Author
the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
Publication Date
18 Apr 1936-1 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
26
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/127
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000327
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
18 Apr 1936-1 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Unnumbered file: the file is numbered 5308, but clearly belongs in this series.
The file concerns a request from the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
for revisions to the
Second List of Names in Arabia (N.E. and S.E.)
, by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (Royal Geographical Society, December 1935). The correspondence, dated 1936-37, includes a memorandum of corrections in accordance with local custom prepared by Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and HBM's Consul, Muscat, and copies of the list dated 1935 and (corrected) 1937.
The papers also include transcripts of three articles from the Arab press dated 1939 concerning German military aims in the Middle East, and related topics.
The Arabic language content of the file consists of lists of place names (with transliterations into English) and press
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
letterheads.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
5308
