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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia

271. Mss Eur D922/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D922/1
Title:
An Account of a Journey in Kashmir by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Letters from Emily Overend Lorimer to her Parents sent from Bahrain and Kerman
Scope & Content:
This file consists of two separate physical files as follows: 1) An account of a journey in Kashmir in 1898-99 written by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer of the Indian Army. His account is entitled 'Three Months of Privilege Leave'. It contains his observations on the languages, peoples, trans...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1898-1914
Extent:

2 files (630 folios)

272. Mss Eur F126/38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/38
Title:
Letter book of official letters, mainly between Lewis Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The correspondence contained in the letter book relates primarily to affairs in Muscat from 1866 to 1868 during which time the Sultan of Muscat, Thuwaini bin Said died, allegedly killed by his son Salim II bin Thuwaini who subsequently seized power in Muscat before being overthrown in 1868 by hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1865-24 Apr 1869
Extent:

1 volume, 83 items (186 folios)

273. Mss Eur F126/40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/40
Title:
Manuscript copies of correspondence between Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay.
Scope & Content:
Copies of official correspondence to and from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Political Agent at Muscat (Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Captain George Andrew Atkinson) and the Secretaries to the Government of India (Charle...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1864-8 Jul 1872
Extent:

1 file, 21 items (73 folios)

274. Mss Eur F126/41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/41
Title:
Supplement to the Gazette of India containing copies of correspondence relating to operations at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The printed supplement, dated 22 January 1870, contains copies of despatches between Lewis Pelly and the Government of Bombay as well as copies of Pelly's correspondence with the Chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain], Guttur [Qatar] and correspondence between the Government of India and the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1870-20 Mar 1870
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

275. Mss Eur F126/43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43
Title:
Letter book of copy letters from Pelly to colleagues in Bombay and the Gulf.
Scope & Content:
The letterbook contains copies of letters from Lewis Pelly to colleagues in the Persian Gulf, India and England, on a number of subjects relating to the role and responsibilities of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf including the Residency's relations with Persia, its role in keeping th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1869
Extent:

1 volume, 193 items (198 folios)

276. Photo 355/1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(39)
Title:
'Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the Old Portuguese Fort or Qal'at al-Bahrain, location of the ancient capital of the Dilmun civilization. The fortified structure along the horizon is at the top of a tel. In the middle-ground, immediately in front of the fort, a large number reed or palm frond s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

277. Photo 355/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(40)
Title:
'Ruffar Fort, Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of Ruffar Fort (Riffa Fort) at Riffa in Bahrain. The fort is located on raised ground along the horizon to the right of centre. Immediately before the fort and below the horizon to the left of the scene various mounds and earthworks can be seen. Some low-lying structu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

278. Photo 496/6(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(27)
Title:
Bahrein. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View showing three pack donkeys being fed in Bahrein (Bahrain). Several men stand and squat alongside the donkeys. In the background a semi-ruined structure is visible. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Bahrein.’ Upper left, above image, in pencil, crossed-out: ‘a’ Lower right...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

279. Photo 496/6(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(28)
Title:
Bahrein. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Bahrein (Bahrain), showing two European (probably British) men and one Arab man mounted on donkeys and standing in front of a whitewashed building. The man in the background wears a sash and sits side-saddle on his donkey. At right a group of men stand watching. Another man is partially ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

280. Photo 496/6(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(29)
Title:
Bahrein: The Tombs. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Bahrein (Bahrain) of the ‘Tombs’, burial mounds dating to the Dilmun, Umm an-Nar and later cultures. The mounds extend into the far distance. At left three men and two donkeys are just visible in the photograph. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Bahrein.’ Upper left, ab...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print