'File 17/1 Government Properties. Christian Cemeteries'

Title:

'File 17/1 Government Properties. Christian Cemeteries'

Contributor:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (correspondent)

Date:

1912/1936

Description:

This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the European (or Christian) cemeteries in Muscat. Much of the correspondence is between British diplomatic and naval officials concerning their general upkeep and maintenance. As such, a number of lists of those individuals buried in both the new and old European cemeteries are contained in the file (folios 41 and 85-87).The file also contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Muscat and the Imperial War Graves Commission regarding the replacement of two broken gravestones in the cemetery, as well as the construction and delivery of two gravestones for British military personnel buried in Muscat (this includes images of the designs on folios 51-52). The two men are named as Lieutenant J Morgan of the Royal Engineers and Engine Room Artificer, C W D Kaye.On folio 61 the file contains a letter in Urdu that was sent from the British Agency in Gwadur [Gwadar] to the British Political Agency in Muscat.1 file (99 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 101; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-36 and between ff 48-100; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English
Urdu

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Cemeteries

Extent:

1 file (99 folios)

Rights:

Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Unknown
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000e5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000e5_en
IOR/R/15/6/454

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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