'Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928'

Title:

'Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928'

Contributor:

Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
India Office (author)

Date:

1928/1928

Description:

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.1 file (3 folios)This file consists of a single document.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

Geographic region:

Persian Gulf

Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003cb_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003cb_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B401

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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