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1. IOR/L/MAR/C/73A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/73A
Title:
Marine Minutes – Light Ships &c 1864 to 1866 Vol 1
Scope & Content:
The Minutes of the Council of India on miscellaneous marine matters. Correspondence discusses the following topics: Cost of maintenance of light vessel at Little Basses Rocks and light dues collected Stern wheel steamers Subscription to funds of the Strangers' Home for Asiatics Stores and fittin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:
1 volume (395 folios)

2. IOR/L/MAR/C/570

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570
Title:
Steam Navigation to Internal and External Communications of India, Volume 8
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence relating to the journals and diaries of explorations in the area of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters in the context of improving navigation and communications between England and India. A list of contents is given on folio 10: 'Captain Mark Wood's Narrativ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1832
Extent:
1 volume (587 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/69
Title:
File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’
Scope & Content:
The main contents of the volume are exchanges of letters about government expenditure on the Kuwait Political Agency, primarily between British officials at the Foreign Office, India Office and Treasury in London and Government of India officials at the Foreign Department in Calcutta and Simla. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1914
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B318
Title:
Mesopotamia: disposal of rivercraft
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document which outlines the results of an inter-departmental conference held at the India Office in April 1919 to discuss the question of the disposal of surplus river craft in Mesopotamia which are no longer needed by the military.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1234
Title:
File 6/20 Bahrain Country Crafts registered at Customs - Certificates Countersigned by Political Agent
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the registration of boats in Bahrain. The vast majority of the papers are covering letters that were originally sent with registration certificates by the Director of Customs to the Political Agency for counter-signing. The certificates were then retu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
20 Sep 1928-24 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (189 folios)