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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/P/1003 Subject Embassies and consulates

1. IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21

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IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21
Title:
Government enquiry into the supposed practice of wealthy Muslims providing for the poor to make pilgrimage to Mecca without sufficiently providing for their journey back or subsistence
Scope & Content:
pp 397-473. Following receipt of a report from the British Council in Jeddah that many pilgrims do not have provision for their subsistence at Jeddah or return passage to Mecca, the Government of India request opinions on the matter from the Presidency Governments, and recommendations for any ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1876-Aug 1877
Extent:
57 pages

2. IOR/P/1003 Mar 1877 nos 39-40

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IOR/P/1003 Mar 1877 nos 39-40
Title:
Establishment of a quarantine station at Bassidore [Bāsa'īdū]
Scope & Content:
pp 75-84. Correspondence and copy telegrams regarding the outbreak of plague at Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf; quarantine measures adopted by the Egyptian Sanitary Board; initial plans for temporarily moving the Bushire Residency to Bassidore and establishing a quarantine; the trade of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1875-Mar 1877
Extent:
10 pages

3. IOR/P/1003 May 1877 nos 15-17

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IOR/P/1003 May 1877 nos 15-17
Title:
Overcrowding of pilgrim vessels lying between the ports of Aden ['Adan] and Jeddah
Scope & Content:
pp 117-20. Correspondence regarding pilgrim vessels, the Native Passenger Ships Act, and the Ottoman sanitary administration. Includes communications received from the Government of Bombay, the Secretary of State for India, the Political Resident at Aden, and the Consul at Jeddah.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1877-May 1877
Extent:
4 pages

4. IOR/P/1003 Oct 1877 nos 73-75

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IOR/P/1003 Oct 1877 nos 73-75
Title:
Regulation of pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
pp 569-621. Secretary of State for India forwards copy telegrams, correspondence and regulations concerning the pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea, and proposals by Turkish authorities for regulation and quarantine. Includes copy communications from: Sir Henry Elliot. Dr Dickson, British Delegate t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mar 1877-Oct 1877
Extent:
51 pages