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File 252/1910 Pt 2 Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; buoyage of Shatt al-Arab [271r] (548/660)
The record is made up of 1 volume (327 folios). It was created in 1911. 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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Your telegram No.IS Commercial.
Inform Minister for Foreign Affairs that
mis Majesty's Ships are now engaged in re
placing buoys which have drifted and which
are their property. There is therefore no
necessity for the "Marmaris" to undertake
this work and as the Turkish Government are
aware that the buoyage of the Gulf has always
been in British hands His Majesty's Govern
ment consider that the Porte should have con
sulted them before instructing their official;
Following is for your own information.
His Majesty's Government wish to avoid
if possible raising any question of preventing
the Turkish Government from placing buoys in
Turkish territorial waters: they would prefer
to
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This volume contains letters, reports and memoranda concerning the lighting and buoyage of the Shatt al-Arab. Correspondence discusses the poor state of the buoys and need for repainting; a re-survey of the Shatt al-Arab in order the prevent the Germans from gaining influence. Also discussed is the need to establish which British maintained-buoys are in Turkish or Persian waters and the dispatch of a British naval force to the area where British buoys had been laid.
Correspondents include: Viceroy of India; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Director, Royal Indian Marine, and the Vali of Basra.
The volume is part 2 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part of the year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (327 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 252 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Lighting and Buoying) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/168-169. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 327; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/169
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- File 252/1910 Pt 2 Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; buoyage of Shatt al-Arab
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:28v, 29Ar, 29Av, 29r:58v, 62r:320v, 326r:326v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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