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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Road construction

1. IOR/L/PS/10/659/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/2
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1B 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Muscat lighthouse'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the rebuilding of and improvements to the lighthouse in Muscat after the First World War. The correspondence notes that the Muscat lighthouse is not properly lit, and that there is a need to improve the pathway up to the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1917-12 May 1927
Extent:
1 item (87 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1499
Title:
Coll 1/61 'Aden. Policy of His Majesty's Government in the Hadhramaut; succession of the Sultanate of Mukalla'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding Government policy in the Aden Hadhramaut [Hadramawt], and related topics. The file consists of extensive correspondence, reports and minutes regarding: a proposal by the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) that a more 'forward' policy should be adopted i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1935-21 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (628 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2964
Title:
Coll 20/12 'Muscat: Communications in Road construction'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the construction of roads in Oman by the Muscat Levy Corps. The correspondents include the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agency in Muscat, and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. The papers include a report by Ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1930-6 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3464
Title:
Coll 28/58 ‘Persia. Roads in:–’
Scope & Content:
Papers reporting on the progress of construction and condition of roads in Persia [Iran]. The file includes: extracts taken from the Persian diaries of the Bushire Residency and Consulate-General at Bushire; extracts from intelligence summaries and correspondence from the British Legation at Teh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1932-30 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3864
Title:
Coll 30/130 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Proposal for a motor route from Koweit-Haifa'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in London, Palestine, Kuwait and India regarding proposals for the construction of a motor route from Kuwait-Amman (folios 4-53) and Kuwait-Haifa (folios 54-204). In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following: 'War Ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1936-15 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)