with the following sections:'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, KCMG, KBE, CB' (folios 3-9);'Record of Proceedings' (folios 10-22);'Memorandum and Minutes of the Proceedings of the 'Iraq-Najd Sub-Committee' (folios 23-32);'Memorandum on the Proposed Arbitration between Najd and Trans-Jordan' (folios 33-34)'Notes Exchanged on the Suspension of Negotiations' (folios 34v-35);'Draft Extradition Agreement' (folios 36-27);'Draft Bon Voisinage Agreement' (folios 38-40);'Correspondence Relating to Frontier Incidents, April, 1928' (folios 40v-43).There is one appendix which consists of Colonial Office letters of instruction to Sir Gilbert Clayton, dated 17 April 1928 (folios 43v-47). The front cover is marked 'Confidential' and 'Printed for the use of the Colonial Office'. Clayton's account is continued in 'Middle East No. 28', 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (July-August, 1928)' (IOR/L/PS/20/E90/2).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
3. 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (July-August, 1928)'
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- Abstract: This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in January 1929, is a continuation of the April-June 1928 account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the second part of his third mission (July-August 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), King of Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and Najd and its Dependencies. The purpose of the mission was to negotiate outstanding questions mainly concerning boundaries of and relations between Ibn Saud's territories and Iraq and Trans-Jordan following the Hadda and Bahra Agreements of 1925, and the Treaty of Jeddah of 1927.Clayton was accompanied by George Antonius, Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government; Kinahan Cornwallis, Adviser to the Ministry of Interior in Iraq; Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector in the Iraq Government Service; Flight-Lieutenant G M Moore; and Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Counsellor to the Residency in Baghdad. The Najd delegates included: Dr Abdullah Damluji [‘Abdullāh al-Damlūjī]; Shaikh Yusuf Yasin [Yūsuf Yāsīn]; Shaikh Hafez Wahba [Ḥāfiẓ Wahbah]; and Shaikh Fuad Hamza [Fu’ād Ḥamzah].A page of contents and list of annexures appears on folio 2v with the following sections:'Colonial Office to Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., 19th July, 1928 (Letters of Instructions)' (folios xx);'Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., to Colonial Office, 3rd September, 1928 (Further Report on his Mission)' (folios XX);'Record of Proceedings' (folios XX);'Memorandum on the Proceedings of the Sub-Committee Meetings' (folios XX);'Draft Note on the Arbitration of Raids between Najd and Trans-Jordan' (folios XX).There is one appendix which consists of a Foreign Office letter to the Acting British Agent and Consul, Jeddah, dated 1 November 1928. The front cover is marked 'Confidential', 'Printed for the use of the Colonial Office' and 'In continuation of Middle East No. 25', 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (April-June, 1928)' (IOR/L/PS/20/E90/1).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circles, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
4. 'Memo by Capt O St John R. E. on the Persian Frontier East of the Caspian of 15 May 1874'
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- Abstract: The memorandum — dated 15 May 1874 — describes the Persian frontier east of the Caspian Sea; this includes the upper valley of the River Atrak [Atrek], the districts of Derehgaz [Dargaz], and Kalet-i-Nadiri [Kalāt-e Nāderī]. The author is Captain Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John, and the memorandum is divided into the following sections:f 6, a list of the authorities used by Captain St John to compile his General Map of Persia;ff 7-10, 'Physical description of the country S. E. of the Caspian', which describes the course and known sources of the Atrak River;ff 10-13, 'Natural frontier of Persia', outlines the Captain's views on what he considers to be Persia's ideal northern frontier, the mutual agreement between Persian and Russia defining the frontier, and what he believes to be the 'de facto' frontier;ff 14-15, ' Country East of Astrabad — The Goklans';ff 15-18, 'Bujmird and the Kurdish Colony';f 18, 'Frontier line along the Atrak', explains what the Captain believes to be Persia's interpretation of the mutual agreement between Persia and Russia defining the northern frontier, and that the current agreement would cede many Persian settlements to Russia.Appended to the end of the file (see folios 23-24) is a note written by Lieutenant William John Gill dated 8 June 1873, which concerns how he was prevented from travelling with a Persian force to collect rent due from the Gourgon [Gorgān] due to Russian intervention.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 3, and terminates at f 24, 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.
5. 'Memorandum on the Special Mission to Seistan and Mekran.'
