Distinctive Features: A tracing of a plan based on a provisional survey carried out on 22 July 1934 enclosed to a copy of a ‘Report on areas acquired in Bahrein’ by Major K.M. Papworth (folios 210-211). Shows the extent of the land designated for the Naval Base situated at Ras Al Jufair about...
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). The map has been traced or reproduced from the map of the RAF station at folio 3, although this map is entitled ‘Sharjah’ instead o...
‘Comparative tire [tyre] sections used on Fords in Arabia’
Scope & Content:
The diagram shows tire [tyre] sections of Ford trucks used by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company in Saudi Arabia, for the following tyre makes and models: Goodyear Air Wheel; Dunlop; Royal Atlas; Firestone (English); Goodrich Silvertown (American, spelt Slivertown in the diagram). The d...
The map shows the municipal boundary and wards of the Quetta Civil Station. The map was part of The Quetta Municipal Law, 1946. It shows roads and railways, with names where applicable, and some sites and features of note, such as race course, jail, Residency, and wooded areas. The map was printe...
The drawing is a rough sketch of a knee drawer table for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf’s new office building at Bahrain, it includes a plan and elevation of the table, with measurements. The sketch is in pencil and blue coloured pencil.
‘File 18/17 Correspondence with the Assistant Resident Engineer, M.O.W., Jufair, regarding repairs to electrical equipment etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mostly between the Assistant Resident Engineer, Jufair, and the Political Agent, Bahrain, relating to minor works at the Bahrain Political Agency, including repairs to the overhead fans and the air conditioning units at the Agency, and the replacement of the refr...
Plan drawing entitled 'PLAN SHOWING LANDS ADJACENT TO FAO DEPOT.' The plan is in blue print and it has been issued by the Basra Port Directorate, Chief Engineer's Office, Port Headquarters.