Distinctive Features: Map issued with ‘Note on Khurma Dispute by Captain N. Garland’ dated 4th June 1919. Published to illustrate territorial dispute showing Khurma district (Mecca District) with distances between settlements and approximate positions of the villages east of Taif.
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Roads indicated by pecked lines. Shows Qatar and Bahrain. The Southern border of Qatar is indicated by a thick pecked line. Enclosed is a letter on the question of the southern limit of the Qatar Oil Concession sent by L. Lefroy at Britannic Hou...
File 7/11 Substitution of Muqqudams (General Clearing Agents) by the Department Bill-writers in the Customs Directorate, Bahrain
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government; Claude C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain. The correspondence concerns the cessation of the muqqudam [muqaddam] system (customs clear...
Layout of the proposed Bahrain Sport Club premises
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Pencil drawing showing the layout of the proposed new Bahrain Sports Club premises. The plan, which is indicated as not being drawn to scale, shows a rectilinear parcel of land, 150 feet by 210 feet in size, with two tennis courts, two badminton courts, and clubhouse with pavilion, billiards salo...
File 18/4 Correspondence regarding conversion of the two old cells into Post Office and repairs thereto
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Post Master General, Karachi and the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, regarding the move of the Post Office from inside the Bahrain Agency building to two rooms adjoining the guard room. Most of the file contains reques...
File No 20/8 Ceremonials:- Corr. re:- Marriage of Duke of Kent 29th November 1934.
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The file contains telegrams regarding the wedding of the Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934. The correspondence is between the British Consul, Bushire, and the Political Agency, Bahrain.
File 28/28 VI Industrial injury reports - cases for which no compensation is payable
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The file consists of numerous minor injuries reports for accidents in the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) refinery and offices for which no compensation was payed.
The map is of the region of Asir, in Arabia. The map shows tribal areas, routes, some physical geography, towns, and villages. Figures in red refer to numbered routes in the accompanying volume, Handbook of Asir. The map was printed by the Survey of Egypt in 1916.
File 42/8 II Miscellaneous (a) Consecration of grant of land for Christian Cemetery (b) [Memorial from British Indian inhabitants of Muscat concerning hardships under Muscat Order in Council of 4.11.1867]
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This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Agency in Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire, regarding two subjects: A petition presented to the Government of Bombay by a group of British Indian merchants in Muscat requesting a revision to the ...
‘APPENDIX D. DISTILLATION PLANT AND POWER HOUSE (DIAGRAMMATIC)’
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Diagram sketching of distillation plant and power house at Ras El Hadd (Ras Al Hadd) landing ground at Salalah, Oman. The diagram is prepared by G S Cooper, Civil Engineer, Air Headquarters, Iraq as part of a report titled ‘REPORT ON SOUTH ARABIAN COAST- INSPECTION TOUR- SEPTEMBER, 1942’. The d...