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Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’ [31r] (61/98)
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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with which to rinse tnc finger tips. Then came the
unsweetened Arab coffee© poured in small doses into -emeii cups
without handles such as are in ooaimon use in the far
I’his is the practice in Iraq and I Oaliswe throughout irab
countries^ One has to x^meaber to snahe tae coffee cup on
returning it when one has nad enough as otherwise it will
continue to be replenished* In addition to coffee s very
swe^t aud-coloured fluid described as tea ia sometimes offered.
Finally, burning inccns© is brought in s small brasier and
the gu©©t fans it in r.ueh a manner as to waft the aroma Into
his nostrils* This cereaoney is a signal that the guest is
fr :© if not expected to depart*
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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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence