Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures with grid lines added in pencil which do not feature on another copy of this map held at IOR/X/3122/1.Routes indicated by red lines.Places of interest including ruins, camps and mounds shown in red.Inscriptions:In the lower left-hand corner an annotation on the original map in red faded ink and partially illegible.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink with grey wash on paperDimensions:735 x 1300 mm, on sheet 760 x 1300 mm
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by shading.Route indicated by dotted line.Inscriptions:Signed in the bottom right-hand corner ‘John Garstin Surveyor General. Surveys. Genls Office Fort Willm. 1811.’Labels:On the recto in the centre black ink oval stamp ‘E.I. COMP’S LIBRARY’.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:262 x 368 mm, on sheet 325 x 430 mm
The account gives details of the route taken through Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Kishm [Qeshm] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] , and provides geographic information on the areas travelled through, information on the peoples inhabiting the areas and information on local trades with particular focus on mining for Salt, Nahptha, Sulphur and Red Ochre.7 folios
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Routes indicated by thin and dotted lines.Inscriptions:On the recto in the bottom right-hand corner signed by the Surveyor General and ‘C.G. Nicholls’ in the bottom left-hand corner below the neat line.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:462 x 656 mm, on sheet 505 x 702 mm
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Routes indicated in red.Inscriptions:On the recto in the bottom right-hand corner signature ‘John Garstin Colonel of Engr. Surveyor General Fort William 7th of January 1811’. 'Recd. 13th J'Labels:On the recto in the lower left below title black ink oval stamp ‘E.I. COMP’S LIBRARY’.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink with wash on paperDimensions:460 x 479 mm, on sheet 662 x 684 mm
The statements were originally intended to form Appendix 12 of Colonel Pelly's Riyadh report No.57 dated 15 May 1866 and were produced following a request from the British Government for Pelly to go through William Gifford Palgrave's book and verify the truth, or otherwise, of accusations, assertions and claims made by Palgrave about the places he visited and people he met.The principal statements that Pelly addressed were as follows:That the native agent at Shargah [Sharjah], an Armenian named Hajee Yacoob, was encouraging the slave trade whilst operating as a representative of the British Government. This claim was refuted by Pelly firstly as Hajee Yacoob was a musselman, secondly as he had recovered more slaves than 'any other man in the Gulf' and thirdly as succesive residents considered him to be a most energetic and reliable man who was not as Palgrave supposed responsible for the suppression of slavery in Shargeh but was in fact the arbitrator of the maritime truce there.That Palgrave and his companion had travelled openly as Christians and been welcomed as such. Whereas Pelly had witness testimonies, including from his agent at Muscat, that Palgrave had disguised himself as a mussulman and used assumed names in order to travel and had even been seen worshipping in mosques.Claims as to the extent of the territories of Oman, that Bahrein and Qatar (amongst other places) paid tribute to Oman, that Said Saeed [Thuwaini bin Said] divided his territories up between his three sons in his will, alleged tensions between these sons and claims relating to Said Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini], son of Said Saeed, being a young boy. Several of these claims such as the extent of Oman's territories and the way in which they were divided up following Said Saeed's death were refuted through treaties and agreements that already existed such as Lord Canning's of 1861 which separated Muscat and Zanzibar, and a loan agreement of 1856 in which Persia agreed to lease some places to Oman. The remaining claims were refuted by Pelly's personal and detailed knowledge of Muscat and through Said Torki [Turki bin Said],son of Said Saeed who was a guest of Pelly's in Bushire at the time of his writing the responses to the statements, including that Said Soulem was actually a grown man, not a young boy, and had recently been accused of murdering his father,Also included in the file are a draft version of the statements and a copy of the witness statement of Mr Rozario, agent at Muscat, regarding Mr Palgrave passing himself off there as a mussulman called Aboo Mahmood and that he had observed him attending mosques and outwardly observing the fast.1 file (22 folios)Foliation: The file has been foliated in the front top right corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
This volume was produced by the General Staff in India and was printed by the Government of India Press in Simla.The purpose of the volume was to provide Government of India officials with useful information about the Iranian Army. The information is arranged into subject chapters, the headings of which are listed in the contents pages (folios 6-7), and include: historical background, military geography, personnel, administration, artillery and uniform. There are two appendices which detail Iranian coinage, weights and measures (folio 28), and a list of aerodromes and landing grounds in Iran (folios 29-31). The volume also includes two illustrative plates which contain images of the ranks of shoulder straps worn by different officers (folio 32) and aircraft markings (folio 33). There is an index to the volume on folio 34.1 volume (68 folios)The contents of this volume are arranged by subject.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
