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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of India, Commerce Department, 1872-1947 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/118
Title:
File 1265/1907 ‘Persian Gulf:- Wireless Stations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about proposals for the establishment of wireless telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, Bushire, Debai [Dubai] and Zora near Ajman instead of Kuwait. The main correspondents are the following: ministers and senior off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1912
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/448
Title:
File 1032/1914 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA:- TRADE WITH PERSIAN GULF PORTS'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Persia.' The volume concerns the Government of India's trade with ports in the Persian Gulf, and various rations and restrictions introduced during the First World War. Principal correspondents include the British Minister at Tehran, the Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1913-2 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/480
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Persian neutrality; German money for Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns German remittances to Persia, and the Foreign Office's efforts to stop and prevent these. The volume covers: Transmission of money from Amsterdam to Tehran, to be used for German propaganda during the First World War, via Imperial Bank of Persia. Various German attempts to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Dec 1914-2 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (349 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/659/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/3
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1C 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Henjam lighthouse'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the sanction of expenditure and arrangements for the construction of a lighthouse on the island of Henjam after the First World War. Notable correspondents include the following: various departments of the Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1917-22 Nov 1926
Extent:
1 item (24 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/659/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/4
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1D 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Shaikh Shuaib lighthouse; Kais Island lightship'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing two subjects: 1) re-erecting and improving the lighthouse and buoying at Shaikh Shuaib after the First World War and 2) various issues relating to lightships on Kais Island, specifically the following light vessels: Calc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1917-15 Apr 1926
Extent:
1 item (213 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/659/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/7
Title:
Item 815/1917 Pt 1G 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; residency Flagstaff light at Bushire'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing charges to the account of the Bushire Residency Flagstaff lightship in charge of lighting and buoying. Notable correspondents include the following: the Government of India's Army Department, the Government of India's M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1926-4 Nov 1926
Extent:
1 item(7 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/661/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/1
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Repairs to Lighthouse buildings at Quoin Island & Tamb Island.'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing repairs and alterations to the lighthouse buildings on Quoin Island and, to a lesser extent, those on Tamb Island (also written in the correspondence as Tanb Island). Most of the part focuses on the details and costs o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1919-10 Aug 1926
Extent:
1 item (86 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/661/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/2
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Beacon at Ras-al-Arz.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence relating to the rebuilding of the beacon at Ras-al-Arz, Kuwait (also written in the correspondence as Koweit), following its collapse in February 1922. Later correspondence discusses the maintenance of the light at Ras-al-Arz and how it should ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1922-14 Jul 1932
Extent:
1 item (27 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/661/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/5
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence and memoranda relating to lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf. Notable topics of discussion include the following: Changes to RIMS Nearchus and its personnel (referred to as its 'revised permanent establishment') Proposed new arrangements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1921-4 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 item (282 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/661/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/6
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 8 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Reorganisation of the Persian Gulf Light Service.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence relating to the reorganisation of the Persian Gulf Light Service. Matters discussed include the following: the possibility of dues being collected from ships using the Gulf, as an alternative means of financing the present service or a reduced...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1922-12 Oct 1926
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)