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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Digitised Content Platform Qatar Digital Library Level [32] Fonds

1. Mss Eur A230

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A230
Title:
Shakespear, William Henry Irvine: diary of journey across central Arabia
Scope & Content:
A diary written by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear recording his journey across Arabia in 1914. The volume consists of: folios 2-14: 'Accounts of Journey into Central Arabia. February, March, April, May 1914': statements of expenses incurred on the journey; folio 19: a note of the altit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 volume (328 folios)

2. Photo 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 112
Title:
Visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to England
Scope & Content:
Two official photographs of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, during his visit to England in 1938. The photographs were taken on April 1 and April 4 respectively. The visit was part of the Sultan’s world tour 1937–38. Each photograph was taken by a separate press agency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
2 loose, unmounted, b&w photographs with captions on reverse.

3. WD3274

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3274
Title:
‘Colonel D’arcy Drawings Made During the Embassy to Persia 1810–12’ by Joseph D’Arcy (1780–1846)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains fifty-eight watercolour landscape views of locations visited during the Ouseley embassy to Persia, 1810–12, as well as two handlists, probably created by later owner F. G. McCutcheon c. 1880, two notes from The Graphic magazine to McCutcheon and a newspa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-12
Extent:
Album of 58 watercolour drawings of views of Persia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey, mostly made during the Ouseley embassy to Tehran (1810–12), 1 newspaper cutting, 2 notes and 2 handlists (c. 1880) lightly tipped into a leather-bound album.