'File 19/6 Tours. Tour of HBM's Minister and Legation Staff, Tehran'

Content

The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the British Minister and the Legation Staff at Tehran to Bahrain and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. countries.

The principal correspondents are: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited; the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; the British Minister at Tehran; the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent at Sharjah; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain. The correspondence with the Ruler of Bahrain is in Arabic with English translation.

Extent and format

1 file (26 folios)

Arrangement

The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 25-27. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a number in blue and red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-27; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1661

Former external reference(s)

English Office Files: 19/6

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Jan 1934-9 Jan 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Mesopotamia Persia Corporation LimitedHM Ambassador to IranKing of BahrainNative Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah

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