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Coll 30/108 'Trucial Coast. Medical Quarantine and Sanitary Arrangements. Quarantine restrictions on the Trucial Coast: Appt of Medical Adviser to P.R.P.G. (Maj W. J. Moody) [‎8r] (15/533)

The record is made up of 1 file (288 folios). It was created in 6 Oct 1934-10 Apr 1948. It was written in English and French. 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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of the duties of Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon, Bahrain and Chief
Quarantine Medical Officer, Arab Coast, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Relieved Officer.
Relieving officer.

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The file concerns medical and quarantine arrangements in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel William Joseph Moody as Medical Adviser to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The papers include: reports of an outbreak of smallpox on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , 1936; notes of a meeting 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. , July 1947, to discuss Britain's international and local responsibilities for health and quarantine in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folio 102); the details of Moody's appointment, 1947-48; and copies of relevant international agreements dated 1897-1935, including some text in French.

There are no papers in the file dated 1939-46.

The French language content of the papers consists of a single item of diplomatic correspondence, the French text of the International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation, 1933 (folios 225-271), and approximately five folios of correspondence from the Office International d'Hygiene Publique, Paris.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (288 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 289; 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.

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Coll 30/108 'Trucial Coast. Medical Quarantine and Sanitary Arrangements. Quarantine restrictions on the Trucial Coast: Appt of Medical Adviser to P.R.P.G. (Maj W. J. Moody) [‎8r] (15/533), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3831, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100052140379.0x000012> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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