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1. IOR/L/PS/10/456, f 50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/456, f 50
Title:
ASIA. PERSIAN GULF. COMPILED BY COMMR. C.G. CONSTABLE AND LIEUT. A.W. STIFFE, I.N. 1860
Scope & Content:
Admiralty Hydrographic Office chart showing the principal points, islands, and landmarks of the (eastern) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe between September 1857 and March 1860, with intervening coast and soundings supplied f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1900
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/L/PS/10/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/456
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf. However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to explo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1905-11 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)