‘Nanga Parbat Range looking South from Leychar 43I. C/2. 5.0’
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An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Gilgit to Risalpur on 8 November 1934 at 11:16 at approximately 18,000 feet. This photograph shows a view of Nanga Parbat looking south from Leychar with two RAF Hawker Hart aircraft visible towards the bottom of the print; t...
‘NANGA PARBAT RANGE LOOKING SOUTH. 43.I. C/4. 2.9.’
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An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Gilgit to Risalpur on 8 November 1934 at 11:19 at 18,000 feet. This photograph shows a view of Nanga Parbat Range looking south with three RAF Hawker Hart aircraft visible towards the top right corner of the print; the tip of...
‘NANGA PARBAT RANGE LOOKING SOUTH. 43.I. C/4. 2.9.’
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An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Gilgit to Risalpur on 8 November 1934 at 11:20 between 15,000 and 18,000 feet. This photograph shows a view of Nanga Parbat Range looking south with three RAF Hawker Hart aircraft visible towards the centre of the print; the ...
‘Nanga Parbat Range looking South. 43.I. C/4. 2.9.’
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An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Gilgit to Risalpur on 8 November 1934 at 11:21 at approximately 15,000 feet. This photograph shows a view of Nanga Parbat Range looking south; the tip of one of the imaging aircraft's wings is visible in the foreground. The...
‘Rough Section of Persia from Enselle on Caspian through Kasvin Teheran, Shiraz to Bushire on Persian Gulf’
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Plan marked paper no. 7C, indicating the height above sea level (expressed in feet) of the route taken from Enselle [Bandar-e Anzalī] near Rasht, to Bushire, via Kasvin [Qazvin], Teheran [Tehran] and Shiraz, by Colonel Augustus Le Messurier of the Bombay Engineers, in 1887. The section is drawn ...
Sheet No. II MAP OF SHATT-AL-'ARAB & BAHMANSHIR INCLUDING MUHAMMAREH AND 'ABBADAN I. MAP No. 4
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Map depicting the water channels of the Shatt al Arab and Bahmanshir River near Muhammareh [Khorramshahr] and 'Abbadan [Ābādān] Island. The map indicates settlements, hydrology, and boundaries. The map features an additional line marked in green coloured ink to indicate the boundary proposed by H...
Map No. 1 Sketch map showing TURCO-PERSIAN FRONTIER AS OCCUPIED BY PERSIA WEST AND SOUTH OF HAWIZEH
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This map, printed by the War Office in July 1912, depicts the Turco-Persian Frontier in the vicinity of the towns of Hawizeh, Basrah and Mohammerah. The map indicates other settlements, hydrology, vegetation and areas of cultivation. The boundary is noted with a line and a corresponding note '...
Joint Tribute Payable by Qatar and Bahrain to the Amir of Najd
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The letter encloses one from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 12 September 1871. The Enclosure concerns a report fro...
The Execution of a Persian Subject by the Ottoman Authorities at Baghdad
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 13 December 1871, concerning the capture and execution by the Ottoman authorities at Baghdad of Shah Riza, a Persian subject, on a charge of brigandage on Ottoman territory. The Enclosure is a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles ...
Abstract of Contents of a Despatch Relating to the Aga Khan Mehlatee
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Abstract of contents of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 52 of 1847, dated 3 June 1847. The enclosures themselves are not included in the item. The enclosures are dated 3 December 1846 to 23 May 1847 and contain corresponden...