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IOR/L/PS/18/B401
- Record Id:
- 040-000563549
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003cb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029521372.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B401
- Title:
- Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928
- Scope & Content:
-
Document providing a history of lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf.
Covering:
- first reconstruction: 1909-14 – assessment, programme of reconstruction; obstructive activities of the Turkish authorities, detail of buoys and lighthouses placed, and parts of the programme not completed;
- expansion: 1914-25 – including extensions to the original programme, and an overhaul of beacons;
- administration and finance – including light dues, responsibility for the cost of the service, the Government of India's role in administration and maintenance, and the creation of a Lighting and Buoying Fund;
- relations with Persia – listing occasions during the British management of the Lighting and Buoying Service when His Majesty's Government came into collision with the Persian Government;
- conclusions.
It also includes an appendix listing lights, buoys, and beacons present at the time of writing (1928).
Written by M J Clauson of the India Office.
- 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
040-000563549 - 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/B401 : Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0432]/040-000563549
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (3 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003cb
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1928
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- 29 Aug 1928
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 49, and terminates at f 51, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- P 4669/28
- Arrangement:
- This file consists of a single document.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)