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11. IOR/R/15/5/164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/164
Title:
File 2/11 Formation of an Iraqi river fleet
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the India Office and the British Embassy in Basra on the formation of a small river fleet in Iraq to protect the Shatt al-Arab waterway during the Second World War. The papers cover the size and armament of the fleet of six boats, the projected cost of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1936-20 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/5/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/316
Title:
File 13/7 'Japanese Trawlers for the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding measures under consideration by the British government for preventing encroachments by Japanese and other foreign vessels on Arab pearl fisheries in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between: J P Gibson of the India Office, and T V Brennan and La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1938-20 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/6/59 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/59 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
'File XXXVI Ceremonials, Honours and Rewards’
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series file XXXVI Ceremonials, Honours and Rewards consists of one volume: XXXVI/1. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is regarding the question of the relative rank of Royal Navy Commanders and Foreign Consuls in the Gulf for special occasions such as Durbars, processions and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1873-1926
Extent:
1 volume (106 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/6/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/376
Title:
File 11/27 Assistance to Political Officers in the Persian Gulf (Defence)
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of a memorandum from the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain to the Political Agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait concerning the circumstances in which Royal Navy ships could be called upon to render assistance to political officers in the Persian Gulf (folios 2-3). Als...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1948-7 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

15. Photo 355/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(47)
Title:
'Muscat Cove'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of a cove at Muscat showing a British naval squadron. At least six Royal Navy vessels at anchor in the middle-ground and background. Rocky hills rise in the background and various fortifications are visible on the rocky coastline to the right of the image. Inscripti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

16. Photo 355/1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(49)
Title:
'Bassidore Station'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Scene showing a settlement and Indian troops on parade at Bassidore (Basaidu) Station on the western extremity of Qeshm (Kishm) Island. The mud and reed-built two-storey building behind the troops is surrounded by a fence. To the left of the image in the middle-ground he...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

17. Photo 355/1(120)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(120)
Title:
'Zanzibar'. Photographer: Sir John Kirk
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This panoramic view of the waterfront in Zanzibar is composed of five joined albumen prints. Taken from an elevated position, this view looks out onto the harbour, with the dhow fleet at anchor from centre to right of the image and several British naval vessels at left. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
1 b&w panoramic image made up of 5 joined albumen prints

18. WD3110, f 1a

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3110, f 1a
Title:
'His Majesty’s experimental frigate Vernon drawn at sea Jany. 10th 1834 in Persian Gulf' by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801–63)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This detailed maritime scene shows the experimental frigate Vernon at sea in the Persian Gulf in January 1834. In the background high, white cliffs are visible at left. A smaller boat, perhaps a dhow, flies a red flag at left. The frigate flies a Red Ensign as well as a re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1834
Extent:
1 watercolour drawing on paper