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File 1202/1912 'Arabia:- Travellers. Capt. F. F Hunter. Herr Runkiar (Danish Expedition). Capt Shakespear.' [168r] (340/358)
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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COPENHAGEN,
December 22nd, 1909.
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Sir:-
With reference to your despatch No.61 of the 9th
Instant, I have the honour to report that I called last
week at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and told Herr
Scavenius that I had drawn the attention of His Majes
ty's Government to the article in tne "Dannebrog
respecting the proposed expedition by members of the
Danish Geographical Society to tne countries suiround
ing the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
I informed His Excellency that you naturally took
an interest in the proposed journey to the countries
A
in question, and I added that I was instructed to en-
.
quire
Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios.
in the most friendly way whether he could be
kind enough to supply me with any details as to the ex-
act scop© of the expedition.
Herr Scavenius told me that he quite understood
the desire of His Majesty's Government for details and
he
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.
&C., &c., &c.
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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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- Title
- 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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