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File 50/1914 Pt 9 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying' [‎head] (5/266)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (129 folios). It was created in 1912-1923. 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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This file contains letters relating to the construction of a lighthouse depot on Abadan Island, in Persia. The papers are exchanges between British authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Trinity House in London, and the British Government of India. The bulk of the papers relate to the replacement of the former site of the depot for its new location at Fao at the mouth of the Shatt al Arab waterway.

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1 volume (129 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 131; 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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File 50/1914 Pt 9 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying' [‎head] (5/266), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/442, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100049274814.0x000006> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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