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IOR/R/15/6/454
- Record Id:
- 040-000242959
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000e5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100077134063.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/454
- Title:
- File 17/1 Government Properties. Christian Cemeteries'
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the European (or Christian) cemeteries in Muscat. Much of the correspondence is between British diplomatic and naval officials concerning their general upkeep and maintenance. As such, a number of lists of those individuals buried in both the new and old European cemeteries are contained in the file (folios 41 and 85-87).
The file also contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Muscat and the Imperial War Graves Commission regarding the replacement of two broken gravestones in the cemetery, as well as the construction and delivery of two gravestones for British military personnel buried in Muscat (this includes images of the designs on folios 51-52). The two men are named as Lieutenant J Morgan of the Royal Engineers and Engine Room Artificer, C W D Kaye.
On folio 61 the file contains a letter in Urdu that was sent from the British Agency in Gwadur Gwadar to the British Political Agency in Muscat.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242557
038-000242958
040-000242959 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/70-472 : Muscat Agency, Subject Files
IOR/R/15/6/454-463 : File 17: Government Property
IOR/R/15/6/454 : File 17/1 Government Properties. Christian Cemeteries' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0018]/038-000242958[0001]/040-000242959
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (99 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000e5
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Urdu - Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
Latin - Start Date:
- 1912
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- 30 Nov 1912-14 Aug 1936
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 101; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-36 and between ff 48-100; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- File 17/1
File XVII/2 - Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)