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IOR/L/PS/12/3877
- Record Id:
- 040-000558951
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001bd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100070085147.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3877
- Title:
- Coll 30/142 'Visit of Danish fishing vessel chartered by Iranian Govnt.'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the investigations of Dr Harald Blegvad, the Director of the Danish Biological Station, into the waters of the Persian Gulf, with particular reference to fishing. Blegvad was visiting the area on behalf of the Government of Iran, who wished to initiate commercial exploitation of Iranian fisheries.
The file includes correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation, Tehran, and extracts from intelligence reports.
The papers include: the need to protect Arab rights over pearl fishing banks; the legal position concerning prescriptive rights to exploit the seabed outside the three mile limit; the flying of the Iranian flag by Blegvad's vessel; and the establishment of a fish-canning plant near Bandar Abbas in 1940.
The French language content of the papers consists of a newspaper article on folio 24.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558776
040-000558951 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3877 : Coll 30/142 'Visit of Danish fishing vessel chartered by Iranian Govnt.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0175]/040-000558951
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (61 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001bd
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 8 Oct 1936-8 Mar 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 63; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 30/142
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)