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File 4259/1912 'Persian Gulf: Turks and lighting and buoying' [51r] (106/242)
The record is made up of 1 volume (119 folios). It was created in 1912-1914. 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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[This Document is the Property of His- Britannic 'Majesty's Government.!
WITH reference to my despatch No. 898 of the 24th October of last year, I have
the honour to forward herewith a despatch from His Majesty’s consul at Bussorah,
reporting on the precarious condition of the Turkish light-ship “ Kilid-el-Bahr ” at the
outer bar of the Shatt-el-Arab.
I AM informed that the f ‘Kilid-el-Bahr,” now stationed at the outer bar as a Turkish
light-ship, is in a very precarious condition and that her cabins aie leaking badly.
The commodore lately sent two barrels of cement to till the holes but this measure is
ineffective. As the vessel appears to be in imminent danger of foundering, the
commodore has provided her with 16 life-buoys and 1 life-boat for the safety of thelf;
marines, 1 officer and 3 guardians on board. It is not expected that the ‘ Kilid-el-Bahr
will remain afloat till next winter. The Naval Department promised some time ago to
send a barge to replace the vessel but, up to the present time, nothing appeals to
been done in that direction. This information has been fuims e me y e
representative of the Light-house Administration.
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[B]
iSIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
[March 8.J
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1 .
[ 10820 ]
No. 1.
Sir G. Lowiher to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received March 8.)
(No. 179.)
Sir,
Constantinople, March 4, 1913.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Consul Crow to Sir G. Lowther.
(No. 8.)
Sir,
Bussorah, February 4, 1913.
F.’ E. CROW.
[2839 /i--l]
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to lighting and buoying installed by the Turkish Government in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Correspondence discusses concerns over the erection of a Turkish lighthouse in Fao and the basis upon which a protest could be lodged. Also discussed is the deployment of a Turkish lightship in the Shatt al-Arab, through the replacement of the old Turkish vessel ( Kilidi Bahr ) by a new lightship ( Jaffari ) and the ramifications of the correspondence with the Turkish Government about this matter. Dredging of various marine navigation channels by the Turkish Government is discussed. Part of these discussions and negotiations involved the creation of a Shatt al-Arab Navigation Commission.
The principal correspondents include the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge), the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; HM Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther); and HM Consul at Basrah (Francis Edward Crow).
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- 1 volume (119 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 119; 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.
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- File 4259/1912 'Persian Gulf: Turks and lighting and buoying'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 101r:118v, 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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