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21. IOR/R/15/2/1369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1369
Title:
‘File 12/2 Accident between S.S. “Bandra” and a Dhow on the 12th August 1929, in the Bahrain Harbour.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, statements and other papers related to a collision which took place on 12 August 1929, twelve miles off the coast of Bahrain, between a steamer, the SS Bandra, operated by the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN), and a dhow, working on the pearl banks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1929-13 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/1374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1374
Title:
‘File 12/6 Marine Note of Protest’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the raising of notes of protest by various parties, in response to damage sustained to vessels at sea, or loss of cargo from vessels while at sea. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Master of the SS Begum, O G Rowland Jones; the Chief Local...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1931-14 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/2/1378

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1378
Title:
‘File 12/8 Shipping.– Correspondence re. Arrival of ships of foreign nationalities in Bahrain and questions relating to freight and cargo brought by them.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence received by the Political Agency relating to the arrival and departure of foreign vessels at Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Bahrain shipping agent Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kānū]; representatives of the Government of Bahrain; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1933-18 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/1560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1560
Title:
‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1937-27 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/1593

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1593
Title:
‘16/85 Compensation Cases. Labour employed by local firms.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements and other papers (some in Arabic) relating to compensation payments for the death of, or injuries sustained by, crew members of vessels while at Ra’s al Mish‘āb (spelt at Ras El Mishaab and Ras-el-Mishab in the file) in Saudi Arabia. The papers document the following: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1950-8 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

26. Mss Eur E278/85(165)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E278/85(165)
Title:
The James and Mary from Gewankhali. Photographer: Reid, Robert Niel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the river with two steamships in the distance.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18 Jan 1927
Extent:
1 item

27. Mss Eur F221/81(36c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F221/81(36c)
Title:
On the Hooghly, Calcutta. Photographer: Campbell, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of steamships moored on the Hugli River at Calcutta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907-1908
Extent:
1 item

28. Mss Eur F221/81(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F221/81(43)
Title:
On the Hooghly, Calcutta. Photographer: MacRobert, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of steamships moored on the Hugli River at Calcutta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907-1908
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 146/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(17)
Title:
Bombay Harbour. The yachtlike Royal Indian Marine Steamer 'Clive'. On her port side is another ship cadaver in the last stages of disintegration. To all outward appearance she was many years prematurely delivered to the knacker's yard. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The Dharookhana, site of the H.E.I.C's gunpowder factory at Mazagon, the foreshore where ships were run aground for breaking up. This work was done entirely by sledge hammers in the hands of 'ghattis' or men from the Western Ghauts, more sinewy and powerful than their compatriots of Bombay City.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 247/3(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(24)
Title:
Landing place to the O.P.S.N. Comp., Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Hand-coloured salt print. View of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company landing stage at Garden Reach, with coal sheds at left and vessels moored in the Hugli at the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item