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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Persian Gulf, Asia

241. IOR/L/PS/10/441

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/441
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 5,6,7, & 8 'Persian Gulf Buoying and Lighting'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Residency in the Persian Gulf, and Trinity House in London about lighting and buoying operations in the Gulf near the Shatt al Arab waterway. Most of the correspondence relates to the placement of maritime lighting indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1916
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)

242. IOR/L/PS/10/442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/442
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 9 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying'
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters relating to the construction of a lighthouse depot on Abadan Island, in Persia. The papers are exchanges between British authorities in the Persian Gulf, Trinity House in London, and the British Government of India. The bulk of the papers relate to the replacement of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1923
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

243. IOR/L/PS/10/443

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/443
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 10 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying; Supply of Lighthouse Tender; the Nearchus'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the instalment and maintenance of lighting and other navigation facilities in the Persian Gulf, and particularly around the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, and waters around Kuwait, Bushire, and Bahrain. Most of the papers pertain to the capital expenditures on the n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1916
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

244. IOR/L/PS/10/444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/444
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 11-12 'Persian Gulf Lighting & Buoying & Lighthouses on Little Quoin, Tamb Islands & Shaikh Shuaib Island'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British authorities in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India, and Trinity House in London regarding the planning and construction of permanent navigation equipment in the Persian Gulf. Of note are some papers that discuss the need to establish British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1914
Extent:
1 volume (282 folios)

245. IOR/L/PS/10/445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/445
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 13-14 'Persian Gulf Lighting & Buoying; DIP Action with Impts'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the planning and construction of marine navigation equipment, namely lighted buoys at the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway in the northern Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mainly between British authorities in the Persian Gulf, The Foreign and Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1917
Extent:
1 volume (171 folios)

246. IOR/L/PS/10/448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/448
Title:
File 1032/1914 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA:- TRADE WITH PERSIAN GULF PORTS'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Persia.' The volume concerns the Government of India's trade with ports in the Persian Gulf, and various rations and restrictions introduced during the First World War. Principal correspondents include the British Minister at Tehran, the Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1913-2 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

247. IOR/L/PS/10/455/2, f 40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/455/2, f 40
Title:
Sketch Map of PERSIA and PERSIAN GULF
Scope & Content:
The map shows Persia and the Persian Gulf. It is being used by the Political and Secret Department of the India Office to demarcate (by way of a horizontal blue line) one possible rearrangement of the Russian sphere of influence in Persia, in Britain's favour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1914
Extent:
1 map

248. IOR/L/PS/10/455/2, f 41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/455/2, f 41
Title:
Sketch Map of PERSIA and PERSIAN GULF
Scope & Content:
The map shows Persia and the Persian Gulf. It is being used by the Political and Secret Department of the India Office to demarcate (by way of a mostly horizontal blue line) a second possible rearrangement of the Russian sphere of influence in Persia, in Britain's favour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1914
Extent:
1 map

249. IOR/L/PS/10/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/456
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf. However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to explo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1905-11 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)

250. IOR/L/PS/10/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/457
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Pearl Fisheries. Investigation into Alleged Depletion of Pearl Banks. Germans and the Industry. Concessions, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1902-28 July 1914
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)