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IOR/L/PS/10/659/1
- Record Id:
- 041-000545743
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0000e8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091144211.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/659/1
- Title:
- File 815/1917 Pt 1A 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; improvements on original scheme; proposals for lights at Shaikh Shuaib, Henjam, Muscat and Jask'
- Scope & Content:
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This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the negotiations for the installation and maintenance of lighthouses and buoying in the Persian Gulf after the First World War, specifically at Muscat, Henjam and Sheikh Shuaib. Related matters of discussion include the following: the improvement of the lighting and buoying service and its locations; observations and instructions regarding the improvements; building materials for the lighthouses (ff 35-39); the involvement of the AGA Gas company regarding the cost of the arrangement and permission from the Persian Government. This part of the volume also includes two maps of the Persian Gulf showing the suggested system of lighting (ff 62-63). Some of the correspondence touches on the more general issue of financing lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf.
Notable correspondents include the following: Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Government of India, External Affairs Department; Secretary of the State for India; Muscat Political Agency; Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; HM Treasury; Director of the Royal Indian Marine.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545742
041-000545743 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/659 : File 815/1917 Pt 1A-2 'Persian Gulf'
IOR/L/PS/10/659/1 : File 815/1917 Pt 1A 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; improvements on original scheme; proposals for lights at Shaikh… - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/10/659/1, f 62 : No. 2837b 'Persian Gulf Sheet 2b'
IOR/L/PS/10/659/1, f 63 : No. 2837a 'Persian Gulf Sheet 1.'
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/659/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0661]/040-000545742[0001]/041-000545743
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (59 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100091144211.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 29 May 1916-16 Nov 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 815/1917 Pt 1A
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)