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5951. IOR/L/PS/18/B166a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B166a
Title:
Collection of papers respecting the attitude of His Majesty's Government in regard to the Bagdad Railway and the Purchase of Land at Koweit (amended version)
Scope & Content:
The document, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, is a collection of letters and dispatches from 3 March 1904 to 16 September 1907, between the India Office and the Government of India on the purchase of land in Kuwait for the Baghdad Railway.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1907
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

5952. IOR/L/PS/18/B168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B168
Title:
Report of a Committee of Enquiry on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A report of a committee of enquiry on the lighting and buoyage of the Persian Gulf, 1909. The report discusses the existing lighting facilities in the Gulf (at Kuwait and Fao) and the details of a proposed scheme to construct a comprehensive network of lights at the following locations: Muscat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

5953. 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)

5954. IOR/L/PS/18/B172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B172
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway, 1909
Scope & Content:
A printed confidential memorandum for the use of the Foreign Office. The memorandum addresses the Turkish [Ottoman] increase of custom dues and proposals of a Tigris Valley Railway and a Baghdad-Mediterranean Railway. It also contains updates on negotiations with Germany, Russia and France in 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1910
Extent:

bound in volume with other documents (17 folios)

5955. IOR/L/PS/18/B175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B175
Title:
The Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file is a report regarding arms traffic in the Persian Gulf written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh of the India Office's Political Department. The main body of the report (ff 30-51) is divided up as follows: I. Summary of Early History; II. The Situation in 1907; III. Events in 1907-09; IV. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1910
Extent:

30 folios

5956. IOR/L/PS/18/B179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B179
Title:
Abu Musa
Scope & Content:
A short report regarding concessions granted for the mining of oxides on Abu Musa island, compliled for the Secretary of State for India. The report is divided into three sections: I. List of Principal Persons Concerned; II. Chronological Table of Principal Events; III. List of Communicatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1910
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

5957. IOR/L/PS/18/B181

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B181
Title:
British relations with Turkey in the Persian Gulf. Memorandum on Lieutenant-Colonel Cox's telegram reports in Government of India's telegram of 1 December 1910.
Scope & Content:
This memorandum concerns British relations with Turkey in the Persian Gulf and was written by Frederic Arthur Hirtzel in December 1910. The immediate question it addresses is 'the desirability of concluding a treaty with a Sheikh or Sheikhs of the El Katr [Qatar] peninsula as a bulwark against T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1910
Extent:
5 folios

5958. IOR/L/PS/18/B182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B182
Title:
Arms Traffic at Muskat
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by the Political Department of the India Office 15 February 1911, describing the position of Muskat [Muscat] where the export of arms to India and Persia has been prohibited since 1898, but were the import of arms into Muskat and their export to any other country remains unpr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1911
Extent:

3 folios

5959. IOR/L/PS/18/B187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B187
Title:
Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file contains two memorandums concerning lighting and buoyage in the Persian Gulf by J E Ferard, the details of which are as follows: 1) B. 187. Memorandum on Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf (folios 1-4). This memorandum has four appendices (folios 5-7): I) Extract from Report ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1911
Extent:

1 volume (10 folios)

5960. IOR/L/PS/18/B187a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B187a
Title:
Second Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum written by John Edward Ferard of the India Office's Political Department regarding the development and improvement of lighting and buoyage facilities in the Persian Gulf (including the installation of lighthouses, lighted buoys and dioptric lanterns). The memorandum i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1912
Extent:

2 folios

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