This blueprint sketch map shows the Qatar Peninsular, including: the oil wells area on the Western coast (where the camp of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited was located); the track leading from there to Doha; the landing ground at Doha; the boundary between Qatar and Saudi Arabia; the Salwa...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows Muscat Town. Inscriptions: To the left of the image, in pen: ‘1. Sultan’s Palace’, ‘2. R.A.F. Rest House & W.T. [Wireless Telegraph] Station’, ‘3. British Political Agency’, and ‘4. Old Portuguese Forts, now manned by Local Polic...
Blueprint map showing proposed oil concession area to be granted by Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain, to Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL). The map states: 'Enlarged in Land Department. Government of Bahrain'. The map is referred to in a lett...
Blueprint map showing proposed oil concession area to be granted by Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain, to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO). The map states: 'Enlarged in Land Department. Government of Bahrain'. The map is referred to in a le...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows the town of Mattra [Muttrah], a suburb of Muscat. Inscriptions: To the left of the image, in pen: ‘Landing Ground’, ‘Track to Mattra’, ‘Road Mattra to Muscat’. Arrows in blue pen and lines in red pen indicate the positions of these ...
Map of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) Awali Camp [accommodation township], Bahrain, produced by the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The map shows roads, the perimeter of the camp, accommodation, garages, hospital and medical facilities, water supply installations, recreational facilities, and...
The item contains the following photographs: Bilad as-Shamalia (North Village) and bay Hawar Fort Hawar Pier. The photographs accompany a statement and evidence submitted to the British Government by the Government of Bahrain relating to Bahrain's claim to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands: see...
The item contains the following photographs: Bilad as-Shamalia (North Village) and bay Hawar Fort Hawar Pier. The photographs accompany a statement and evidence submitted to the British Government by the Government of Bahrain relating to Bahrain's claim to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands: see...
This blueprint map, showing Bahrain, Qatar, and surrounding areas, is part of the draft oil concession entitled 'The Leased Area. Hawar Isla[n]ds', dated 1939, between Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrain, and Petroleum Concessions Limited (foli...
This blueprint map, showing Bahrain, Qatar, and surrounding areas, is part of the draft oil concession entitled 'The Leased Area. Bahrain', dated 1938, between Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrain, and Petroleum Concessions Limited (folios 189-2...