File 50/1914 Pt 11-12 'Persian Gulf Lighting & Buoying & Lighthouses on Little Quoin, Tamb Islands & Shaikh Shuaib Island'
Date:
1912/1914
Description:
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British authorities in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India, and Trinity House in London regarding the planning and construction of permanent navigation equipment in the Persian Gulf. Of note are some papers that discuss the need to establish British rather than Persian or Turkish buoys and lighthouses so as to ensure the dominance of British shipping and Naval power.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 284; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.