'THE PERSIAN GULF'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'THE PERSIAN GULF'
- Date:
- 1946/1946
- Description:
- The file contains two versions of a paper by Captain Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy entitled 'The Persian Gulf'. The paper was clearly intended to be a guide for British officials who had been newly posted to the region.The paper gives information on the geography and history of the Persian Gulf; descriptions of individual states in the region; a section entitled 'How to Behave' (expanded in the second version under the title 'Arab Religion and Manners'); and a note on currency.The file also contains covering correspondence from the Middle East Department of the Foreign Office, dated May 1946.1 file (32 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 32; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 1-32 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Guides
- Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Extent:
- 1 file (32 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100031201075.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100031201075.0x000001_en
Mss Eur C600/2 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers