'Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928'
- Creator:
- Author: India Office
- Date:
- 1928/1928
- Description:
- Abstract: Document providing a history of lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf.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.Physical description: 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 side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Lighthouses
Buoys
Government of Persia, Qajar dynasty
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003cb_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003cb_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B401
IOR/L/PS/18/B401