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1. IOR/F/4/2662/176414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2662/176414
Title:
‘Permission granted to Nuwab Moomtaz-ood-Dowlah and his consort to proceed on a pilgrimage to the Shrines in Turkish Arabia.-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Foreign Letter from Fort William [Government of India] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 15 February 1856. The item relates to two petitions addressed to the Governor-General of India from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1855-15 Feb 1856
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/7/232(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(14)
Title:
Shrine of Muhamead [sic] Mahruk. Tomb of Omar Khayyam showing in left wing [at Nishapur or Neyshabur]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, but with top of dome of main tomb out of picture. 'Less than half a mile to the east [of the tomb of Farid-ud-din], in the heart of old Nishapur, the walls of which now resemble banks of earth, is a garden shrine. Under the dome, in the place of ho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

3. IOR/L/PS/7/232(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(15)
Title:
Kadamagh from the east. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across fields towards domed shrine (somewhat distant): '...Upon leaving Nishapur, we rode to Kadamgah, where a shrine was built by Shah Abbas to cover the footprint of the Imam Riza. This shrine is surrounded by fine pines of a different species to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

4. IOR/L/PS/10/821/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/12
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 12 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of SAMARRA Divisional Council’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Divisional Council at Samarra, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise an India Office Political Department memorandum and enclosure in print and typescript, notably covering: Relative expense...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1920-26 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1127/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1127/1
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 7 ‘Arabia: - Nejd-Hedjaz Situation. Fall of Medina; Surrender of Jeddah. Abdication of King Ali; desecration of shrines by the Wahabis.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to events during the invasion of Hedjaz [Hejaz] by Wahabi [Wahhabi] forces under the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The papers cover: the fall of Medina; the surrender of Jeddah; the flight from Jeddah and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1925-2 Jan 1929
Extent:

1 item (347 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (22)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (22)
Title:
The Hazrat Sultan Shrine [at Shad Mina, west of Darreh Gaz]. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of shrine, with pilgrims in front: 'On the second day we rode off west [from Darreh Gaz] to inspect various ancient sites...Leaving the Governor to examine his fine crop of cotton, we rode westwards for another six miles to a second ruined site, ter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

7. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 143
Title:
‘Remains of a bye-gone era; at the shrine of the 44 recluses-ruins of Zāhidān.’
Scope & Content:
A photograph of several fragments of inscribed tablets, photographed at the ruins of ‘the shrine of the 44 recluses of Zāhidān [north of present-day Zehak]’. It is also referred to as a ziarat dedicated to ‘the 44 Pirs of Zāhidān’. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Cal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 photograph

8. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 162
Title:
‘Ancient shrine of Amrān, S. of chakānsur. Curious octagonal shaft of minaret in ruins.’
Scope & Content:
A view of the ancient shrine of Amran, south of Chakansur [Nimroz], including the ruins of an octagonal minaret. Figures can be seen sitting on the floor. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken duri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 photograph