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1. IOR/L/MAR/C/901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/901
Title:
Miscellaneous Marine Papers
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of various documents mostly relating to East India Company shipping. The documents include the following: Correspondence relating to surviving passengers who had been on board the shipwrecked Dutch East India Company ship Woestduyn, and various receipts for related expens...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
c 1723-c 1810
Extent:
1 volume (368 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1313
Title:
File 7/1 I Duty on Cargo Landed at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correpsondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait; Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Claud C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain; Mesopotami...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, and English
Date Range:
03 Apr 1926-26 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1313-1328

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1313-1328
Title:
File 7: Customs and Duty
Scope & Content:
The Customs and Duty files concern a range of issues related to customs and duty regulations at Bahrain, as well as in the Persian Gulf more generally. In addition, covered within these files are details concerning landing charges, certificates and arrangements; re-export and transhipment regulat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, and English
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
16 files (1379 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/72-121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/72-121
Title:
File 2: Aviation
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘Aviation’ covers the signing of Civil Air Agreements between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman between 1934 and 1947, and the establishment of landing grounds at various sites in the Sultan’s territories. The landing grounds were established as a war me...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1926-1951
Extent:
50 files and volumes (5484 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/111
Title:
'File 2/32 I II. AVIATION. C. FOREIGN AVIATION. (I) Use Of Gwadur Landing Ground by K.L.M and Air France.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the concerns raised by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman regarding the landing of French and Dutch aeroplanes at Gwadur, which is part of his territory. The Sultan desires for these airlines to first obtain his authorization before flying over or landing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Jul 1932-13 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

6. IOR/X/414/220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/414/220
Title:
Nautical chart of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Depths along the coasts of Persia and Oman shown by soundings. Shoals and rocks indicated by dots and crosses with annotations. Settlements with Dutch East India Company’s trading posts represented pictorially.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 map

7. IOR/X/414/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/414/221
Title:
Chart of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Depths along the coasts of Persia and Oman shown by soundings with shoals and rocks represented by dots and crosses. Left and bottom margins are divided and marked with numbers.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/X/414/222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/414/222
Title:
Charts of the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Depths shown by soundings with shoals and rocks represented by dots and crosses. Some settlements shown pictorially. Contains three charts showing: the coast from the Musandam Peninsula to Muscat, at the left portion of sheet; ‘De Bay van Mascatta’ in the top right; and ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
3 maps on 1 sheet

9. Mss Eur F111-112 Series 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 8
Title:
Lord Curzon (1859-1925): Early Life: Papers Relating to Persia
Scope & Content:
This series contains papers relating to George Nathaniel Curzon's interest in Persia. Mss Eur F112/365 and Mss Eur F112/366 consist of two notebooks containing Curzon’s handwritten notes on his travels in Persia during 1889-90, while Mss Eur F111/71 contains notes, reports and correspondence mai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Dutch, English, German, and Persian
Date Range:
1876-1923
Extent:

14 files and volumes (1613 folios)

10. Mss Eur F111/68

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/68
Title:
'MISCELLANEOUS. PERSIA 1882-1898: Maps, Government Papers etc.'
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of a range of material compiled by George Nathaniel Curzon, mainly concerning matters relating to Persia but also relating to other areas in south Asia. It includes the following: Three copies of an official memorandum by Curzon (writing as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
1889-1923
Extent:

1 file (99 folios)