Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to the maintenance of the lighthouse and leading lights at Muscat. The papers deal with orders for supplies and parts, administration of costs, and reports of lights not burning. The correspondence comes from: the Political Agency, Muscat; the Port Directorate, Basrah; the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited; the Commander and Inspector of Gulf Lights; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and the Accountant General, Central Revenue, New Delhi.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-37; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning the maintenance and improvement of the lighthouse and other lighting at Muscat. The papers deal with a number of matters, including: a proposal to charge a levy on all shipping in the Gulf for the use of lighting and buoying; requests for replacement parts for lighting at Muscat; requests for coconut oil for lighting; complaints about poor lighting; repairs to the Muscat Lighthouse pathway and steps; costing and payment for repairs, including a proposal for an allowance for such maintenance at the Political Agency, Muscat.Correspondence comes from: the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agency, Muscat; the Port Directorate, Basrah; the Director, Royal Indian Marine, Bombay [Mumbai]; Accountant General, Central Revenue, New Delhi; and Government of India, Department of Commerce.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-53; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning repairs required at Muscat Harbour. The papers consist of numerous reports of lights not working and other needs for repair and replacement. Also included in the file is the proposal to make the Secretary, Persian Gulf Lighting Service, responsible for disseminating navigational information in the Gulf.Correspondence comes from: the Government of Iran; the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited; the Persian Gulf Lighting Service; the Political Residency, Bahrain; and the Political Agency, Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file relates to port facilities at Muscat. It includes discussion of landing contracts and delays to the offloading of cargo at Muscat.Matters covered include the following: a contract for the landing of cargo, agreed between the Muscat Government and the Oman Trading Company on 1 October 1945 (a copy of the contract is included); delays to the off-loading of cargo at Muscat from SS
Barjorain October 1945; reports in 1947 of other delays in unloading cargo at Muscat, specifically during low tide.Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; representatives of Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited.There is no material covering the years 1938-1944 and 1946.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file relates to landing contractors at Muscat. The correspondence concerns the question of whether goods transhipped in Muscat harbour should be subject to landing charges. It follows a complaint from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company regarding charges incurred for transhipping aviation petrol at Muscat.Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; the Government of Muscat and Oman's Director of Customs.The Arabic language material consists of letterheads on two letters from Messrs Khan Bahadur Nassib bin Mahomed and Son.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding congestion at the port of Basra during the First World War, and suggestions for increasing capacity and improving efficiency.The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia; and the War Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 93; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-92; these numbers are written in coloured crayon and pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file contains miscellaneous demi-official correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Political Resident at Bushire, as well as with the British Political Agent at Kuwait and Sheikh ‘Īsā bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah.This correspondence concerns various issues related to Bahrain affairs and the British Political Agent's interactions with Sheikh ‘Īsā bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah and the Sheikh Qāsim bin Mahzā’, Qāḍī of Bahrain. In addition, issues covered within this correspondence include the subject of slavery; the appointment of Inam ul Hakk; Captain Francis Beville Prideaux's archaeological interests; the visit to Bahrain of George Ambrose Lloyd, Honorary attaché of the Embassy of Constantinople, in 1907; and British compensation claims against Turkey following the First World War.Physical description: Foliation: There are two foliation sequences. The first sequence, which is circled in crayon, is incomplete. The second sequence, which is written in pencil in the top right corner, begins on number 1, on the first letter, and runs through to 21, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between Stuart George Knox and David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, British Political Agents at Bahrain, and Percy Zachariah Cox and Richard Lockington Birdwood of the British Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, as well as with Sheikh ‘Īsā bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain. In addition, included within the file are office notes of various conversations between the Political Agent with the ruler of Bahrain and Seth Rao Sahib Tirathdas Maharaj, Director of Customs at Bahrain.The correspondence and notes concern Turkish customs regulations at the Eastern Arabian ports of al-Qaṭīf and al-‘Uqayr pertaining to the landing and levying of duty on Bahraini and non-Bahraini goods, and the system of issuing cargo certificates. Included in this file are two examples of stamped cargo certificates in Arabic (f. 6 and f. 7).Physical description: Foliation: Foliation starts on file cover and terminates on the final folio before the back cover. Foliation is in pencil in circled numbers in top right of recto.
Abstract: Papers and correspondence relating to the journals and diaries of explorations in the area of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters in the context of improving navigation and communications between England and India.A list of contents is given on folio 10:'Captain Mark Wood's Narrative of his Overland journey, 1779-1780' (ff 12-55)'Mr R. Scott's Letter on the Passage over the Isthmus of Suez, and project of a new route to India, 1780' (ff 56-84)'Mr D. Talamas: correspondence relative to compensation for carrying overland Dispatches, 1783' (ff 85-94)'Lieut S. Hunter's Narrative of his Overland Journey with Dispatches, and documents connected with his expences, 1792' (ff 95-111)'Correspondence between the Court and Indian Governments on Deficiency of Intelligence, 1785 to 1803' (ff 112-129)'Fragment of a Narrative on an Overland journey to India' (ff 130-138)'Captain J. Wainwright Remarks on the navigation of the Persian Gulph, 1809-1810' (ff 139-166)'Captn Sadler's Diary of his Mysion to Arabia, 1819-20' (ff 167-339)'Captn Bedford's Journals of the Survey of the Burrampooter River, 1824-1825' (ff 340-423)'Lieutenant Wellsted's Memoir regarding the Red Sea and Steam Navigation between Europe and India, 1832' (ff 424-539)'Lieut. Wybards's Journal of an Excursion into Arabia' (ff 540-565)'Memoir on the Arab Tribes on the Banks of the Euphrates and Tigris' (ff 566-584).The volume also includes a sketch map (folio 585v): 'A Map of the Oases of El Hasa'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 599; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, present between ff 4-95, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: The file also contains an original printed pagination sequence which runs in parallel between ff 14-586 and additional intermittent pagination sequences which are written in pencil, but are not circled.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 587-598, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: This file consists of correspondence and minutes between the Director General of Ports and Navigation, HM Consul-General at Basra, the Chancery, HM Ambassador at Baghdad and the Foreign Office, related to the status of ports in the Persian Gulf. Specifically, the correspondents are concerned with which ports, and corresponding states, are sovereign and therefore 'foreign' or dependencies, and therefore 'British-protected.'Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of a letter sent to the Secretary of State for India by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on behalf of the Political Agent in Bahrain, and a draft reply. The subject of the correspondence is a question of whether or not Bahrain is to become the main collecting and temporary detention port in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the establishment of a Port Office at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and accompanying port regulations.The discussion in the volume relates to the following regulations:Accidents relating to water transport on the Karun, and Shatt al-Arab and in the Persian GulfAnchorage for ships entering the mouth of the KarunThe establishment of a Mohammerah Port OfficeCustoms and taxes levied on water craftThe exemption of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) from taxes based on its concession agreementA report on an accident involving an Anglo-Persian Oil Company tanker (folio 146)Discussion of the political significance of the regulations issued concerning the Shatt al Arab waterway.The principal correspondents in the volume are: Mohammerah Port Officer (Lieutenant F von Kreuze); Commandant, Southern Naval Force; HBM Consul for Khuzistan (A E Watkinson); HM Ambassador to Iran (Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 141, and terminates at f 170, 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 141-170; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.