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

361. IOR/L/PS/18/B126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B126
Title:
'TURKISH JURISDICTION IN THE ISLANDS AND WATERS OF THE PERSIAN GULF, AND ON THE ARAB LITTORAL'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum written by Trevor John Chicheley Plowden, Under Secretary to the Foreign Department, Government of India, 21 Mar 1879, and published 25 March 1879 in Lahore by the Punjab Government. The memorandum addresses the question of Turkish jurisdiction in the islands and waters of the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1879
Extent:

1 file (14 folios)

362. IOR/L/PS/18/B152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B152
Title:
British Museum report on the Persian Gulf as a possible area for successful sponge fisheries. (Pol. No. 1718/05)
Scope & Content:
Report prepared by Randolph Kirkpatrick of the British Museum (Natural History) in November 1905 into the commercial potential of sponge fisheries in the Persian Gulf. The report is organised into small sections, as follows: Conditions favourable to the growth of commercial sponges; Unfavourabl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1905
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

363. 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)

364. IOR/L/PS/18/B169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B169
Title:
Report by David W Hood, Associate Military Institute of Civil Engineer, supplementary to that of a committee of enquiry on the lighting and buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This secret report was compiled on 28 June 1909 by David W Hood, to identify spots suitable for the establishment of sea-marks in the Persian Gulf, providing estimated costs for construction and maintenance of light houses and buoys in: Muscat [Oman] (with sketch map on f 120); Little Quoin [Oma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

bound in volume with other documents (18 folios)

365. IOR/L/PS/18/B196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B196
Title:
Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file is a report concerning arms traffic in the Persian Gulf written by Sir David Taylor Monteath. The report discusses the British Government's efforts to enforce a prohibition in the trade of arms in the Gulf region. The report is divided up as follows: Chapter I. (i.) Events in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1913
Extent:

1 volume (39 folios)

366. IOR/L/PS/18/B301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B301
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments (during the War) to the Gulf Chiefs
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments during the First World War to autonomous or independent Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf, including the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat], the Trucial Chiefs of Oman (that is, Abu Dh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

367. IOR/L/PS/18/B305

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B305
Title:
The British Position in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A summary of the British Position in the Persian Gulf detailing the rulership and ownership of the coastal territories and the agreements made between their rulers and Great Britain. The territories and areas described in the summary include: The Trucial Chiefs: Rasel Kheimah [Ras al-Khaimah], ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1919
Extent:

2 folios

368. IOR/L/PS/18/B387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B387
Title:
‘Memorandum by the Political Department, India Office, on treaties and agreements between the British Government and the various rulers and chiefs in Arabia and on the Persian Gulf.’
Scope & Content:
The memorandum comprises summaries and précis of the treaties signed between the British Government and the Arab rulers and chiefs on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Persian Gulf. The first part of the memorandum, prepared by J P Gibson and dated 21 July 1927, provides overviews of the various ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1926-21 Jul 1927
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

369. IOR/L/PS/18/B388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B388
Title:
'Memo on Mussondomom'
Scope & Content:
This is a copy of a printed memorandum, with correspondences by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, dated January to February 1863, concerning locating the Persian Gulf Residency at Cape Mussundoom [Musandam]. In letter No. 2A (folios 1-4), date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

370. IOR/L/PS/18/B392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B392
Title:
Wireless Telegraph Stations in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Written by the India Office it covers: an early history of wireless telegraphy in the Persian Gulf, including proposals for its use, from 1904-1915; the erection of stations at Bushire, Henjam, Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Dubai, and Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] from 1915-1917; Persian request...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)