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1. 1784.a.13, 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(2)
Title:
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. August, 1863. Photographer: Pywell, William R.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across the roadway towards the slave pen buildings. A sign painted on the building reads: 'Price, Birch & Co. Dealers in Slaves.' 'In many of the Southern cities the people had erected buildings of this kind for the confinement of slaves awaiting sale. Th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1863
Extent:
1 item

2. 1789.a.13, 1(25a)

Reference (shelfmark):
1789.a.13, 1(25a)
Title:
Sklavinnen in Chartum, bekleidet mit dem Rahad. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a young slave girl at Khartoum.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 item

3. 1789.a.13, 1(25b)

Reference (shelfmark):
1789.a.13, 1(25b)
Title:
Sklavinnen in Chartum, bekleidet mit dem Rahad. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length standing portrait of a young slave girl at Khartoum.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 item

4. 1789.a.13, 2(100)

Reference (shelfmark):
1789.a.13, 2(100)
Title:
Die erbeuteten Trophäen Soliman-Ziber's. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Trophées du Soliman-Zibêr,' and signed, 'R. Buchta.' Arrangement of banners, guns and other weaponry, presumably among the trophies captured by the Italian Governor of Bahr al Jabal, Romolo Gessi, from the slaver Suleiman ibn Zubayr.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2198
Title:
Coll 7/29 'Persian Gulf: gun running into Persia; reconditioning of Persian patrol craft seized by HMG in 1941 during operations; postwar rehabilitation of Persian Navy'
Scope & Content:
Extensive correspondence regarding the trafficking of arms to Persia [Iran], the resumption of arms and (to a lesser extent) slave trafficking in the Gulf of Oman, and the reconstitution of the Persian Navy following the Second World War (1939-1945). The file opens with reports of arms being sm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1934-20 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (307 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/79
Title:
File 1/4 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Matters affecting Ruler of QATAR.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the political affairs of Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani (there are various spellings in the file) [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar: especially relations with Bahrain, the British Government, and Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1922-20 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/98
Title:
1/C Vol: V Miscellaneous.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics concerning the Kuwait Agency from August to December 1924. The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Ikhwan raids, 1924 Proposed land mail serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1924-27 Dec 1924
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)