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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125
Title:
Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The volumes are Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

2 volumes, 2 items (57 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/MM13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/MM13
Title:
‘MONTHLY MEMORANDA. PERSIA. 1906-07’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India’s Foreign Department in relation to affairs in Arabia from January 1906 to December 1907. The memoranda are divided into sections, the most common of which are: ‘Aden’, ‘Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]’ and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1906-31 Dec 1907
Extent:
1 volume (196 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. 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

5. 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

6. Photo 1256/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1256/5
Title:
Brand Collection: Panoramic photographs of South India. Photographer unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of 32 loose prints, the majority panoramic in format and probably the work of a commercial photographer, showing South Indian scenes, mainly in the vicinity of Ootacamund and including waterfalls, Toda groups and railway views. From the collection of Arthur Reginald Brand (1895-1971),...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930s
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Photo 1311(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(1)
Title:
The Khyber Railway. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
Head-on view of locomotive No. 2230 emerging from a gorge on the Khyber Railway
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

8. Photo 1311(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(2)
Title:
Bagiari Station at the mouth of the Khyber Pass. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View along the line towards the station With accompanying letterpress description: The Khyber Railway. The Khyber Railway starts from Jamrud 1,500 feet above sea level and immediately after leaving the station the grade steadily increases in severity as the train approaches the clearly marked m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

9. Photo 1311(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(3)
Title:
Kafir Tangi Tunnel [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing locomotive No. 2230 approaching the tunnel
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

10. Photo 1311(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(4)
Title:
Near Fort Maude [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing a train crossing a bridge on the Khyber Railway With accompanying letterpress description: The second reversing station is soon reached at Changai, whose station building was visible on the sky line from below. Starting again from Changai, the railway runs in a wide loop round the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

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