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IOR/L/PS/18/B152
- Record Id:
- 040-000563287
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0001a9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023462284.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B152
- Title:
- British Museum report on the Persian Gulf as a possible area for successful sponge fisheries. (Pol. No. 1718/05)
- Scope & Content:
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Report prepared by Randolph Kirkpatrick of the British Museum (Natural History) in November 1905 into the commercial potential of sponge fisheries in the Persian Gulf.
The report is organised into small sections, as follows:
- Conditions favourable to the growth of commercial sponges;
- Unfavourable conditions that might prevent successful sponge fishing in the Persian Gulf;
- Methods of obtaining sponges;
- Would it be possible for a syndicate to collect sponges without at the same time bringing up oysters or damaging their beds;
- Summary and conclusion.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563287 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B152 : British Museum report on the Persian Gulf as a possible area for successful sponge fisheries. (Pol. No. 1718/05) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0174]/040-000563287
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0001a9
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1905
- End Date:
- 1905
- Date Range:
- Nov 1905
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: The booklet contains an original typed pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- Pol. No. 1718/05
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)