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231. IOR/X/3630/20/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/20/3
Title:
‘Part of the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf; from Core Abdullah to Ras Reccan, Surveyed by Lieutenants J.M. Guy, G.B. Brucks, & W.E. Rogers, H.E.I.Cs. Marine, 1825. Engraved by Bateman & Son. Sheet 1st and 5th of the Survey of the Arabian Coast’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the north-western shores of the Persian Gulf showing the coast between Boobian Island [Bubiyan Island, Kuwait] and Ras ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1828
Extent:
1 map

232. Mss Eur A230

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A230
Title:
Shakespear, William Henry Irvine: diary of journey across central Arabia
Scope & Content:
A diary written by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear recording his journey across Arabia in 1914. The volume consists of: folios 2-14: 'Accounts of Journey into Central Arabia. February, March, April, May 1914': statements of expenses incurred on the journey; folio 19: a note of the altit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 volume (328 folios)

233. Mss Eur C600/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C600/3
Title:
GENEALOGY OF THE SHAIKHS OF KUWAIT
Scope & Content:
The document (marked 'C.L.R.'s copy', 'Revised June 1962') consists of a chronological list of the rulers of Kuwait (1756 to date); a list of the Kuwait Council of Ministers; and genealogical tables of the descendants of thirteen shaikhs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1962
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

234. Mss Eur F111/354

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/354
Title:
Letters and a Manuscript Regarding Railways in Persia, and Letters and Photographs from Commander H A Phillips
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from Cecil Spring Rice, British Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, to George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, dated 20 October 1900, forwarding a letter in French addressed to Curzon from Fabius Boital, dated 16 October 1900, regarding a concession for railways in Persia, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Sep 1900-22 Jun 1901
Extent:

1 file (52 folios)

235. Mss Eur F112/555, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 2
Title:
'Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost seventy miles of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland extending 270 miles to the north and west in present-day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology (including soundings and submarine contours), relief by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

236. Mss Eur F226/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/28
Title:
THIM DAYS IS GONE
Scope & Content:
A memoir written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career in the Royal Artillery, Rajputana, Sialkot, Persia, North West Frontier Province, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, and Kuwait. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1980
Extent:

1 file (124 folios)

237. Photo 49/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(19)
Title:
'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

238. Photo 49/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(20)
Title:
'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Photographer: Raja Deen Dayal & Sons
Scope & Content:
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’
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

239. Photo 49/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(21)
Title:
'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28-29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

240. Photo 49/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(22)
Title:
'Landing at Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28-29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print