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1. IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 459-466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 459-466
Title:
‘Conduct of the garrison of Shurkia in preventing the Honble Company's Schooner "Emily" from entering the harbour of Muscat’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 December 1844. The enclosures are dated 8 November-21 December 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to an incident in which the East India Company schooner Emily ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 65-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 65-103
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 96 of 1847, dated 13 November 1847. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 14 September 1847. The enclosure consists of a letter fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1847
Extent:
1 item (39 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647
Title:
Affairs in Persia and Herat
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1853, dated 31 March 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 12 February 1853. The enclosure is a letter from HM Envoy E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item (95 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 43
Title:
Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB
Scope & Content:
The sketch map shows approaches to Kuwait [Kuwait] Harbour and Shatt Al Arab. An Admiralty sea map, it states it is compiled from various authorities, and is found in the volume 'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf', 1911....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 map

5. Photo 355/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(38)
Title:
‘Bahrein’ [View of Sharjah from across the Sharjah Creek], c. 1873.
Scope & Content:
General view of Sharjah Town, taken from aross Sharjah Creek looking southeast. The horizon line is punctuated by various built structures, before which a variety of dhows and other craft are moored, at anchor or pulled up along the shoreline. A large group of figures can be seen standing alon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c.1873
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

6. Photo 355/1(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(42)
Title:
'Sultan's Palace, Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View looking due west across the harbour towards the Sultan's Palace and surrounding buildings. This is presumably the white building with the crenellated roofline in the centre of the print, overlooked by Fort Capitano (Fort Al-Mirani) on the headland to the right of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

7. Photo 355/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(43)
Title:
'Muscat Consulate & Agency'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View looking south-west across the harbour towards the British Consultate and Agency and surrounding buildings. This is presumably the white building with the flag-staff on the roof. In the middle- and foreground to the right of the image various dhows and other craft ar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

8. Photo 355/1(120)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(120)
Title:
'Zanzibar'. Photographer: Sir John Kirk
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This panoramic view of the waterfront in Zanzibar is composed of five joined albumen prints. Taken from an elevated position, this view looks out onto the harbour, with the dhow fleet at anchor from centre to right of the image and several British naval vessels at left. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
1 b&w panoramic image made up of 5 joined albumen prints

9. Photo 667/4(505)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(505)
Title:
'Jetty at Sitra.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the jetty at Sitra, Manama, Bahrain. Two large liners are visible at centre and left in the background. Various cranes and other moving equipment is visible. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Jetty at Sitra' Below image, in pencil: ‘505’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print