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Coll 30/16 'Persian Gulf: Surveys: Survey by HMS Ormonde, etc' [50r] (99/459)
The record is made up of 1 file (227 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1929-4 Feb 1948. It was written in English and French. 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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the work and thus increasing the
safety of narigation in the Gulf.
5. I hare the honour to request
that instructions in writing nay, if
possible, he sent to the local author
ities concerned in order that all due
assistance nay he afforded to the survey
parties working from His Majesty 9 s
Ship "Ornonds", It would he of great
conTenlence If these instructions
could statet
(1) The surrey parties should he
allowed to take on shore with then
whaterer instrunents and equipment are
neeess&ry for their work, without being
asked to pay customs duty or subjected
to other restrictions*
(8) Similarly, the surrey parties
should he allowed, in the erent of
their requiring to stay on shore for s
few days at any place, to bring with
them their own food, drink and camp
equipment (tent, beds, etcetera).
($) The surrey parties should he allosel
to ereot temporary surrey marks (ealras
of stonss, buoys, flags on poles,
etcetera), when necessary for the
purposes of their work*
4* I hare furthermore the honour
to suggest that the Captain of His
Majesty 9 s Ship "Ormond* 99 should bs
furnished with s general letter of
reeomaendat ion
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a number of naval surveys of the coastline and islands of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that were completed by Royal Navy vessels including HMS Challenger and HMS Ormonde .
In addition to the logistical and technical aspects of these surveys, the political context and reception of them locally is also frequently discussed. On folio 228, the file contains a large Admiralty map of the Eastern Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials at the Admiralty, Foreign Office, 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and the British Legation in Tehran, but the file contains a small selection of correspondence with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some of which is in French.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (227 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 229; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3726
- Title
- Coll 30/16 'Persian Gulf: Surveys: Survey by HMS Ormonde, etc'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:43v, 45r:185v, 190r:227v, 229r:229v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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