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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Basidu, Persian Gulf, Asia Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3775

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3775
Title:
Coll 30/58 'Persian Gulf. Anglo-Persian Relations. Persian insult to British flag at Basidu'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British diplomatic and naval officials concerning an incident on 31 July 1933 when four Persian naval officers landed at Basidu (a naval station on Qishm island used by Britain) and took down the British flag in the presence of witnesses including an Ita...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1933-31 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (589 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3778

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3778
Title:
Coll 30/61 'Persian Gulf. Anglo-Persian Relations: Arrest of Persian Mudir of Customs (Status of Basidu) at Basidu'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British naval and diplomatic officials regarding the arrest of the Government of Persia's Mudir [Head] of Customs at Basidu by British forces stationed there. The Mudir was arrested after claiming Basidu - where Britain operated a coaling station - and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Oct 1933-13 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (613 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3822
Title:
Coll 30/103 'Basidu: Position of the inhabitants of Basidu in the event of evacuation by His Majesty's Government.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns discussions over the position of the inhabitants of Basidu [on the island of Qeshm], in the event of its evacuation by the British Government. Basidu was a former naval depot that had been under British control since [circa] 1820. However, in the opinion of the Law Officers, Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Oct 1933-29 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3840

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3840
Title:
Coll 30/111 'British Naval Stations in: Establishments at Khor Quwai and Bahrain. Evacuation of Henjam and Basidu.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū, Qeshm], in Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia), and the transfer of naval facilities to a new main station at Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and a subsidiary statio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1934-4 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (572 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B404
Title:
Position and Rights of His Majesty's Government in Basidu
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with Basidu [Bāsa ‘īdū](on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]) in terms of status and rights from c 1820-1928. Covering: introduction to the location of Basidu and its strategic importance; extent of the British Concession; status of Basidu – c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

7. Mss Eur F111/354

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/354
Title:
Letters and a Manuscript Regarding Railways in Persia, and Letters and Photographs from Commander H A Phillips
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from Cecil Spring Rice, British Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, to George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, dated 20 October 1900, forwarding a letter in French addressed to Curzon from Fabius Boital, dated 16 October 1900, regarding a concession for railways in Persia, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Sep 1900-22 Jun 1901
Extent:

1 file (52 folios)