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File 1202/1912 'Arabia:- Travellers. Capt. F. F Hunter. Herr Runkiar (Danish Expedition). Capt Shakespear.' [123r] (250/358)
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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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.
.
No. 38,382/08. Foreign Office,
Sir, 25th November 1908.
The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his
compliments to the Under Secretery of State for India, and, by direction
of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copies of the under
mentioned papers:—
Letters from Sir George Pigot, 7th August and.
3rd November. ) ^ x ,
Letters to Sir George Pigot, 18th August and > oo mg m en la
18th November. \ Asia<
Note to Chinese Minister, 18th November. ^
Annex 1.
Sir G. Pigot to Foreign Office.
Sir George Pigot presents his compliments to the Secretary of State,
and as his son, who is in the Rifle Brigade in India, wishes to come home
in the spring of next year through Central Asia to get some shooting, he
would be so much obliged if the Secretary of State would very kindly
apply for permits from the Russian and Chinese Governments to pass
through their respective territories.
Warfield Grove, Bracknell,
7th August 1908.
Sir,
No. 27,589.
Annex 2.
Foreign Office to Sir G. Pigot.
Foreign Office,
18th August 1908.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 7th instant asking that permits may be
obtained from the Russian and Chinese Governments for your son to
travel in Central Asia for sporting purposes.
I am to inform you in reply that before application can be made to
the Russian and Chinese Governments for the desired permission, it will
be necessary to furnish this Department with details as to your son’s
Christian names and rank, the route he intends to follow, the approximate
date at which, and the place where, he proposes to enter and leave
Chinese and Russian territory and the length of time he wishes to stay,
together with the number and description of guns and rifles, and the
amount of ammunition which he desires to take with him.
I am accordingly to request that you will supply Sir E. Grey with
full information on the points indicated.
I am, &c.,
Sir George Pigot, Bart. Louis Mallet.
Annex 3.
Sir George Pigot to Foreign Office.
AVarfield Grove, Bracknell,
Dear Sir, 3rd November 1908.
I beg to acknowledge with many thanks the enclosed letter, and
have now received from my son the following particulars asked for.
He proposes to go from Bombay to Alexandria, arriving at Batoum in
Russian territory about the end of duly 1909, and from there, via
Tashkend by Transcaspian Railway, to Kulja, in Chinese territory,
arriving at Kulja about the end of August,
s. 3. b
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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.
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- 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.'
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- 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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