IOR/R/15/6/331

Correspondence and other papers relating to the workings of the Persian Gulf Lighting Service. The majority of the file is made up of brief quarterly reports containing information on oil tankers passing through Muscat and any shipping not travelling on to the Shatt al-Arab from Muscat. These reports were submitted by Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited and Khan Bahadur Nassib bin Mohd & Sons, then forwarded by the Political Agent, Muscat, to the Government of India, External Affairs Department.

Further correspondence covers a number of matters, including: the question of introducing a levy for services provided by the Persian Gulf Lighting Service; the matter of financial and administrative responsibility of the Service; the report that the Persians are thinking of taking over all lights on the Persian side of the Gulf; and the proposal to erect a lighthouse at Ras Al Hadd. This correspondence comes from: the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the India Office; the British Embassy, Baghdad; the Port Directorate, Basrah; and the Admiralty.

Included in the file is a list of all navigational aids maintained in the Gulf by the Persian Gulf Lighting Service (folios 34-36).