'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
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Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of sowars or mounted escorts. The title presumably refers to chain-mail worn by the soldiers (visible in the helmet worn by the man third from left). Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image...
'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Photographer: Raja Deen Dayal & Sons
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Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of eleven men mounted on camels to form a guard of honour. Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘20’
'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
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Genre/Subject Matter View in the desert in Koweit [Kuwait], showing the Shaikh of Koweit on horseback. A man stands alongside the horse. Both are wearing vertically striped robes and wear long swords at their waists. In the background at right another man carries a flag atop a staff and also we...
Genre/Subject Matter View of the shoreline at Koweit [Kuwait]. At right, Lord Curzon and his staff are being carried ashore by Arab men from a small boat at far right. The Shaikh of Kuwait or his retainer stands at left alongside a horse waiting for the Europeans to come ashore. In the distan...
'A Few Words of Welcome, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
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Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of Kuwaiti men on the shore at Koweit [Kuwait], greeting Lord Curzon’s party as they land. A carriage drawn by two horses stands waiting right of centre. In the background the waters of the Persian Gulf and some small boats are visible. Inscriptions Ink, ...
Genre/Subject Matter View of Bushire. The shoreline extends from right to distant left, lined with two-storey buildings. A particularly ornate balcony is visible at far right. In the distant background at left a dhow can be seen Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bushire Coast Line.' Pencil,...
Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I.M.S. Lawrence.' Photographer: Unknown
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Genre/Subject Matter Group portrait of Lord Curzon and his personal staff and naval officers on board R. I. M. S. Lawrence. Curzon is seated second from left, wearing a flat cap. One of the men is Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946). Inscriptions Ink, below image: Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I....
Two official photographs of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, during his visit to England in 1938. The photographs were taken on April 1 and April 4 respectively. The visit was part of the Sultan’s world tour 1937–38. Each photograph was taken by a separate press agency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
2 loose, unmounted, b&w photographs with captions on reverse.
'The Sultan interested in the tanks after the demonstration' by Sport & General Press Agency, London
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Genre/Subject Matter: This scene, captured at Aldershot during an official visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, to Britain, shows the Sultan (right of image, looking towards the tank) and two of his men: ‘Abd al-Munim bin Yusuf al-Zawauri, Secretary to the Sultan ...
The Sultan at Westminster Abbey with the Dean of Westminster, the Right Rev. Paul F. D. de Labilliere by London News Agency, London
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Genre/Subject Matter: This full-length portrait of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, also features the Dean of Westminster, the Right Reverend Paul F. D. de Labilliere, Dean of Westminster Abbey (1938–46) (left of the Sultan), the Sultan’s Secretary, ‘Abd al-Munim bin Y...
