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1. IOR/L/PS/10/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/23
Title:
File 351/1904 'Persian Gulf:- Erection of British flagstaffs at Musandam’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the erection (and subsequent abandonment) of flagstaffs at the head of the Persian Gulf, on the Maklab [Maqlab] Isthmus at Musandam (Musandam spelt with numerous variations throughout the file), Telegraph Island [Jazīrat al Maqlab]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1908
Extent:

1 volume (221 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/33
Title:
File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden'
Scope & Content:
This volume is the second of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The volume contains copies of ‘The Somaliland Registration of Vessels ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Oct 1902-23 Dec 1908
Extent:

1 volume (266 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/102
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses the arms traffic on the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. The volume includes reports on the importation of arms from Muscat and measures taken by the British to curtail the trade. The reports were authored by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/116
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses the award of prize money to the officers and crews of British Naval vessels that had seized dhows containing arms and ammunition in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the values to be assigned to different types of arms and ammunition, and the decision b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1908-24 Sep 1915
Extent:
1 volume (210 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/230
Title:
File 759/1912 'Henjam Coal Depot: Persian Customs'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the creation of a coal depot at Henjam Island, alongside the existing telegraph station. The discussion in the volume relates to the handling of relations with the Persian government in connection with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1923
Extent:
1 volume (215 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/425
Title:
File 4684/1913 'Pt 1 Muscat rebellion'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership of Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī, against the authority of the Sultans of Muscat and Oman, Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd and Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd. The volume consists of Mus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:
1 volume (162 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/664
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 13 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying service; Shatt al-Arab Conservancy Board'
Scope & Content:
This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the possibility of control of buoying and lighting in the Persian Gulf being transferred to the Government of P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Jun 1928-9 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (338 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/1094

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1094
Title:
File 4011/1923 Pt 1 'PERSIAN GULF NEGOTIATIONS 1928-33. BASIDU.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the British occupation of Basidu, situated on Kishm [Qeshm] Island in the Gulf, close to the south coast of Persia [Iran], and occupied by the British since the early 1820s. It is stated in the correspondence that the site had been used mainly as a coal depot for British n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Oct 1923-29 Nov 1933
Extent:

1 volume (649 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/1095

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1095
Title:
File 4011/1923 Pt 2 'PERSIAN GULF: NEGOTIATIONS 1928 HENJAM'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to British policy regarding the Gulf island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], occupied in part, on and off, by the British since the late nineteenth century. Interdepartmental correspondence refers to the establishment of a British telegraph station on the island in 1868, follo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jul 1926-25 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 volume (962 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/1099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1099
Title:
File 4480/1923 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: Naval Incidents: Visits of British Warships to Persian Ports: Persian Territorial Waters Bill.’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Political and Secret Department minute papers, relating to naval incidents in the Persian Gulf, and visits of British warships to Persian ports. It includes correspondence regarding the following: the Persian Government’s obje...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Nov 1923-8 May 1934
Extent:

1 volume (823 folios)