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IOR/L/PS/10/661/1
- Record Id:
- 041-000545750
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0000ed
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/661/1
- Title:
- File 815/1917 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Repairs to Lighthouse buildings at Quoin Island & Tamb Island.'
- Scope & Content:
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This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing repairs and alterations to the lighthouse buildings on Quoin Island and, to a lesser extent, those on Tamb Island (also written in the correspondence as Tanb Island).
Most of the part focuses on the details and costs of proposed repairs and alterations to the lighthouse buildings on Quoin Island, covering the period 1919-1926. Also discussed are details of the work required and costs involved for repairs to the lighthouse buildings and the kutcha road [makeshift, dirt road] on Tamb Island, covering the period 1919-1923.
Some of the correspondence touches on the more general issue of financing lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf.
Notable correspondents include the following: the Viceroy of India; the Director of the Royal Indian Marine; officials of the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Treasury, the Government of India's Department of Commerce, and the Government of India's Marine Department.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545749
041-000545750 - 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/10/661 : File 815/1917 Pt 3-9 'Persian Gulf: Lights & Buoys.'
IOR/L/PS/10/661/1 : File 815/1917 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Repairs to Lighthouse buildings at Quoin Island &… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0663]/040-000545749[0001]/041-000545750
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (86 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100079830346.0x000007
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1926
- Date Range:
- 16 Oct 1919-10 Aug 1926
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 815/1917 Pt 3
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)