‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. (2) Impounding of British passports by local Customs.’
IOR/R/15/6/333
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The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 25 Feb 1938-7 Mar 1938. It was written in English and Arabic. 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 two copies of a letter by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, 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. , Muscat to Sayyid Shihab bin Faysal Al Bu Sa‘idi, representative of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman regarding the impounding of British subjects’ passports by the Muscat State officials.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (6 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear 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 8, 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 and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
- Type
- Archival file
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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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/6/333
- Former external reference(s)
- Subject Files: File [X A/2]
- Date(s)
- 25 Feb 1938-7 Mar 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/6/333
- Title
- ‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. (2) Impounding of British passports by local Customs.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence