Ext 6299/46 'Travel facilities for pilgrims'

IOR/L/PS/12/1169

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The record is made up of 1 file (15 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1946-8 Mar 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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The file contains correspondence relating to travel arrangements for residents of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, particularly regarding fees and repatriation responsibilities. The main correspondents are as follows the Government of India, Department of Communications; the Secretary of State for India and Burma; the British Embassy in Iraq and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. . Matters discussed include the Government of India's plan to offer travel to pilgrims via an Indian National Airways chartered aircraft from Bombay to Jedda, and the permissions they will need to obtain from rulers of the region to do this. Folios 5 to 11 contain correspondence detailing the decision to waive deposits usually charged to pilgrims travelling from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sheikhdoms of Kuweit, Bahrein, Oman and Muscat, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , costs of which will be absorbed by the British Consul, Basra.

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1 file (15 folios)
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The file's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; 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.

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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.
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IOR/L/PS/12/1169
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Ext 6299/46

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13 Sep 1946-8 Mar 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

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Ext 6299/46 'Travel facilities for pilgrims', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1169, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x0001a6> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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