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IOR/R/15/2/552
- Record Id:
- 040-000228833
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000397
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100117879409.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/552
- Title:
- File 16/2 B.I.S.N. STEAMERS CALLING AT SHARJAH
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains correspondence which discusses two matters.
Firstly, issues around the granting of exclusive rights to the British India Steam Navigation company to use Sharjah as a Port of call and how to deal with any requests from Soviet and Japanese shipping. Correspondents include Lieutenant Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Bahrain; the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation.
Secondly, reports (ff 9-15) of a fight aboard SS Wosang at Sharjah on 3 April, 1945. Correspondents include Commodore I W Whitehorn, Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Captain J Hull; V G Bhandare, Surgeon, SS Wosang.
- 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
038-000228831
040-000228833 - 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/15/2/551-556 : File 16 Shipping
IOR/R/15/2/552 : File 16/2 B.I.S.N. STEAMERS CALLING AT SHARJAH - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0018]/038-000228831[0002]/040-000228833
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (18 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000397
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 8 Feb 1933-5 Apr 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Office: 16/2
- Arrangement:
- The papers in the file are arranged in approximate chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)