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IOR/L/PS/10/659/2
- Record Id:
- 041-000545744
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0000e9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091144211.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/659/2
- Title:
- File 815/1917 Pt 1B 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Muscat lighthouse'
- Scope & Content:
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This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the rebuilding of and improvements to the lighthouse in Muscat after the First World War. The correspondence notes that the Muscat lighthouse is not properly lit, and that there is a need to improve the pathway up to the cliff where the lighthouse is situated.
The correspondence covers the following: agreements to improve the pathway, and a general description of the construction, with abstracts and measurements (ff 79-80, 114-116 and 141-143).
Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of the State for India; various departments of the Government of India, including the Army Department, the Marine Department, the Military Department and the Public Works Department; the Overseer, Muscat; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and the 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
041-000545744 - 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/10/659/2 : File 815/1917 Pt 1B 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Muscat lighthouse' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0661]/040-000545742[0002]/041-000545744
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (87 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100091144211.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1927
- Date Range:
- 5 Dec 1917-12 May 1927
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 815/1917 Pt 1B
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)