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Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’ [48r] (95/98)
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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D E 0 Y P H E R OF TEL K Q,R A _M_,_
Prom Oorernment of India* External Affairs Dej* "■
to Secretary of State for Indiao
Dated New Delhi* 21.26 hours, 10th
February, 1940 0
Received 18<»g0 hours, 10th February, 1940, x;
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430, Personal, Caroe to Peel, Prior telegraphs that
Newton, who had already rlsited Koweit without reference to him*
has now intimated his intention, without asking for concurrence,
of making a tour to Muscat, Sharjah, Bahrein and Buehire® There
seems to be some objection in principle to bringing Iraq., through
person of His Majesty’s Ambassador who occupies so special a
position there* into undue prominence in the Gulf States® While
the Resident will of course always be anxious to help as much as
possible, we consider subject to the view of
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.
,
that it might be a good thing to lay down that no visit should be
paid to the Arab shore by Baghdad without obtaining Residence
formal concurrence®
2* In general, visits from either Baghdad or Tehran to Arab
side of the Gulf ought perhaps to be kept within rather narrow
limits* There are reasons, for instance* for treating with care
any proposal, by Minister at Tehran to visit Bahrein- and there
exists an old Persian claim to suzerainty over Koweit and Muscat,
The Tragi desire to absorb Koweit is an argument for putting visite
to Koweit by His Majesty’s Representative in Irag of a (aic, ? on a)
formal basis®
3 P Prior is anxious to reply to Newton as soon as possible
and we shall be glad if you will telegraph your views.
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12FEB1940
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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.
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- 1 file (46 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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
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- Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’
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- 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