IOR/R/15/6/322

Correspondence and other papers relating to the visits of foreign naval vessels to the Persian Gulf. The papers mostly consist of notices given for such visits, correspondence connected to the effort to obtain permission for such visits and what protocol should be followed, and several reports on visits made to Muscat and Bahrain. The ships mentioned include the French vessel d'Iberville (also written d'Auberville and d'Eberville), the American vessels USS Toledo and Greenwich Bay, and the Italian vessel Eritrea.

Correspondence comes from: the Government of India, Defence Department; the Political Agency, Muscat; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Admiralty; the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; the British Embassy, Baghdad; the French Legation, Baghdad; the India Office (later the Commonwealth Relations Office); the French Embassy, London; the Colonial Office; the British Consul, Damascus; the Political Agency, Bahrain; the Foreign Office; the French Consul, Bombay [Mumbai]; the British Embassy, Washington DC; and Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and his representatives.