Enclosures nos. 2-71 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 31 January 1840. The enclosures are dated 9 October 1839-27 January 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and in Sinde [Sindh]. Folios 286-353 ar...
Enclosures nos. 6-57 and 59 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 29 February 1840. The enclosures are dated 11 November 1839-28 February 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, Sinde [Sindh] and Bombay. F...
Coll 20/17 'Muscat: Coal Depot: Question of transfer to RAF authorities'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the transfer of administrative and financial control of the site of a coal depot at Mokalla, Muscat, from the Royal Indian Navy to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The papers deal with questions of cost, the building of a new petrol store, securing concessions for the site fr...
Coll 30/196 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. Muscat. War Subsidy’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the defence of Muscat. It includes papers regarding: the position of the Sultan of Muscat in the event of the outbreak of war (since he was an independent sovereign and therefore his state would not automatically be on the side of the British Empire in war)...
Coll 30/211 'DEFENCE OF: Land, Sea & Air Facilities placed at the disposal of H.M.G. by the Rulers concerned.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains information collected by Miss M Odgers of the India Office, detailing land, sea, and air facilities available for the defence of the Persian Gulf, which had been placed at the disposal of the British Government (HMG) by the rulers concerned. The information covers Kuwait, Bahr...
'Portuguese Fort, Bahrain'. Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the walls of the Portuguese Fort, Bahrain towards a palm plantation. Crumbling ramparts at left. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Portuguese Fort, Bahrain' Below image, in pencil: ‘501’
'Portuguese Fort, Bahrain'. Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the walls of the Portuguese Fort, Bahrain towards a palm plantation. Crumbling ramparts at left. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Portuguese Fort, Bahrain' Below image, in pencil: ‘501’
'N. L. at Portuguese fort.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View at the Portuguese Fort, with a European man and woman at left in the foreground. Crumbling ramparts at left in the background. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'N. L. at Portuguese fort’ Below image, in pencil: ‘502’
'N. L. at Portuguese fort.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View at the Portuguese Fort, with a European man and woman at left in the foreground. Crumbling ramparts at left in the background. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'N. L. at Portuguese fort’ Below image, in pencil: ‘502’
