Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’

Content

The file contains papers relating to a tour by Sir Basil Newton, HM Ambassador to Iraq, to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Gulf of Oman, visiting Sharja [Sharjah], Muscat, Bahrain, Basra, Fao [Al-Faw], and Abadan.

The file mostly consists of the following:

• Correspondence between 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. (Roland Tennyson Peel) and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.
• Correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office.
• Copy correspondence between Newton and the Foreign Office, including a copy of a despatch from Newton to Viscount Halifax (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, containing Newton’s impressions and observations formed on the tour, and enclosing an account of his tour.

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

Extent and format

1 file (46 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 49; 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 side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/2896

Former external reference(s)

Coll 17/34

History of this record

Date(s)

10 Feb 1940-28 Jun 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

SharjaMuscatBahrainBasraFaoAbadan

People & organisations

Indian Political Service, External Affairs DepartmentHM Ambassador to IraqPolitical Resident, Persian Gulf

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Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2896, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001b7> [accessed 4 October 2024]

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