File 8/82 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: GWADUR IMPROVEMENTS.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the Muscat territory of Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan; it is written as Gwadar in some of the correspondence]. The file begins with discussion of a proposal from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to devote the whole of his Gwadur revenue to the improv...
File 8/95 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MEDICAL & EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, GWADUR.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns medical and educational facilities in Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar]. Most of the correspondence relates to the recruitment of staff, specifically regarding the following positions: sanitary inspector, medical officer, compounder, English teacher, and Urdu teacher. The corr...
File 17/1 Government Properties. Christian Cemeteries'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the European (or Christian) cemeteries in Muscat. Much of the correspondence is between British diplomatic and naval officials concerning their general upkeep and maintenance. As such, a number of lists of those individuals b...
This volume contains correspondence and documents regarding the creation and management of a garden attached to the Political Agency in Muscat. Most of the correspondence in the volume is between officials of the Political Agency in Muscat and various horticultural suppliers and specialists in...
Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
Scope & Content:
These two volumes are George Curzon's own personal annotated copies of both volumes of his book Persia and the Persian Question, which was published in 1892. Alongside the volumes are various loose papers relating to Persia [Iran], consisting of the following: received correspondence; newspaper ...
Letters to Lewis Pelly from Individuals in Britain and India
Scope & Content:
The correspondence relates to three main periods of Lewis Pelly's life: his work in India as Agent to the Governor-General, Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and subsequently at Baroda 1870-1877; his return to England in 1877 and marriage to Amy Henrietta Lowder, 1 August 1878; and his desire for re-employ...
Letter from Meer Kamaloodeen Hoosein Khan [Sayyid Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Khān], Nawab of Baroda, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Sir Richard Meade who has been appointed as Lewis Pelly's replacement in Baroda, and enquiring after Pelly's health. The letter itself is written in English; however; Meer Kamaloodeen Hoosein Khan [Sayyid Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Khān], Nawab of Baroda's signature has been written i...
Miscellaneous Papers relating to Lewis Pelly's Service in the Persian Gulf and India
Scope & Content:
The file contains a private journal kept by Lewis Pelly from January to February 1865; notes taken by him during his journey to Riyadh January to March 1865; sketches, correspondence, financial accounts and other papers. Included within the file are: Extract showing a record of posting from the...
Picture of the Tents of the Turks. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the tents of the Ottoman Turkish troops at their camp at Medina. Despite the apparently secular nature of the subject, and the fact that the camp does not depict a stopping-off point on the hadj, the laudatory poetry and prose makes clear the relevance of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:
1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount
Picture of the Tents of the Turks. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the tents of the Ottoman Turkish troops at their camp at Medina. Despite the apparently secular nature of the subject, and the fact that the camp does not depict a stopping-off point on the hadj, the laudatory poetry and prose makes clear the relevance of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:
1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount
