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11. IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 198
Title:
‘Sketch of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab’
Scope & Content:
This chart shows approaches to Kuweit [Kuwait] Harbour and the Shatt Al Arab. It states that it has been compiled from various authorities. It indicates: heights above Water Springs, depth soundings, different types of lights and buoys, gravel, mud, rock, sand, shells, and stones. It also incl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1912
Extent:
1 map

12. IOR/L/PS/12/74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/74
Title:
PZ 3790/33 'Iraq: arrest of Captain Macleod, Harbour Master at Abadan Reach, by Persian Naval Authorities in the entrance of the Shatt-el-Arab.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the arrest of a British harbour-master by the Persian naval authorities, who sought a sum of money for his release. The discussion in the file relates to the communication by British officials with the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1933-4 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/122
Title:
PZ 7769/1934 'Supply of maps to the political resident in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes, supply notes, and an air consignment note, relating to the supply of maps to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It includes correspondence between Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and John Gilbert Laithwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1934-9 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/173
Title:
PZ 5840/35 'Mohammerah Port Regulations'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the establishment of a Port Office at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and accompanying port regulations. The discussion in the volume relates to the following regulations: Accidents relating to water transport...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1935-29 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/2892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2892
Title:
Coll 17/30(1) ‘Iraq. Proposed additional outlet to the sea, in or near Koweit territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed construction of a port in Kuwait (Koweit) Bay, and the construction of a port in Um Qasr Creek. The papers mostly concern the following: The attitude of HM Government towards the proposal of the Government of Iraq for the extension of the Iraqi ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1938-19 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (530 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/3400, f 736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3400, f 736
Title:
Map of the border region between Iraq and Persia
Scope & Content:
Pencil sketch showing the border region between Iraq and Persia [Iran]. The map indicates the Karun and Bahmanshir rivers, the coastline of the Persian Gulf and the Shatt al-Arab, and the towns of Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and Basrah [Basra]. A red pencil line indicates the border...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 map

17. IOR/L/PS/12/3711

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3711
Title:
Coll 30/4 'Shatt-El-Arab Conservancy Board Convention'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding negotiations with the Governments of Iraq and Persia to establish a board to improve and maintain the conservancy of the Shatt el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] waterway. The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Feb 1931-11 Aug 1932
Extent:
1 volume (692 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/3756

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3756
Title:
Coll 30/43 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying Service in: G/I's Contribution to the Lighting Fund etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains lists of light dues (charges levied on ships for the maintenance of lighthouses and other navigation aids) owed by Admiralty vessels for entering or leaving the Shatt al-Arab. In addition to these lists, the file contains related correspondence between British officials in Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1933-16 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 43
Title:
Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB
Scope & Content:
The sketch map shows approaches to Kuwait [Kuwait] Harbour and Shatt Al Arab. An Admiralty sea map, it states it is compiled from various authorities, and is found in the volume 'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf', 1911....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 map

20. IOR/L/PS/20/263, f 87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263, f 87
Title:
Sketch of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab, compiled from various authorities
Scope & Content:
A map originally issued for Fleet purposes, 2 June 1902. Large corrections made December 1904, and July 1907. Small corrections made December 1906, July 1908, and September 1908. The map shows lights, gravel, mud, rock, sand, shells and stones.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 map