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Site Plan Showing Proposed Power House & Various Government Buildings at Muscat to be fitted with Electric Lights & Fans
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A simple street plan of the area of Muscat around the Political Agency building that shows buildings, roads and the sea wall. Buildings that were due to be fitted with electric lights and fans are shaded in pink.
A plan of the ground floor of the Political Agency in Muscat that indicates room functions and stairs. Proposed servant quarters are marked in red crayon.
This file contains correspondence regarding the construction, furnishing and subsequent maintenance and repairs of a 'political bungalow' for the use of British officials to stay in while visiting Gwadur [Gwadar]. A plan of the bungalow produced prior to construction is contained on folio 41. I...
File 17/7 Boat for the use of the Political Agent, Muscat
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This volume contains correspondence and documents, primarily invoices and receipts, concerning the supply of sailing vessels and related parts to the Political Agency in Muscat. Much of this correspondence relates to the purchase of a Montagu whaler boat (generally referred to in the papers erro...
File 17/13 Acquisition of Gwadar Political Bungalow by Air Ministry for Imperial Airways
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the acquisition of a bungalow in Gwadur [Gwadar] by Imperial Airways. Prior to its purchase the bungalow was used primarily by British political officers passing through Gwadur. The correspondence also discusses the furnishing...
Plan Showing Official Buildings at Gwadur with Proposed Site for Wireless Buildings
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Simple plan of a small number of buildings centred around the telegraph office in Gwadur [Gwadar] with roads, the sea and each building's function labelled. The area proposed for the construction of a wireless building is marked in red.
This file contains correspondence between officials of the British Agency in Gwadur [Gwadar], the Political Agency in Muscat and the Indo-European Telegraph Department regarding the allocation of funds for the maintenance of the Christian Cemetery in Gwadur.