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Coll 30/200 ‘Persian Gulf. Tour of Political Resident from Bahrein to Muscat in L. T. Nearchus.’ [59r] (118/133)
The record is made up of 1 file (64 folios). It was created in 29 Apr 1940-1 Oct 1946. 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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body ot the .,1 Bu ^busoiu who had oooe across fror; the TruciaX
Jostt and were hoping to get penalssion to go and see the
sultan* They included a cheery and altsost toothless old man
who remembered Sir *erey Coa, and had been with him on hie
western
lamous journey on the tax side oX the Tebel khdar. X also
met the looal h*nlas» and we were then taken up flight after
flight of narrow stairs* evidently preceded by a goat which
we met in one of the rooms* These stairs are purposely mads
narrow* so that only one man can come up at a time and wind
clockwise to place the attacker at a disadvantage* Finally
we reaohed the great room whose open embrasures you o&n see
near the top of the fort on the right* and the view wae
magnificent* On the one aide there was the blue sea* the
white Msearcbue* swinging at anchor with a light plume of
leisurely smoke* sad* *» the other* line after line of the grim
black jlxjlx heights of fuel khdar* in between stretched
the x>atinch* an unbroken stretch of palm and sane as far aa
the eye could eee* We were* however* brought back to realities
by the lunch* which* as usual* was stone-cold. 1 was relieved
(and somewhat surprleed) to find from the "hearchue* that the
world had o&rried on without me for three daye and ae there
wae no pre-arranged signal recalling me to Muscat we decided
to go on the next day to dhlnee* after spending the night on
3i* the road was a little more open* and we left the beaeh
for the interior but there was a new difficulty* mud creeks*
for which HI ok Inbet hast had* ae usual, developed a special
technique* «e met the -all* who was a son of our host at
^ohar* and the Hindus* and again passed through a feu de jole
even wore dangerous than that at Has;*®* »e were obliged to
/ sake
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The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to: a tour of Muscat by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, 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. and HM Consul-General, Bushire, in February 1940; his journey from Muscat to Bahrein [Bahrain] in the ship LT [Lighthouse Tender] Nearchus ; and a later tour of Bandar Abbas, Jask and Chahbar [Chabahar] in Iran by Prior in November and December 1943.
The correspondence includes the following letters from Prior to the Secretary to the Government of India External Affairs Department: a letter dated 26 April 1940, which consists of a detailed account of his trip to Muscat, including the day he spent at Kuwait with Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, and a stop to refuel and meet the Senior Naval Officer at Khor Kuwai [Khawr al Quway‘] on the way to Muscat, with twelve enclosed photographs [IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 22; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 23; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 24; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 25; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 26; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 27; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 28; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 29; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 30; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 31; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 32; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 63]; and a letter dated 29 April 1940, recounting Prior’s cruise from Muscat to Bahrain, with stops at Qais [Kish] Island and Ras Tanura. Copies of these letters were sent from Prior to Roland Tennyson Peel 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 file also includes: a copy (sent from Prior to the Secretary of State for India) of a letter from Prior to Sir Reader William Bullard, HM Minister, Tehran, dated 28 January 1944, which contains a report of his tour of Bandar Abbas, Jask and Chabahar; a letter in response from Bullard to Prior dated 22 February 1944; and a letter from the Foreign Office to Bullard, dated 23 March 1944, regarding Prior’s report.
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 (64 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 foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 66, 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 30/200 ‘Persian Gulf. Tour of Political Resident from Bahrein to Muscat in L. T. Nearchus.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:21v, 33r:62v, 64r:66r, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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