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'Visit of Her Excellency Lady Willingdon'.

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/591

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This record is a file about the 'Visit of Her Excellency Lady Willingdon'. dating from 14 May 1933-12 Jul 1933.

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IOR/R/15/2/591
Title
'Visit of Her Excellency Lady Willingdon'.
Date
14 May 1933-12 Jul 1933
Description

This file concerns visits made by Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon (referred to as Lady Willingdon), wife of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Marquess of Willingdon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, to Bahrain and Sharjah on stopovers in June 1933. The file contains correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent at Bahrain; Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; 'Īsá bin 'Abd al-Laṭīf, Residency Agent at Sharjah; and Imperial Airways. Included is a report, dated 21 June 1933, by the Residency Agent, concerning Lady Willingdon's visit and meeting with Shaikh Sultan bin Saqur [Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Sharjah (ff 6-7) and a letter from Fowle thanking him for the hospitality shown towards Lady Willingdon (ff 8-9).

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
1 file (8 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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'Visit of Her Excellency Lady Willingdon'.