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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Shipping Name Government of India, 1834-1947

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/MIL/17/5/3290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3290
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 41. PART II. (From 16th to 31st December 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 December 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these pape...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1917-31 Dec 1917
Extent:

1 volume (250 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/131
Title:
Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.
Scope & Content:
This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1919. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 11 December 1915 to 14 August 1916 between the officers of the Government of India and the Director-General of Port Administration and Riv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
Title:
Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1916. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 10 February 1915 to 16 May 1916 between the officers of the Government of India, the Director of the Royal India Marine and the Director...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (48 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/234
Title:
PZ 5547/37 'Persian Gulf:– Establishment of a Light on Kubber Island'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning the establishment of a light for shipping on Kubber Island [Jazīrat Kubbar]. The material is predominantly copy correspondence dating from 2 July 1935 to 8 June 1937. Correspondents include: the Port Director and Director General of Navigation, Bas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)