File 252/1910 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying; the B.I.S.N. Co's buoyage system taken over by Govt of India'

Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, reports, plans, photographs, indentures and tables relating to the lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The discussion in the volume relates to the transfer of the responsibility for lighting and buoying from the British India Steam Navigation Company to the Government of India, and the planning, costs of construction and the diplomacy associated with this.

Included in the volume (ff 303-310) is the 'Report of a Committee of Enquiry on the Lighting and Buoyages of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. Key locations identified for lighting are: Muscat, Little Quoin, Jezirat Tanb, Sheikh Shuaib, Kubbar Island, Ras Al Arz, Fasht ad Dibal.

The volume is part 1 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part of the year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (444 folios)

It is grouped into

'Muscat. Section of Ras Muscat. Plan of Ras Muscat'

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'Little Quoin. Mussandam'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 233

'LITTLE QUOIN. MUSSANDAM. Enlarged Plan of Proposed Landing Place.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 234

'Kishm.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 235

'JEZIRAT TANB.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 236

'Sheikh Shuaib'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 237

'Kubbar Island'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 238

'RAS AL ARZ. KOWEIT'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 239

'FASHT AD DIBAL

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 240

'MUSCAT. Section of Ras Muscat. Plan of Ras Muscat.

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 280

'LITTLE QUOIN. MUSSANDAM.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 281

'LITTLE QUOIN. MUSSANDAM. Enlarged Plan of Proposed Landing Place.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 282

'KISHM.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 283

'Jezirat Tanb.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 284

'SHEIKH SHUAIB.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 285

'KUBBAR ISLAND'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 286

'Ras Al Arz. Koweit.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 287

'FASHT AD DIBAL - BAHREIN'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 288

'Ras Muscat.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 289

'Fishers Rock & Ras Muscat.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 290

'The Quoins'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 291

'Little Quoin.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 292

'Little Quoin. Proposed Landing Place.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 293

'Kubbar Island.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 294

'Ras al Arz. Dwelling & Beacon.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 295

'Ras al Arz.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 296

'DIAGRAM LIGHTHOUSE ON THE RAS-UL-ARZ KOWEIT Scale = 1/96'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 374

'PLAN OF A SITE OF A PROPOSED LIGHTHOUSE AT RAS-AL-ARZ. SCALE 100 FEET TO AN INCH'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 375

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 252 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Lighting and Buoying) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/168-169. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the loose spine with 444; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/168

Former external reference(s)

P 252/1910

History of this record

Date(s)

1907-1916 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

ShippingMarine navigation

Places

MuscatKishmJezirat TunbLittle QuoinSheikh ShuaibJazīrat KubbarRas al ArzFasht ad Dībal

People & organisations

Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsBritish India Steam Navigation Company LimitedCorporation of Trinity House, corporation for seafarersAdmiralty

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