Coll 27/18 ‘Passports. Iraq. Passports for Indian pilgrims travelling to Iraq.’

Content

The file contains papers relating to visas for Indian pilgrims travelling to Iraq, including papers concerning the question of whether Indian pilgrims in possession of Pilgrim Passes should be admitted into Iraq without any visa.

The main correspondents are as follows: HM Ambassador, Baghdad; the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Baghdad; and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department.

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.

Extent and format

1 file (39 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 41; 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.

Written in

English in Latin 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/L/PS/12/3380

Former external reference(s)

Coll 27/18

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Jan 1935-11 Jan 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Visas

Places

Iraq

People & organisations

HM Ambassador to AfghanistanGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentMinistry of Foreign Affairs

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Coll 27/18 ‘Passports. Iraq. Passports for Indian pilgrims travelling to Iraq.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3380, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003a5> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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