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1. IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 306-444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 306-444
Title:
Proceedings and Dispatches, Aden 1839
Scope & Content:
The item consists primarily of correspondence with notes, reports and memoranda dated between 10 July and 2 September 1839; it relates to Aden during the first month after its capture by the British. The papers cover the following: a request for weights and measures at the Custom House at Aden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1839-2 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (138 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 450-635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 450-635
Title:
Proceedings and Despatches, Karrack, 1839
Scope & Content:
The item consists primarily of correspondence with enclosures, notes, reports and memoranda dated between 1 August 1839 and 10 September 1839. It covers the first month after the British occupation of Karrack [Khārk/Kharg]. Most significant are those regarding: mercantile affairs; the movement ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1839-10 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (186 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/438
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying; General Arrangements'
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. Most of the papers pertain to the capital expenditures of the new navigation aids for ships. A minority of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911-1912
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/439

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/439
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 2-3 'Persian Gulf Lighting and Buoying Misc Papers'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the buoying of navigation routes and shipping lines in the Persian Gulf. The papers discuss the costs, logistical requirements and standardisation of lighting and marking of buoys in the Gulf. The file contains a variety of discussions by the various parties ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1920
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/440

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/440
Title:
File 50/1914 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Lights and Buoys; Expenditure'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the construction and maintenance of buoying and lighting facilities in the Persian Gulf, primarily for the Quoin Island Lighthouse. The letters are exchanges between the Government of India and British Authorities in the Persian Gulf, and mainly discuss the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1922
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)