A hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast that shows the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi as claimed by Dubai in 1949. Features such as ridges, palms, wells and sandhills along the border are marked on the map.
A pedigree of the Al-Subah ruling family of Kuwait. It starts with Shaikh Subah, and then gives details of six further generations of male members of the family, with occasional notes on age, date of death, work, and place of residence.
Photograph of Bananas Irrigated from the Hamran Spring
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Photograph of banana crops irrigated from the Hamran spring [‘Ayn Hamrān, Dhofar, Oman], in the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] garden. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land resources of Dhofar, p...
A sketch map with countries and borders shown ranging from Oman in the west to China in the east. An area shaded in red indicates areas to be included in Air H.Q. India Bombing Target Catalogues (with a potential radius of action taken as 500 miles).
Letter No. 62 to Lieutenant James Dickson from John Beaumont at Bushire
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Short letter commanding Dickson to depart for Bombay as quickly as possible as his passenger Captain Richard Scott is charged with a commission for the company.