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1. IOR/L/PS/10/1010

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1010
Title:
File 3852/1921 'PERSIA: AHWAZ CONSULATE BUILDINGS'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the establishment of British consular offices and accommodation at Ahwaz [Ahvaz, also known as Naseri, Khuzestan] during the period 1918-32, proceedings which were particularly driven by: the end of hostilities with the Central Powers (Treaties of Sevres, 1920, and Lausann...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1932
Extent:
1 volume (404 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1965

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1965
Title:
Coll 5/19 ‘Air Route to India: Sharjah Rest House – Payment and accounting arrangements’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the financing and construction of a rest house at Sharjah for the use of the passengers of Imperial Airways. It contains correspondence authorising expenditure, outlining the procedure to be followed for making payments, and reporting on the progress of construction. I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1932-5 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154
Title:
File 1/A/33 I Site for Residency at Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed transfer of the Persian Gulf Residency from Bushire to Bahrain, specifically the choice of a suitable site in Bahrain; the estimated costs involved; and the eventual selection of a site at Busaitin adjoining the Royal Air Force (RAF) landing ground on Muharraq Isla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/608
Title:
'21/5 QATAR HOSPITAL'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the construction of the first hospital at Doha, Qatar, in the mid-1940s. Correspondents in this file include: Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent at Bahrain; E P Donaldson, India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1946-8 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1823
Title:
‘Bahrain Church File (correspondence with Bishop in Jerusalem)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the establishment of, and raising of funds for the construction of, an Anglican church in Manama, Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); the Bishop of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1943-23 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (57 folios)

6. Photo 1107(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1107(32)
Title:
Khartum. Mosk. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Coloured postcard, published by Lichtenstern and Harari, Cairo. View of a mosque under construction.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900-1910
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1167(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(20)
Title:
Treading earth to form the walls of a new house at Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'In Kibber, a man treads moist earth to form the walls of his new house. In the background women return from working the fields. The earth has been dug from the hillside and then sieved and mixed with water from a nearby stream. It seems as much a reshaping of the landscape as a process of build...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

8. Tab.442.a.5(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.442.a.5(1)
Title:
First column of the building. August, 1852 [Crystal Palace, Sydenham]. Photographer: Delamotte, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

9. Tab.442.a.5(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.442.a.5(2)
Title:
Commencement of the Terraces [Crystal Palace, Sydenham]. Photographer: Delamotte, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852-1854
Extent:
1 item

10. Tab.442.a.5(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.442.a.5(3)
Title:
The Terrace front, with mortar machine [Crystal Palace, Sydenham]. Photographer: Delamotte, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852-1854
Extent:
1 item