Coll 30/183 'Proposed visit to Persian Gulf by H.E. the Viceroy.'
IOR/L/PS/12/3921
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The record is made up of 1 file (27 folios). It was created in 17 Jul 1939-25 Aug 1939. 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 concerns a proposal by the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, that he make an official visit to the Arab shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Muscat, Sharjah, Bahrain, and Kuwait are mentioned as likely destinations. Linlithgow requested permission for the visit from the Secretary of State for India, Lord Zetland, because he felt it was important for Britain to strengthen her hold over the Arab rulers there. However, he acknowledged that the visit was dependent on the international situation [the impending outbreak of the Second World War].
The file includes correspondence from Linlithgow and Zetland, and 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. minutes. The papers show that British officials had various opinions on the wisdom of the visit, which is discussed on constitutional grounds, and in terms of speed of travel, communications, and the international situation. Parallels are drawn with Lord Curzon's visit to the same region in 1903.
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.
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- 1 file (27 folios)
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The papers 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 29; 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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- English in Latin script
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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/12/3921
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- Coll 30/183
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- 17 Jul 1939-25 Aug 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Secretary of State for India and Burma, United KingdomViceroy and Governor-General of India in Council
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- Coll 30/183 'Proposed visit to Persian Gulf by H.E. the Viceroy.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:28v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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