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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/10/168, f 375
Title:: PLAN OF A SITE OF A PROPOSED LIGHTHOUSE AT RAS-AL-ARZ. SCALE 100 FEET TO AN INCH
Scope & Content:: The plan shows the site of a proposed lighthouse at Ras al-Arz, Kuwait, drawn from the perspective of a number of sections. An insert plan shows the proposed sight in relation to and distance from the British Agency, Kuwait. The plan notes that it was surveyed and drawn by R L Laffere, Assista...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1908
Extent:: 1 plan

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/10/451/2, f 29
Title:: ‘Sketch Map showing proposed New Alignment of road from Shushtar to Isfahan’
Scope & Content:: The map shows the proposed new alignment of the road from Shushtar to Isfahan in Persia [Iran]. The map also includes contour lines and hydrology. The map bears the printing statement: ‘Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta.’ The map forms appendix J of a report on the qu...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/12/3747, f 29
Title:: 'Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr of Buraimi, Na’im. L. Shaikh Mohamed bin Rahmah bin Salman of Sumaini, Al Bu Shams. R. Mudhaffar, Wali of Sohar'
Scope & Content:: Two black and white photographs with their subjects identified in writing below each one. The first depicts Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr of Buraimi (of the Na’im tribe) standing in front of a wall, while the second shows Shaikh Mohamed bin Rahmah bin Salman of Sumaini (of the Al Bu Shams tribe) and Mud...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1939?
Extent:: 2 b&w photographs

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/12/3747, f 31
Title:: Shaikh Mohammed bin Sultan, of Dhank, Na'im. L. Sultan ad-Damaki of Gatarah [?], Dhuwahir. R. Shaikh Ibrahim bin Uthman, Abu Dhabi Wali
Scope & Content:: Two black and white photographs with their subjects identified in writing below each one. The first shows Shaikh Mohammed bin Sultan of Dhank (of the Na'im tribe) standing alone in front of a stone building and some barasti fencing. The second shows Sultan ad-Damaki of Gatarah [?] (of the Dhuwahi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1939?
Extent:: 2 b&w photos

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 121
Title:: WEST INDIA ISLANDS AND CARIBBEAN SEA. SHEET I. COMPRISING FLORIDA STRAIT, BAHAMA ISLANDS AND GREATER ANTILLES. Compiled from most recent surveys. 1876. With corrections to 1937.
Scope & Content:: Published at the Admiralty, London, 3 July 1876. New editions and corrections listed to 1947. Soundings listed in fathoms. Settlements, roads, hydrology, and relief indicated. Letter from the Admiralty to the Colonial Office dated 24 March 1947 (folio 119) relates to this map.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1947
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/20/144, f 87
Title:: Plan of Mosul and Surrounding Country, Corrected from Jones' Survey
Scope & Content:: Map found at folio 87 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map is focused on Mosul on the west bank of the Tigris, and Nineveh on the east. It shows buildings, roads, hydrology, and indicates vegetation. The following r...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Aug 1889
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/20/253, f 207
Title:: 'Map to illustrate report on Toorkoman Tribes between the Caspian and the Oxus, February 1876'
Scope & Content:: The map shows a number of boundary lines converging on Meshed [Mashhad], originating in modern-day Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. It bears the printing statement 'Lithographed at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, November 1877. The map was printed from an Original suppli...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1876
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 51
Title:: ‘Ruins of the Government College, Kala Fath; endowed by Malik Hamza (17th century A.D.).’
Scope & Content:: A view of the ruins of the Government College in Kala Fath [Qal’ah-ye Fath] endowed by Malik Hamza [Mālik Ḥamzah] in the 17th cenutry. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sis...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1910
Extent:: 1 photograph

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 143
Title:: ‘Remains of a bye-gone era; at the shrine of the 44 recluses-ruins of Zāhidān.’
Scope & Content:: A photograph of several fragments of inscribed tablets, photographed at the ruins of ‘the shrine of the 44 recluses of Zāhidān [north of present-day Zehak]’. It is also referred to as a ziarat dedicated to ‘the 44 Pirs of Zāhidān’. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Cal...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1910
Extent:: 1 photograph

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 162
Title:: ‘Ancient shrine of Amrān, S. of chakānsur. Curious octagonal shaft of minaret in ruins.’
Scope & Content:: A view of the ancient shrine of Amran, south of Chakansur [Nimroz], including the ruins of an octagonal minaret. Figures can be seen sitting on the floor. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken duri...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1910
Extent:: 1 photograph

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