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'Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928' [51v] (6/6)
The record is made up of 1 file (3 folios). It was created in 29 Aug 1928. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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List of Lights, Buoys, &c., at present existing.
(supplemented by reference to the “
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot, I92i.)
So far as can be ascertained, the aids to navigation at present maintained in the
MrS^Ule Quoin, Tamb, .Task, Henjam fa white iron pillar
° n ^ MrSoys: Bahrein (two), Bushire (two), Kishm island (one). Also two
LighU maintained by Indo-European Telegraph Detriment on their buildings.
' Chakbar and Henjam (cost debited to Lighting bund).
Vnnierous lichts are also exhibited from other buildings e.g. on the British
UesfdencTes at Bushire and Koweit, the Consulate at Muscat, the Customs bmldmg
at Fao, &c.
' The'following an approximate list of the main buoys, compiled from the
' ^BaTdmMbas^Bushire, Jask, Henjam (lias Khargu), Koweit (three).
Beacons.
IWqian side • Heuiam (Ras-al-Mashia), Basidu, Jask. i v -i
Arab side Kowe.t (Ras-al-Arz), Auhah island, Umm-an-Namil, Knbbar island
fall near Koweit) Farsi, Arabi, and Harkus islands (between Koweit and Bahrain)
Bahrain (Has Zarwan), Khor Kaliya and Has Tanurah (the latter erected by Emu o
a 1 hpqt Bahrain anci Doha, on the El Eali (.oast. ^
Most of these were erected by the Government of India. No s R ecl ? g“ a i
appear to have been made for the upkeep of the beacons generally, which in
cases are adjacent to lighthouses.
Shatt-el-Arab.
Maintained by Basra Port Directorate.
in
One lightvessel, about 10 unlit buoys, and about 20 lighted buoys, are mentioned
-i n i , ..i. ioot frM-rdf-lior witli nnnierous beacons.
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Document providing a history of lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Covering:
- first reconstruction: 1909-14 – assessment, programme of reconstruction; obstructive activities of the Turkish authorities, detail of buoys and lighthouses placed, and parts of the programme not completed;
- expansion: 1914-25 – including extensions to the original programme, and an overhaul of beacons;
- administration and finance – including light dues, responsibility for the cost of the service, the Government of India's role in administration and maintenance, and the creation of a Lighting and Buoying Fund;
- relations with Persia – listing occasions during the British management of the Lighting and Buoying Service when His Majesty's Government came into collision with the Persian Government;
- conclusions.
It also includes an appendix listing lights, buoys, and beacons present at the time of writing (1928).
Written by M J Clauson of the 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. .
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 49, and terminates at f 51, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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