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1. IOR/L/MIL/7/10332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/10332
Title:
Collection 239/98 'Agreement with B.I.S.N. Co. for conveyance of Troops and Stores between India and Persian Gulf ports.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns agreements for the transport of troops and cargo between India and Basra and other Persian Gulf ports on British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN) ships. It contains correspondence relating to: A 1919 agreement between the Ministry of Shipping and BISN in exchange for the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1919-25 Aug 1921
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/41/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/41/1
Title:
File 1552/1904 Pt 2 ‘Mohammerah: Karun navigation’
Scope & Content:
This part is concerned with the Persian Transport Company, the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, and their managing agents Messrs Lynch. In particular, it relates to the provision of a subsidy by the Foreign Office to the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company for its steamer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1906-28 Jun 1915
Extent:

1 item (342 folios)

3. IOR/P/1664 Sep 1881 nos 01-06

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1664 Sep 1881 nos 01-06
Title:
Removal of the quarantine restrictions recently imposed at the ports of Bombay, Karachi and Aden
Scope & Content:
pp 369-71. Request received from Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., Managing Agents, British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., that quarantine be lifted at ports following the cessation of plague in Mesopotamia. Plus telegrams thereon received from the Government of Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1881-Sep 1881
Extent:
3 pages

4. IOR/R/15/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/5
Title:
Vol 5 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters in this file are written by Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], who was the Native Agent at Bushire from October 1798 to January 1803, although there are also a significant number of letters received by him. Other correspondents include: Samuel Manesty, Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1801-14 Feb 1803
Extent:
1 volume, 79 items (56 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/211-228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/211-228
Title:
File 5 Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The Naval and Marine files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain files concerning: ports and anchorages at Bahrain; movements of British naval ship and non-military ships in the Persian Gulf; visits of United States naval vessels to Bahrain; lighting and buoying; the establishment of the Jufai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1949
Extent:
18 files (901 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/551-556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/551-556
Title:
File 16 Shipping
Scope & Content:
The 'Shipping' files consist of six surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about the passage of shipping in the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; and the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1946
Extent:
6 files (700 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/298-331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/298-331
Title:
File 9: Naval and Shipping
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Naval and Shipping' covers the movements, facilities, protocols, and regulation of shipping at Muscat, other Omani ports, and within the Persian Gulf. Subjects covered by the file, include: Movements of British Naval vessels and officers Movements of foreign vessels Visits of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1923-1952
Extent:
34 files (1660 folios)