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11. 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)

12. 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)

13. IOR/L/PS/10/659/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/6
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1F 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buyoning. Rent of Kais Island light vessel'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the removal and the rent of the lightship called Shindi, located at Kais Island, Persian Gulf. Related matters of discussion include the following: the renting of the lightship until the erection of a lighthouse at Sheik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1923-8 Mar 1924
Extent:
1 item (35 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/18/B318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B318
Title:
Mesopotamia: disposal of rivercraft
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document which outlines the results of an inter-departmental conference held at the India Office in April 1919 to discuss the question of the disposal of surplus river craft in Mesopotamia which are no longer needed by the military.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

16. IOR/R/15/2/1234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1234
Title:
File 6/20 Bahrain Country Crafts registered at Customs - Certificates Countersigned by Political Agent
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the registration of boats in Bahrain. The vast majority of the papers are covering letters that were originally sent with registration certificates by the Director of Customs to the Political Agency for counter-signing. The certificates were then retu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
20 Sep 1928-24 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (189 folios)

17. Photo 667/4(496)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(496)
Title:
'Oil Jetty-Mina el Ahmedi.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Image of the oil jetty at Mina Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘'Oil Jetty-Mina el Ahmedi’ Below image, in pencil: ‘496’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

18. Photo 667/4(505)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(505)
Title:
'Jetty at Sitra.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the jetty at Sitra, Manama, Bahrain. Two large liners are visible at centre and left in the background. Various cranes and other moving equipment is visible. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Jetty at Sitra' Below image, in pencil: ‘505’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

19. Photo 667/4(507)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(507)
Title:
'British Sailor.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the stern of a steamship, ‘British Sailor’, at sail. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'British Sailor' Below image, in pencil: ‘507’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print