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11. IOR/L/PS/12/2120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2120
Title:
Coll 6/53 'Red Sea: The Hanish Islands.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns the sovereignty status of the Hanish Islands, as well as that of other islands in the Lower Red Sea. It documents concerns held by the British Government that the Italian Government is in the process of attempting to establish some kind of informal control over certa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2 Oct 1928-12 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/2800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2800
Title:
Coll 16/31 'Secretariat Procedure Persian Gulf. Liaison between Persian Gulf, Govt. of India, Tehran, etc. Repetition of telegrams and despatches.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers concerning affairs in the Persian Gulf, including relations between the three main British authorities in the Gulf, namely the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and HM Representati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1933-5 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/3723

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3723
Title:
Coll 30/12 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying, Lights Advisory Committee: Constitution'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the composition of the Persian Gulf Lights Advisory Committee. Much of the correspondence in the file concerns the desire of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to be formally represented on the committee. The correspondence is pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1931-10 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/3763

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3763
Title:
Coll 30/49 'Persian Gulf. Lighting and buoying in: Desire of Persian Government to manage Lights & Buoys in Persian territory'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence about negotiations between British and Iranian Government officials regarding the transfer of responsibility for the maintenance of lighting and buoying facilities in Iranian territory (and territorial waters) in the Persian Gulf to the Government of Iran. The c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jun 1933-16 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (593 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/3764

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3764
Title:
Coll 30/49(2) 'Persian Gulf. Lighting and buoying in. Desire of the Persian government to manage lights and buoys in Persian territory'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence about negotiations between British and Iranian Government officials regarding the transfer of responsibility for the maintenance of lighting and buoying facilities in Iranian territory (and territorial waters) in the Persian Gulf to the Government of Iran. The c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jul 1935-27 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (510 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/3765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3765
Title:
Coll 30/49(3) 'Persian Gulf. Lighting and Buoying in'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the Persian Gulf Lighting Service. Specifically, this correspondence discusses transferring responsibility for this service from the Government of India to the British Government, a proposal to construct a light house at Ras al-Hadd in Oman, the abolit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1940-2 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (426 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/18/B42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B42
Title:
Memorandum by Lieutenant-General J. W. Schneider, C.B.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum from Sir John William Schneider, Politcal Resident at Aden, on British interests in Socotra. It includes opinions on Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener's misapprehensions with regards to British influence at Socotra [Suquṭrā]; discusses the treaty or agreement concl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1886
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

18. IOR/L/PS/18/B166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B166
Title:
Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The memorandum, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled on 12 February 1908 and contains information compiled by the India Office on British political and commercial interests in the Persian Gulf, including Pearl Fisheries (folios 58v-63); General Trade Statistics and German Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1908
Extent:

1 file (66 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/18/B401

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B401
Title:
Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928
Scope & Content:
Document providing a history of lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf. Covering: first reconstruction: 1909-14 – assessment, programme of reconstruction; obstructive activities of the Turkish authorities, detail of buoys and lighthouses placed, and parts of the programme not completed; expan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/6/318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/318
Title:
File 9/20 Light House at Rass-al-Hadd and Ras-al-Junaiz
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning a preliminary survey of Ras al-Hadd and Ras al-Junaiz as potential lighthouse sites. The papers mostly cover the effort to obtain permission for the surveys from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Correspondence comes from: the Political Agent, Muscat; Political Resident in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1949-16 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)