Coll 30/183 'Proposed visit to Persian Gulf by H.E. the Viceroy.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/183 'Proposed visit to Persian Gulf by H.E. the Viceroy.'
- Date:
- 1939/1939
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns a proposal by the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, that he make an official visit to the Arab shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf: Muscat, Sharjah, Bahrain, and Kuwait are mentioned as likely destinations. Linlithgow requested permission for the visit from the Secretary of State for India, Lord Zetland, because he felt it was important for Britain to strengthen her hold over the Arab rulers there. However, he acknowledged that the visit was dependent on the international situation [the impending outbreak of the Second World War].The file includes correspondence from Linlithgow and Zetland, and India Office minutes. The papers show that British officials had various opinions on the wisdom of the visit, which is discussed on constitutional grounds, and in terms of speed of travel, communications, and the international situation. Parallels are drawn with Lord Curzon's visit to the same region in 1903.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; 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:
- Visits
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001eb_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001eb_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3921
IOR/L/PS/12/3921