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- Abstract: The memorandum provides a brief overview of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, on the subject of the boundary commissions for Seistan and Mekran [Makran] in 1872; headed by Frederic John Goldsmid. It is noted that the Foreign Office's refusal to pay a share of the costs of the aforementioned missions is the motivation for producing it; the India Office had expected the costs of these missions to be shared between the Imperial (i.e. London) and Indian governments.The author of the memorandum, and manuscript notes (in pencil), is Owen Tudor Burne, Secretary, Political Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 118, and terminates at f 122, 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 item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
6. ‘Extract from Dispatch No.19 of September 14 1826 addressed by Mr Henry Willock to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State’
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- Abstract: Extract from dispatch No. 19 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 14 September 1826 [title erroneously dated, original dispatch dated 4 September 1825]. This document details the inconclusive discussions between the Minister of the Crown Prince of Persia [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Shīrāzī], and the Russian Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Mazarowich [Semyon Mazarovich], concerning the mutual occupation of disputed territory on the shores of the lake of Gokcha [Lake Sevan].This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Chairman of the East India Company, Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, of 9 December 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/165).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
7. 'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr port in Iraq and the potential implications thereof.The primary correspondents in the file are British officials from the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Political Residency, the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Consulate in Basra.The file also contains a letter to the Political Agency in Kuwait from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translation) and a limited amount of correspondence with the Government of Iraq (folios 46 and 110).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 220; 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 2-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
8. Affairs in Turkish Arabia
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 24 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 28 February-17 May 1844.The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to affairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], particularly in relation to the situation along the border with Persia [Iran], including:A clash at Khanaikeen [Khanaqin] between Turkish residents and a group of Persian refugees, which was settled without loss of life or major property damageAttempts to resolve a dispute between Nejib Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā], Ottoman Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], and Ahmed Pasha [Aḥmad Pāshā Bābān], Kurdish Chief of Suliemanieh [Sulaymaniyah]The elevation of the position of British Consul, Bagdad, to the level of Consul GeneralPersecution of Christians in Jezireh [Al Jazirah], including the murder of the Jacobite Primate of Jebel Tor [Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin]A potential rebellion at Mohemerah [Khorramshahr] that was subdued by the Persian Governor of Khuzistan [Khuzestan].The correspondents are: the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; and HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.Physical description: 1 item (31 folios)
9. Coll 30/105(1) 'Trucial Coast. Dubai Affairs: Hostilities between Sheiks of Dubai and Abu-Dhabi in respect of Ghanadhah (abu-Dhabi-Dubai Camel Dispute)
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- Abstract: The file concerns a territorial dispute between the rulers of Dubai (also referred to as Dibai) and Abu Dhabi over an area around Khor Ghanadah (approximately forty miles south of Dubai, on the coast of the Persian Gulf).The dispute involved the threatened use of armed force, and included an incident in which about one hundred camels were looted by Dubai subjects from Abu Dhabi territory.The papers include correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and extracts from intelligence reports issued by the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers record the progress of the dispute, and the intervention of British officials. The dispute was eventually settled and the camels returned.There is a sketch map of the disputed area on folio 28.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 31; 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.
10. File 57/1928 Pt 14 'Nejd-Koweit: Proposals for a comprehensive settlement between Ibn Saud & the Sheikh of Koweit.'
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- Abstract: The volume concerns the attempts of the British Government to mediate a settlement of the differences between the Shaikh of Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit), Sir Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Hejaz and Nejd (usually referred to as Nejd). The matters at issue between the two rulers included (1) the dispute over the Kuwait-Nejd-Iraq frontier; (2) a customs dispute; (3) raids by the Akhwan [Ikhwan] in Kuwait, and inter-tribal conflict in Nejd.In addition to India Office correspondence and memoranda, the volume includes correspondence from: the High Commissioner for Iraq; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, later Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe); the Political Agent, Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson); HM Minister, Jeddah (Sir Andrew Ryan); the Colonial Office; the Foreign Office; the Government of India; and the two rulers concerned.The papers cover: India Office confidential print entitled 'Koweit, 1908-1928', containing background information on the dispute between the Shaikh of Kuwait and Ibn Saud, 1928; discussion of the chief grievances of the Shaikh of Kuwait toward Ibn Saud, with sketch map showing tribal divisions on the Kuwait border, folios 388-390; a statement by the Shaikh of Kuwait of Akhwan raids, including numbers of persons killed and numbers of animals stolen, with proposals by the Shaikh for the settlement of his disputes with Ibn Saud (folios 377-387); Ibn Saud's blockade of Kuwait; discussion by British officials of inter-tribal conflict; discussion by British officials of the customs and frontier disputes; draft of an agreement between Kuwait and Nejd (folios 220-228); the activities of Ibn Saud's agents, including Ibrahim bin Arfaj; The Colonial Office's view that Kuwait should be maintained as a British-protected state, independent of both Iraq and Nejd (folios 147-148); Ibn Saud's refusal to meet Lieutenant-Colonel Biscoe to discuss matters; a British suggestion that the dispute between the two rulers might be settled on less formal lines, and the proposal to employ the tribal system known as Arafato settle claims, November 1930-February 1931; £10,000 compensation paid by Ibn Saud, to be divided between Iraq and Kuwait, March 1931; and details of the claims for compensation made by the Shaikh of Kuwait against Ibn Saud, arising from Akhwan raids and the blockade of Kuwait, May-June 1931.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 contained 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 397; 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 161-397; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
11. Copy of a Letter from Henry Willock, in London, to the President of the Board of Control, Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn
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- Abstract: Copy of a letter from the former HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in London, to the President of the Board of Control, Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, of 9 December 1826. The letter originally enclosed Willock’s ‘summary of the case of Persia’, with respect to the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] (not included in this item), in which he has endeavoured to represent the sentiments of the Persian Court. The letter also originally enclosed an extract from Willock’s dispatch No. 19 to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 4 September 1825 (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/166), in which is discussed proposals for the mutual occupation of lands on the shores of the lake of Gokcha [Lake Sevan] by Russia and Persia, and which Willock believes to suggest that Russia’s conduct towards Persia has been neither ‘conciliatory nor accommodating’.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)