The file consists of three issues of
Appreciation of the Conditions in the Bandar Abbas Consulate Area, for the periods 1 January-31 May 1945, 1 June-1 December 1945, and 1 January-30 June 1946. Each report is written by the British Consul at Bandar Abbas and distributed to the Foreign Office, various departments of the Government of India, and numerous military and political offices in the Middle East, including the Political Agency at Bahrain.The reports contain summarised information on the following local and regional matters:politics and administration;trade and industry;social and economic conditions;tribal affairs;internal security;British interests;Russian influence.1 file (14 folios)The file is arranged chronologically.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 16; 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 1-15; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
The file comprises correspondence relating to British officials’ fears of the possibility of a German coup in Iran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf’s (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) proposals for the evacuation of Bushire, should circumstance necessitate it. The file contains a letter from Prior to the Secretary to the Government of India, Olaf Kirkpatrick Kruuse Caroe, dated 31 May 1940, outlining his proposal to station a company of Indian Infantry at Bahrain, which can be moved to Bushire by Imperial Airways seaplane or by sloop at short notice (ff 4-6). The file also contains: a circular from the British Minister at Tehran, Reader William Bullard, to all British Consuls in Iran, dated 21 May 1940, informing them of the risk of German activity in Iran, and recommending the burning of ‘unostentatiously secret papers’ and the preparation of plans to burn cyphers and current confidential papers (f 7); Prior’s reply to Bullard’s circular, dated 23 May 1940, noting that there is only one German in Bushire town, that British position there is secure, and that he can send cars to Shiraz to assist in any evacuation there if required (f 9).1 file (10 folios)The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 12) mirror the chronological arrangement.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
The file comprises correspondence and papers produced in response to Britain’s involvement in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, which began on 25 August 1941. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban), and the Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Roy Douglas Metcalfe).The file includes:information from the Political Resident to the Political Agents in the Gulf, dated 26 August 1941, on the response amongst the Persian community in Bahrain to events in Iran, with instruction to the Government of Bahrain that Persian schools in Bahrain should remain open (ff 2-4);instructions from the Political Resident to the Political Agents in the Gulf, dated 2 September 1941, to keep watch on dhows arriving from the Iranian coast, lest they be harbouring escaping Axis nationals or Iraqi/Palestinian rebels (ff 6-8). The Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) reports that Iranian nationals were intercepted at Bahrain on a vessel coming from Qattar [Qatar] (ff 9-10). A subsequent report from the Political Resident, dated 24 September 1941, suggests that more than one hundred Germans are believed to have fled southwards from Tehran, some of whom may end up in the Persian Gulf (ff 21-24);a demi-official letter from the Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain to the Political Resident, dated 4 September 1941, related to an apparent relaxation of travel restrictions for Iranians in Bahrain, with a suggestion that there are ‘16,000 foreigners’ now in Bahrain (ff 12-13);a report from the Residency Agent at Sharjah of a letter containing anti-British sentiment posted on the gates of the market in Dubai, signed by ‘a number of sacrificing volunteers’. The report encloses draft and final English translations of the letter, as well as a transcribed copy of the Arabic (ff 15-18);a report from the British Consul at Bushire, dated 30 September 1941, of the declaration of martial law in Shiraz (f 25);a copy of the text of the Treaty of Alliance, with annexes, signed between Iran, the USSR and Britain on 29 January 1942 (ff 32-36);the file notes contain a list of detailed points discussed between the Assistant Political Agent and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain on 26 September 1941, arising from the Anglo-Soviet invasion (arrest and surveillance of suspects; applications from Iranians for Bahrain nationality; imports and exports to/from Iran; export of currency; travel documents; mail; arms and ammunition) (ff 37-40).1 file (41 folios)The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 37-42) mirror the chronological arrangement.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 43; 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 2-36; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 37-42; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
