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IOR/L/PS/12/110
- Record Id:
- 040-000555108
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000181
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037992512.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/110
- Title:
- PZ 3191/34 'Persian Gulf Viceroy's passage by Imperial Airways from Karachi to UK'
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains correspondence relating to the ceremonial visits made by the Viceroy of India to Bahrain, Kuwait and Sharjah in the summer of 1934, where he landed by aeroplane, on route from Karachi to England by Imperial Airways Ltd, for a period of home leave. The file contains reports by the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf which describe the ceremonies that took place. Also included in the file are English translations of the speeches made by the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Sharjah to mark the Viceroy’s visit to their sheikhdoms, as well as a letter of greeting addressed to the Viceroy by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555108 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/110 : PZ 3191/34 'Persian Gulf Viceroy's passage by Imperial Airways from Karachi to UK' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0111]/040-000555108
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (30 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000181
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 5 May 1934-15 Aug 1934
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- PZ 3191/1934
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Emir of Sharjah, al-Qāsimī dynasty, 1866-
King of Bahrain, 1783-
Political Agent, Bahrain, 1905-1971
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa‘īd Dynasty, 1861-1970
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947 - Subjects:
- Air travel
Visits - Places:
- Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia
Kuwait, Middle East, Asia
Sharjah, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
