'File 9/1 III Visits of His Majesty's Ships'

Title:

'File 9/1 III Visits of His Majesty's Ships'

Date:

1950/1950

Description:

Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to the visits of British Navy ships to Muscat and other Oman ports. Most of the papers are notifications of the arrival and departure of HM Ships into and out of Muscat and of the expected movements of such ships within the wider Persian Gulf region. Matters covered by the correspondence include: the nature of visits (official or not); required gun salutes, including the question of whether to fire on Fridays or not; lists of officers aboard; the protocol for visits to other ports in Oman, such as Sur and Salalah; and, if part of an official visit, the programme of social and diplomatic events that will take place. The principal ships mentioned in the file are HMS Flamingo, Wren, and Dalrymple.Correspondence comes from: the Political Agent, Muscat; British Residency, Bahrain; Senior Naval Office in the Persian Gulf; Basil Woods Ballard, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muscat; and the British Agency, Sharjah.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 87, 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in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.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:

HMS Dalrymple
HMS Wren
HMS Flamingo

Geographic region:

Salalah
Sur

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000881.0x00004b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x00004b_en
IOR/R/15/6/300
IOR/R/15/6/300

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