File 1202/1912 'Arabia:- Travellers. Capt. F. F Hunter. Herr Runkiar (Danish Expedition). Capt Shakespear.' [122r] (248/358)
The record is made up of 1 volume (175 folios). It was created in 4 Sep 1908-5 Mar 1920. 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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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.
to Foreign Office.
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.
,
25th November 1908.
1 am directed by the Secretary of State for India to request that
in all cases of journeys undertaken by British subjects in those regions
of Asia in which the Government of India are interested, this Office may
be consulted before passports are granted.
The permission of the Government of India is necessary before
travellers can cross the land frontiers into India, and inconvenience
arose recently in the case of Lieutenant H. Whitaker, who proceeded to
India, via the Tashkend Railway and Kulja, with a passport obtained
from the Foreign Office, but without the necessary permission of the
military authorities.
Even in cases where travellers do not propose to enter India, it is
desirable that timely notification should be made to the Government of
India of the countries they propose to visit and the routes they propose
to follow.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State, A. Godley.
Foreign Office.
Enclosure No. 2.
Foreign Office to
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.
.
Sir,
No. 41,405.
Foreign Office,
12th December 1908.
I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, in which you request, by
direction of the Secretary of State for India, that in all cases of journeys
undertaken by British subjects in those regions of Asia in which the
Government of India are interested, the
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.
may be consulted
before passports are granted.
I am to state in reply that if you will be good enough to clearly
define the regions referred to, every endeavour shall be made to comply
with Lord Morley’s request. I am to observe, however, that passports
are also issued by His Majesty’s Consular officers abroad, and that in
order to give entire effect to the request, it would seem to be necessary
to instruct them to refer home, by telegraph, all applications for
passports for travelling in the regions referred to.
The Under Secretary of State
for India.
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The volume concerns expeditions by British officers and by the Royal Danish Geographical Society into the interior of Arabia.
The papers cover: plans by the Royal Danish Geographical Society to explore the countries around the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1909; the refusal of British officials to sanction a proposed journey by Captain Frederick Fraser Hunter of the Survey of India (by motor car from Medina across mainland Arabia to Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi] and then on to Mokalla [Al Mukalla]), on the grounds of possible Turkish suspicions, 1910; the refusal of the Foreign Office to grant permission to British officers to make journeys into Mesopotamia after Turkish suspicions had been aroused by a number of such journeys, 1910; a proposed expedition by the Royal Danish Geographical Society to explore Oman and the Hadramaut [Hadramawt], 1911; the successful expedition of Barclay Raunkiær on behalf of the Royal Danish Geographical Society into Nejd via Kuwait, including failed British attempts to obstruct the expedition, and an investigation by the Government of India into how Raunkiær came to receive assistance from Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, 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. , Kuwait, 1911-12; correspondence concerning Shakespear's own journey from Kuwait to Suez, 1913-14; and correspondence dated 1920 concerning a journey from Constantinople to Basrah made by Captain Frank R Teesdale in 1910.
Note: Raunkiær's name is rendered as 'Runkiar' in the file title.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (175 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1202 (Travellers) consists of one volume only.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 177; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 3-176 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 1202/1912 'Arabia:- Travellers. Capt. F. F Hunter. Herr Runkiar (Danish Expedition). Capt Shakespear.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 7r:21v, 22v, 23v:80v, 81v:83v, 84v:85v, 87r:99v, 101r:135v, 139r:173v, 175r:176v, back-i
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