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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Vessels

11. IOR/L/PS/10/659/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/6
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1F 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buyoning. Rent of Kais Island light vessel'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the removal and the rent of the lightship called Shindi, located at Kais Island, Persian Gulf. Related matters of discussion include the following: the renting of the lightship until the erection of a lighthouse at Sheik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1923-8 Mar 1924
Extent:
1 item (35 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/18/B318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B318
Title:
Mesopotamia: disposal of rivercraft
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document which outlines the results of an inter-departmental conference held at the India Office in April 1919 to discuss the question of the disposal of surplus river craft in Mesopotamia which are no longer needed by the military.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)