The file contains correspondence, instructions and other papers relating to: troop numbers in Bahrain; troop movements through the Gulf into and out of Bahrain; military movements and military transportation in the wider region; Ministry of War Transport operations at Bahrain. Principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent in the Persian Gulf (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham); the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf (Major H T Hewitt); officers at PAIFORCE [Persia and Iraq Force] officials.The file includes:throughout, reports from numerous correspondents (including the Defence Officer at Bahrain, the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, officials at Bombay, RAF [Royal Air Force] Shaibah) reporting specific troop movements, as well as military equipment and supplies, through Bahrain;details of the numbers and locations of military personnel based at Bahrain, submitted to the Political Agent at Bahrain by the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf (ff 12-14, ff 21-22; ff 67-68), and movement of troops out of Bahrain, as the risk of enemy action there diminishes, with troops transferred to Abadan (ff 29-34);correspondence dated December 1944 relating to proposals to move troops by air between India and Britain, with Bahrain being a staging post, the expectation being that 1,500 military personnel would need to be accommodated at Bahrain at any given time (f 64).The file contains numerous instructions from PAIFORCE:Administrative Instruction No. 60, dated December 1943, relating to the anti-locust campaign in Saudi Arabia, 1943/44, and including details of: general outline of the campaign; responsibilities; order of battle; outline plan; provision of supplies; medical matters; post; pay and allowances; civilian labour and personnel (ff 37-42); subsequent amendments to Administrative Instruction No. 60 (f 55, f 57, f 62);Operation Instruction No. 12, dated November 1943, relating to the destruction of locust swarms in South Persia, and including details of: present locust situation; anti-locust organisation; co-operation from the RAF; locust control in Saudi Arabia and India; object of campaign; administration; intercommunication. Appendix A contains topographical information about the route between Baghdad and Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. Appendix B is a wireless communications plan (ff 45-52);GHQ Movements and Transportation Working Instruction No. 77, dated February 1945 (ff 73-81), HQ (Mov & Tn [Movements and Transportation] PAIFORCE Working Instruction No. 79, dated May 1945 (ff 83-91), and Joint HQ (Mov & Tn) PAIFORCE and Air HQ Iraq and Persia Working Instruction No. 1, dated September 1945 (ff 95-103), with each subsequent instruction superseding the previous instruction, and containing details of: functions of the Movements and Transportation officers; imports and exports; personnel; air movements; BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] services; RAF services; bookings; documentation; air freight; POL [petroleum, oil and lubricants] shipments.1 file (107 folios)The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 105-108) mirror the chronological arrangement.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 109; 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 3-30; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
This file concerns Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). It includes the following:cases of Persian customs authorities reportedly inhibiting (and in some cases preventing altogether) the passage of persons travelling between Persia and Kuwait, allegedly because of the Persian Government's claim that Kuwait is part of Persian territory;a copy of a non-aggression clause, written in 1930 and taken from a draft of a proposed treaty between Britain and Persia;copies of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office regarding whether or not the rulers of Muscat, Bahrain, and Kuwait should cancel their respective existing proclamations that give Persian vessels rights to inspect Arab dhows outside Persian territorial waters;a copy of a draft of Iran's 1942 treaty of alliance with Britain and the Soviet Union;copies of correspondence dating from 1934 between the British Legation, Tehran, and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [Sir John Simon], regarding Britain's response to the Persian Government's refusal to recognise certain agreements between Britain and the Arab rulers of the Gulf, which give Britain the right to represent the latter in their foreign relations.Other subjects of correspondence include the anticipated revision in (1947) of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's concession of 1933 and the presence of Iranian Airways in Kuwait.The principal correspondents are the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Secretary of State for India; the British Legation, Tehran; the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Commonwealth Relations Office; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ].1 file (135 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 137; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two previous foliation sequences, both of which are written in pencil (the set from ff 1-136 are circled, the set from ff 4-122 are not), have been superseded and therefore crossed out.