'File 9/6 Muscat date trade'
IOR/R/15/2/347
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The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 29 Dec 1928-25 Jul 1931. 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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The file contains a copy of a letter sent by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding the date trade in Muscat. The letter encloses copies of letters forwarded by 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. at Muscat on the cultivation of dates in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including a section of the report written by Mr Dawson of Basra 'on the Fauna, Flora and Geology of the parts of the Batinah visited by him in 1927' (folios 12-22).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (21 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is formed by one letter with earlier enclosures, arranged in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 23; 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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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/2/347
- Former external reference(s)
- Confidential files: 9/6
- Date(s)
- 29 Dec 1928-25 Jul 1931 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Dates (fruit)
- Places
- BatinahMuscat
- People & organisations
- Political Resident, Persian GulfSecretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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- IOR/R/15/2/347
- Title
- 'File 9/6 Muscat date trade'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
