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IOR/L/PS/12/2981
- Record Id:
- 040-000558021
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557989
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x00020d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100046457979.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2981
- Title:
- Coll 20/21 (2) 'Muscat: Royal Family'
- Scope & Content:
-
Correspondence regarding a visit by Sultan Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] of Muscat to India and Pakistan in November to December 1949. The papers concern arrangements for travel, formalities to be followed, itinerary (see folio 17), and the allegation that the Sultan was not given due consideration by the British High Commissioner in Pakistan.
The principal correspondents include officials from the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain, Foreign Office, Political Agency in Muscat, Commonwealth Relations Office, Government of Pakistan, and the United Kingdom High Commissioners for India and Pakistan.
Also contained within the file is a note by Frederick Charles Leslie Chauncy, Political Agent, Muscat, on the visit, dated 23 January 1950, with some comment on the Sultan's personality (folio 14).
Folios 2-5 are internal office notes.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000557989
040-000558021 - 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/12/2951-3003 : Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat
IOR/L/PS/12/2981 : Coll 20/21 (2) 'Muscat: Royal Family' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0021]/037-000557989[0032]/040-000558021
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (66 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x00020d
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1949
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 5 Jan 1949-1 Mar 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- Coll 20/21 (2)
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)