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Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’ [30r] (59/98)
The record is made up of 1 file (46 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1940-28 Jun 1940. 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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; )I#0THJS8 AND Cl. I MAT K
37. ^pom Dec mber to the «nd of If arch the cliMete on the
Pereian Gulf doee not to differ |ri*eatiy in temperature
froae that in eouthern Iraq. l.Xght oioth suits are appropriate
and as *\'[**mm far south us oahruin fires in the evening are
pleasant or necessary. At ^harja and i uscat ths oiiaute curing
my visit was rather warmer and shorts and linen clothes could
have been worn but were unnecessary. The climate at this
A
Hasson is very variable* During ay six days at ouhruin on one
day tropical clothing would huve been pleasant but on most of
the others 1 felt Myself haroly warm enough in a light cloth
suit when the wind from the north, Known as the M eha»al" f wss
blowing. At sea of course the temperature is lower. From the
beginning of May the great he^t begins and while not reaching
such extremes as in Bagdad is much more humid and therefore
mor? trying^while it lasts rather longer.
It may be of* intoreist to mention on*s or two points of
etiquette observed in calling in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and at Oman*
From fch&rja eastwards 1 was offared s Hina of Turkish delight
bowl or small wash basin. X fount* t at following the example
oi Jack homer, 1 was expected to put in my linger anti K>uii
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The file contains papers relating to a tour by Sir Basil Newton, HM Ambassador to Iraq, to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Gulf of Oman, visiting Sharja [Sharjah], Muscat, Bahrain, Basra, Fao [Al-Faw], and Abadan.
The file mostly consists of the following:
- Correspondence between 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. (Roland Tennyson Peel) and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.
- Correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office.
- Copy correspondence between Newton and the Foreign Office, including a copy of a despatch from Newton to Viscount Halifax (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, containing Newton’s impressions and observations formed on the tour, and enclosing an account of his tour.
The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (46 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front 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 49; 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 also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2896
- Title
- Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:48v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence