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Colonial Office: Arabia Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 727
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CO 727
This series consists of despatches between the Colonial Office and the Political Resident and other officials in the Persian Gulf, in the period after questions of policy affecting the Arab areas within British spheres of influence were...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 727
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Arabia Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1921-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of despatches between the Colonial Office and the Political Resident and other officials in the Persian Gulf, in the period after questions of policy affecting the Arab areas within British spheres of influence were transferred to the Colonial Office from the Foreign Office and the India Office. There is also some correspondence with these departments, with the Admiralty and with other departments.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of correspondence see CO 775
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4916/
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