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IOR/R/15/2/212
- Record Id:
- 040-000228481
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003b3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023366022.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/212
- Title:
- File 5/2 I Movements in the Gulf of H.M.'s Ships
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire and later at Bahrain; various Senior Naval Officers in the Persian Gulf, including Captain V S Butler, Captain Allan Poland, Captain Cosmo Moray Graham, Captain W G F Humphrey, Captain C F Hammill, Captain J M Howson and Captain L W Whitehorn; the Naval Intelligence Centre, His Majesty's Navy Office, Colombo; Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows, Foreign Office; and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar.
These correspondence concern the programmes of movements for British and Indian naval shipping in the Persian Gulf, including: HMS Shoreham, HMS Bideford, HMS Fowey, HMS Deptford, HMS Enterprise, HMS Investigator, HMS Wren, HMS Flamingo, HMS Wild Goose, HMS Hermes, HMS Euphrates, HMS Pangkor, HMIS Indus, HMIS Hindustan, HMIS Clive, LT Nearchus.
Included within these papers is information concerning provision of accommodation, leisure and hospitality for naval personnel at Persian Gulf ports, training cruises and the inspection of buoying and lighting. Also, there is a map showing the movements of HMS Wild Goose on its Persian Gulf cruise in November and December 1949 (f. 229).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228479
040-000228481 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/211-228 : File 5 Naval and Marine
IOR/R/15/2/212 : File 5/2 I Movements in the Gulf of H.M.'s Ships - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0006]/038-000228479[0002]/040-000228481
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (248 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003b3
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1935
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 11 Nov 1935-08 Nov 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The file is foliated from the first page of content to the inside back cover, using uncircled pencil numbers situated in the top-right corner of the recto of each folio. The foliation sequence reverts to a pagination sequence in the following instances: pp 158-163, 165-166, 178-183, 185-186, 188-189. The following foliation anomalies occur: 29, 29a, 29b, 66, 66a. There are two folios marked 198 and two marked 208. In each instance, the second follows directly after the first. The second 198 should be regarded as 198a, and the second 208 should be regarded as 208a.
- Former External References:
- 5 Naval and Marine: 5/2 I
- Arrangement:
- This file is arranged approximately in chronological order. Circled index numbers written using red and blue crayon or ink are also present in the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)