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'File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence' [220r] (437/534)
The record is made up of 1 file (265 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1944-3 Jul 1949. 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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British Embassy,
CAIRO.
8th April, 1948.
Dear Politicel Agent,
When -Hifrid Thesiger started from Mukalla
la^ t November to go north across the Rub el Khali
he sent me his 3uropean kit in a zipped bag to be
held until I should hear from him. I have now
received a letter from Leila, AflaJ, saying that
he has got across safely' and will be shortly leaving
^or the east. He has, afeked me. to send his kit on to
you with a request that you will be good enough to
Keen it until ne calls for it which he expects will
be sometime in July. -Meanwhile he has asked the
British Middle East Anti-Locust Unit to send all mail
for him c/o the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Muscat.
I am sending his kit off to you by R.A.P. and
shall be grateful if you will keep it safely till
hip arrival. Meanwhile I enclose the key of the bag,
so that yftu may if you would be so good, get the kit
out and give it an airing.
(H.i!. Mini^tr^rJ
^ J
K' i 1
The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,
Bahrein.
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and Sharjah, 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 Government of India at New Delhi, Gray, Mackenzie & Co. Ltd. and other suppliers, on arrangements and expenditures for sending an anti-locust delegation from Karachi to Oman for four months in 1946 and on supplies requested for the anti locust campaigns in Oman and Kuwait.
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- 1 file (265 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the file (folios 250-267). The notes refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red crayon or blue, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
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The main foliation is written in pencil, circled, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1; then 2-18; 19 and 19A; 20-150; 151 and 151A; 152-190; 191 and 191A; 192-199; 200 and 200A; and carries on until 268, which is the last number given, on the inside of the back cover. The following folios are missing or skipped: 6, 8, 21, 99, 167, 187. There are two other foliations sequences, which are incomplete.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1741
- Title
- 'File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence'
- Pages
- 192r:192v, 193v:200v, 200ar:200av, 201r:202v, 203v:211v, 212v:267v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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