Ext 6299/46 'Travel facilities for pilgrims'

Title:

Ext 6299/46 'Travel facilities for pilgrims'

Date:

1946/1948

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to travel arrangements for residents of the Persian Gulf on the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, particularly regarding fees and repatriation responsibilities. The main correspondents are as follows the Government of India, Department of Communications; the Secretary of State for India and Burma; the British Embassy in Iraq and the Persian Gulf Political Residency. Matters discussed include the Government of India's plan to offer travel to pilgrims via an Indian National Airways chartered aircraft from Bombay to Jedda, and the permissions they will need to obtain from rulers of the region to do this. Folios 5 to 11 contain correspondence detailing the decision to waive deposits usually charged to pilgrims travelling from the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms of Kuweit, Bahrein, Oman and Muscat, and the Trucial Coast, costs of which will be absorbed by the British Consul, Basra.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca

Geographic region:

Mecca

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000517.0x0001a6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000517.0x0001a6_en
IOR/L/PS/12/1169
IOR/L/PS/12/1169

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