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File 50/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying; General Arrangements' [8r] (20/396)
The record is made up of 1 file (194 folios). It was created in 1911-1912. 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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L T 0. 72-167-M.
GrOvernment of India.
Marine Department.
^imla, the 24th August 1912*
.To
The Secretary to the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
,
Public works Department«
^ IT
>
I am directed to say that the Government of India have had
under consideration a acheme for the improvement of the lighting
and buoying of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and that, with the sanction of
the Most Hon 1 ble the Secretary of State for India, it has been
decided to erect light-houses on Kusandim (little quoinj and Tamo.
£* The question has now arisen as to the best
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for the
construction of the foundations for the above light-houses. The
Political Hesident, Persian G^lf is not in a position to carry
c36, dated the 8th August 1912.9 out the work and, as will be seen from
1
v>- •] x
the accompanying copy of a telegram from the Director of the
Indian
i
Royal Indian Marine, the Boyal/Marine is likewise not in a posi-
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This file contains papers relating to the instalment and maintenance of lighting and other navigation facilities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and particularly around the Shatt-al-Arab waterway. Most of the papers pertain to the capital expenditures of the new navigation aids for ships. A minority of the papers document some geo-political concerns regarding the presence of Turkish ships in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Ottoman State's possible intention to maintain a permanent presence in the Gulf.
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- 1 file (194 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 196; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/438
- Title
- File 50/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying; General Arrangements'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:176v, 178r:182v, 184r:195v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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