'File 16/5 ITALIAN SHIPPING ACTIVITIES'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 16/5 ITALIAN SHIPPING ACTIVITIES'
- Date:
- 1933/1939
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence concerning Italian shipping in the Persian Gulf and individuals representing Italian interests. Topics covered include:British concerns about an American archaeologist, Count Prorok, a naturalised American subject (ff 18-72). Suspicions were harboured that he was working for the Californian Arabian Standard Oil Company. The Sultan of Muscat refused to issue him a visa to travel into the interior of Oman.also discussed are the activities of an Italian, Tullio Pastori, recruiting labourers for Eritrea (ff 76-78).visit by the Italian warship, Eritrea, to the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 2-87 and between ff 88-95 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Shipping regulations
Byron Khun de Prorok - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000399_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000399_en
IOR/R/15/2/554
IOR/R/15/2/554