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1. IOR/F/4/2006/89516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2006/89516
Title:
‘Proposal to provide Captain Hamerton with suitable quarters at Zanzibar, and to place Rs 5000, at his disposal for that purpose, or that in lieu thereof he be allowed Rs 75, per mensum as house rent.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Government of India; and Captain Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul, and Honourabl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1842-26 Aug 1842
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2087/96931

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2087/96931
Title:
‘Muscat. Residence at Zanzibar for Her Majesty’s Consul & Hon’ble Company’s Agent’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Military Board of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1844-31 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2181/106226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2181/106226
Title:
‘Aden Regarding Buildings and Town of -’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1845-25 Aug 1845
Extent:
1 item (24 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1639
Title:
File 18/8 ‘Buildings:- Accommodation and furniture for A.P.A. (A.PA’s Furniture Fund) Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the residence of the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain. It includes correspondence concerning the following: The rental of the house The connection of the telephone system in the house The laying of a water pipe from the artesian well...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1934-1 Nov 1938
Extent:

1 file (262 folios)

5. WD3110

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3110
Title:
Album of 154 drawings, most made in the Punjab hills, Kashmir, Baltistan and Afghanistan by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801-63)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains one hundred and fifty-four landscape views and studies in watercolour and pencil of locations and subjects encountered between 1834 and 1839. The majority are inscribed with notes, dates and captions by the artist. Some inscriptions are in a later hand. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1834-39
Extent:
Album of 154 drawings of views in the Punjab hills, Kashmir, Baltistan and Afghanistan, 1 typescript note lightly tipped into a leather-bound album

6. WD3479

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3479
Title:
'Rough Pencil Sketch from the Point Bungalo Ras Marbut, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the verandah of Haines’s bungalow at Ras Marbut [Ra’s Marbūţ] looking towards Little Aden. Haines sits facing away from the viewer at right, apparently sketching. His wife and another woman stand at centre in profile, looking out to sea. Several chairs, benches and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 watercolour and pencil drawing on paper

7. WD3483

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3483
Title:
Houses at the foot of mountains, probably Aden
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of several colonial buildings at the foot of mountains, probably at Aden. This unfinished pencil sketch may depict Haines’ first residence in Crater. A cross or flagstaff on the lowest peak at upper centre may provide additional clues as to its location. Inscripti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 pencil drawing on paper