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Coll 20/14(5) 'Muscat: Sultan's visit to UK in 1938: Deputation of Lt Col G. Dalyell of the Binns as ''attached'' officer' [4r] (7/78)
The record is made up of 1 file (37 folios). It was created in 30 Jan 1938-29 Apr 1938. 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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—
COPY.
THE BINNS,
LINLITHGOW.
April 17th 1938.
Prom Lieut.Colonel G. Dalyell of the Binns, C.I.E.
To The High Commissioner for India,
India House, Aldwych,
London.
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that I
understand that the time which I spent on duty
with His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and ’Oman -
March 27th to April 11th — is to be treated as
deputation on my time scale of pay.
2. I understand that the pay is being adjusted
with my Bankers, Lloyds Bank Ltd, G 1, 6 Pall Mall,
and I would request that the period of my leave
pending retirement may be extended by the period
of my deputation.
3. I should be grateful if the cost of my
journey from Edinburgh to London and back to
Linlithgow, £5/7/11, could be refunded to me. I
understand from 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.
that the cost of
a first class return ticket is admissible to me.
I started from Edinburgh as there is no suitable
through carriage from Linlithgow to the south.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant.
(Sd.) G. Dalyell of the Binns.
Lieut.Colonel.
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Correspondence between officials at 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. , the Government of India (External Affairs Department), the Government Hospitality Fund, the High Commissioner for India, Lord Linlithgow, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and Gordon Dalyell of the Binns (previously known as Gordon Loch). The correspondence concerns the need for a British Officer to accompany the Sultan of Muscat during his visit to the United Kingdom in March-April 1938 and the deputation of Dalyell for the task. Practical arrangements such as accommodation and pay are dealt with.
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- 1 file (37 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 38; 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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- Coll 20/14(5) 'Muscat: Sultan's visit to UK in 1938: Deputation of Lt Col G. Dalyell of the Binns as ''attached'' officer'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:33v, 35r:38v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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