Map indicating frontiers of south-eastern Saudi Arabia
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The map accompanies a printed confidential memorandum entitled ‘The South-Eastern Frontiers of Saudi Arabia [with maps]’, produced by the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office, dated 30 June 1940. It shows the eastern half of the Arabian Peninsula, dominated by the ‘Ruba-Al-Khali’ [Rub’ al Kh...
Copy of a plan of the aerodrome at Sharjah, originally enclosed with a letter from the Political Residency to the Bahrain Political Agent, dated 7 May 1949 (f 104). Copy of a plan of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Station at Sharjah. Individual buildings and areas are identified and numbered within t...
The map is part of a booklet entitled ‘Leper Survey in the Arabian Peninsula’ by Doctor William Harold Storm, published January 1937 and reprinted from Leprosy Review, Vol. VIII, No.1. The map shows an outline of the Arabian Peninsula and indicates: mountainous regions; rivers; annotations for re...
Photograph of the Political Agency, Bahrain. Photographer: Unknown
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Maritime scene showing the Political Agency, Bahrain, from the sea. 'H.B.M. Political agent, Bahrain, Persian Gulf', is written on the reverse in pencil; also written in pencil is the required width (in inches) for a requested enlarged print of the photograph.
Christmas greeting card entitled 'GOOD WISHES’. The card has a coloured painting on folio 44A. Folio 44B verso has hand written greetings sent by Shaikh Mustapha Bin Abdul Latif to the Political Agent Percy Gordon Loch. Folio 44C has printed greetings and Christmas wishes. On folio 44 there is co...
A pedigree of the Al-Subah ruling family of Kuwait. It starts with Shaikh Subah who died about 1864, and then gives details of three generations of male members of the family.
This sketch map depicts Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar] and the surrounding area, with additional notes below. Marked in pencil are the routes of two roads leading from Gwadur to Pasni and Turbat respectively. Also depicted is the boundary between Gwadur and the state of Kalat. Scale not given.
A sketch of a section of Gwadur [Gwadar] Town that shows the property of the slain Ghulam Ali and the surrounding properties including the Ismaili Jamat-Khana (place of worship). The uses and owners of the properties shown are labelled, as well as the location of doors and passageways.
The gazette is publishing extracts from a dispatch received by the Government of India from Lieutenant General Henry Thomas Godwin, Commander of the Forces in in Ava [Inwa, Myanmar], Arracan [Rakhine State, Myanmar], and Tenasserim [Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar] Provinces, dated 22 April 1852. The...