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1. IOR/L/PS/10/663/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/663/1
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 11 ‘Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying Service. Iraq law for the levy of light dues.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf, hitherto carried out by the Royal Indian Marine. The papers specifically discuss the Government of Iraq arranging for the collection of dues from ships entering or leaving Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1923-28 Jul 1927
Extent:

1 item (98 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf negotiations 1928. Revision of Foreign Office Memorandum of 1908 for C.I.D. Persian Gulf Sub-Committee.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the revision of a 1908 Foreign Office memorandum on British interests in the Persian Gulf by the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Air Ministry and the Board of Trade. The memorandum was being revised at the request of the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1928-17 Jan 1929
Extent:

1 item (218 folios)

3. Photo 1253/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(3)
Title:
‘Radio TV Mountain’ in the centre of Kabul seen from where the Kabul River cuts through the mountains creating the Deh Mazang gorge. In the First Anglo-Afghan War it was the site of a crucial skirmish and hasty retreat by badly outnumbered British cavalry who had blundered into the midst of a massive Afghan army. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
View of a mountain at night, lit up by the lights from the buildings. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1253/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(13)
Title:
The Sham-e-Paris (‘Parisian Evenings’) wedding hall in the Taymani neighbourhood. Common in Pakistan, these huge wedding complexes have sprung up all over Kabul with dining and entertainment halls to seat a thousand on each storey and even an on-site honeymoon hotel. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
A view at night of a hotel and grounds lit up with decorative lights. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1253/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(16)
Title:
Entrance to the vast City Star Hall complex of wedding halls, on the new bypass out near Kabul Airport. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of an arch at night, decorated with neon lighting. There is a statue of a horse behind the arch. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, dig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1253/1(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(88)
Title:
Security lights and communications antennae at Camp Leatherneck. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of tents lit with overhead light. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive / Photogra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item