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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' [28r] (55/78)
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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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.l
2nd March, 1938*
(K 2618/2618/291)
Immediate.
My dear Gibson,
Your letter of the 23rd February (P.Z. 1120/38).
I write to confirm that there is no objection on
the part of the Foreign Office to the Consulate at Muscat
being left vacant, as proposed, for three or four weeks
while Fowle and Watts come to London in connexion with the
contemplated discussions v/ith the Sultan of Muscat.
/
r-~r—<y
J.P. Gibson, Esq.
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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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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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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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