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21. 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)

22. 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)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/5
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1E 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Jask lighthouse'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the erection of a lighthouse at Jask, a useful point for ships when making entrance into the Persian Gulf. Related matters of discussion include the following: a statement of expenditure of material and increasing pric...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1918-26 Oct 1926
Extent:
1 item (53 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/10/847/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/5
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part five of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to proposed construction by the British authorities. The part contains correspondence discussing a propose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1919-7 May 1920
Extent:

1 item (22 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/10/1010

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1010
Title:
File 3852/1921 'PERSIA: AHWAZ CONSULATE BUILDINGS'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the establishment of British consular offices and accommodation at Ahwaz [Ahvaz, also known as Naseri, Khuzestan] during the period 1918-32, proceedings which were particularly driven by: the end of hostilities with the Central Powers (Treaties of Sevres, 1920, and Lausann...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1932
Extent:
1 volume (404 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/1965

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1965
Title:
Coll 5/19 ‘Air Route to India: Sharjah Rest House – Payment and accounting arrangements’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the financing and construction of a rest house at Sharjah for the use of the passengers of Imperial Airways. It contains correspondence authorising expenditure, outlining the procedure to be followed for making payments, and reporting on the progress of construction. I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1932-5 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154
Title:
File 1/A/33 I Site for Residency at Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed transfer of the Persian Gulf Residency from Bushire to Bahrain, specifically the choice of a suitable site in Bahrain; the estimated costs involved; and the eventual selection of a site at Busaitin adjoining the Royal Air Force (RAF) landing ground on Muharraq Isla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/608
Title:
'21/5 QATAR HOSPITAL'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the construction of the first hospital at Doha, Qatar, in the mid-1940s. Correspondents in this file include: Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent at Bahrain; E P Donaldson, India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1946-8 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/1631-1649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1631-1649
Title:
File 18: Buildings and Works
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series mostly consists of files relating to the maintenance of, repairs to, and building works being carried out at, the Bahrain Political Agency building and compound. It includes files relating to the following: the move of the Post Office from inside the Political Agency build...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1950
Extent:
19 files (3,089 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/2/1823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1823
Title:
‘Bahrain Church File (correspondence with Bishop in Jerusalem)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the establishment of, and raising of funds for the construction of, an Anglican church in Manama, Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); the Bishop of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1943-23 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (57 folios)