Coll 20/37 'Muscat: French connections under Muscat'

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British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
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Qatar National Library
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Title:
Coll 20/37 'Muscat: French connections under Muscat'
Date:
1932/1945
Description:
Abstract: Correspondence relating to French relations with Muscat. Included in the file:correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India concerning French requests to communicate with the Sultan of Muscat about the visit of one of their cruisers Jeanne d'Arc(folios 23-25)India Office Memorandum B. 438, P. Z. 6811/34, marked confidential, 'Question whether a Naval Station could be established for use by His Majesty's Ships at Khor Quwai or elsewhere in Muscat Territory compatibly with the existing International Engagements of His Majesty's Government' by John Gilbert Laithwaite, 2 November 1934, including sections on the French historical presence in and relations with Muscat (folios 17-22)correspondence between the Government of Bombay, the Government of India (External Affairs Department), the Political Agency at Muscat, and American Consulate in Bombay concerning the care of French consular interests in Muscat, including transfer of the consulate archive to the Government of Bombay and the question of ownership of the former French Consulate building in Muscat (folios 3-16).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; 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in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Language:
English
Type:
Archival file
Type (Narrower):
Other Texts
Type (Broader):
Text
Subject:
Consular services
Government archives
Government of France, Third Republic
Rights:
غير معروف
Identifier:
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x00021d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x00021d_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2997
IOR/L/PS/12/2997
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