Aerial photograph of Salalah [Şalālah, Oman]. The Governor's residence and the fort are highlighted by captions and superimposed arrows. Photographer unknown. Prepared by naval staff in the Admiralty's Naval Intelligence Division.
Ext 5393/43 'Vesey Fitzgerald, Locust officer in Arabia'
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Thefile contains correspondence regarding arrangements for sending post to VeseyFitzgerald, an officer for the Anti-Locust Research Centre based in Arabia. Thecorrespondents are the India Office and the Colonial Office.
This file contains correspondence and related documents concerning journalistic coverage of the Persian Gulf and Britain's presence in it, with an emphasis on Britain's role in Bahrain and Kuwait. This correspondence is primarily between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Political A...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows the town of Mattra [Muttrah], a suburb of Muscat. Inscriptions: To the left of the image, in pen: ‘Landing Ground’, ‘Track to Mattra’, ‘Road Mattra to Muscat’. Arrows in blue pen and lines in red pen indicate the positions of these ...
This file comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes on the question of a possible decoration for Mr Bertram Sydney Thomas, following his successful crossing of the Empty Quarter from Salalah in Oman to Doha in Qatar in an expedition which took place from December 1930 to February...
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, and the India Office, regarding the despatch of the same telegrams by mistake both enciphered and en clair.
This file concerns relations between the Yemen and Iran (also referred to as Persia in the correspondence). It consists of a single letter, dated 27 August 1936, from Nevile Butler at the British Legation in Tehran to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, reporting on the visit to Iran of ...
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding negotiations with the Governments of Iraq and Persia to establish a board to improve and maintain the conservancy of the Shatt el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] waterway. The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the...
The file contains correspondence concerning the Naval Wireless Station at Bahrain. The papers include: correspondence from the India Office, the Admiralty, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the installation of a wireless receiving and transmitting set at the Jufair naval...