'File 9/7 Lighthouse and leading lights'
IOR/R/15/6/328
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The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in 19 Mar 1949-7 Dec 1949. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service; the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bahrain; and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat.
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- 1 file (8 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, from the rear to the front.
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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 10; 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. 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/6/328
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- File 9/7
- Date(s)
- 19 Mar 1949-7 Dec 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Harbours
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- Persian Gulf Lighting Service
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- IOR/R/15/6/328
- Title
- 'File 9/7 Lighthouse and leading lights'
- Pages
- 9r:9v
- Author
- Government of Iran
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/6/328
- Title
- 'File 9/7 Lighthouse and leading lights'
- Pages
- 6r
- Author
- British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
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- ©P&O Heritage
- Usage terms
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/6/328
- Title
- 'File 9/7 Lighthouse and leading lights'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 6v:8v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence