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IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO43

Record Id:

040-000566658

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000564257

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0001a0

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO43

Title:

‘PERSIAN GULF.’

Scope & Content:

The volume consists of a collection of copies of documents, reports and memoranda regarding British political and commercial interests in the Persian Gulf, including the arms trade. These are:

‘British Interests on the Coast of Arabia, Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain], and El Katr [Qatar]’ by Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie (Political and Secret Department, India Office, 30 January 1905) (ff 3-4)
A report titled ‘The Arms Traffic’ dated 15 June 1906 by John Evelyn Shuckburgh (Political and Secret Department, India Office, 12 December 1906) (ff 5-8)
‘Memorandum respecting British Interests in the Persian Gulf’ by E Parker [also referred to as A Parker] (Foreign Office, 12 February 1908) (ff 9-71)
‘Supplementary Memorandum respecting British Interests in the Persian Gulf’ (Foreign Office, 18 March 1908) (ff 72-90)
‘Appendix T*. The Arms and Ammunition Traffic in the Gulfs of Persia and Oman.’ (memorandum prepared by John Gordon Lorimer and others, 1906-08, for the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf) (ff 91-104).

A table of contents has been handwritten in pen on the verso of folio 2 by John Eveleyn Shuckburgh dated 13 January 1910. His initials and signature appear multiple times throughout the volume. Handwritten annotations are also present on ff 5, 7, 12, 16, 18-20, 24, 26-29, 39, 43, 61-62, 72-77, 83-84, 91-92 and 101-102.

The volume contains the following maps:

‘Sketch to illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet and Sheep Island (Musandim [Musandam] Peninsula)’ (f 17)
‘Persian Gulf. Sketch of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab Compiled from various authorities’ (f 36)
‘Map of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and District prepared in 1850’ (f 89)
‘Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Coast’ (f 104).

Annotated references to the following shelfmarks refer to separate copies of the following:

IOR/L/PS/18/B151 ('British Interests on the Coast of Arabia, Koweit, Bahrein, and El Katr’)
IOR/L/PS/18/D181 (‘The Arms Traffic’)
IOR/L/PS/18/B166 (‘Memorandum respecting British Interests in the Persian Gulf’).

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000566052
038-000566610
040-000566658

Is part of:

IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO : Political and Secret Department Library: Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO39-43 : Political and Secret Department Library: Memoranda: Seistan, Persia, Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Somali Coast

IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO43 : ‘PERSIAN GULF.’

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0014]/037-000566052[0005]/038-000566610[0005]/040-000566658

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (104 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1905

End Date:

1910

Date Range:

30 Jan 1905-13 Jan 1910

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 106; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Pagination: There is a pre-existing pagination sequence written in ink.

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