‘Sketch map showing approximate layout of SHARJAH & DIBAI.’
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This blueprint sketch map shows the approximate layout of Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai]. It depicts the British Residency Agency at Sharjah, Sharjah Fort, including the Royal Air Force bomb store, DF [Direction Finding] masts and the Sharjah landing ground. It also shows the Imperial Airways alighti...
The file contains papers relating to the defence of Qatar. It includes a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq, 8 August 1938, concerning the defence of Qatar, including the possibe need to protect an oil field an...
This blueprint sketch map shows the Qatar Peninsular, including: the oil wells area on the Western coast (where the camp of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited was located); the track leading from there to Doha; the landing ground at Doha; the boundary between Qatar and Saudi Arabia; the Salwa...
Coll 30/196 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. Muscat. War Subsidy’
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The file contains papers relating to the defence of Muscat. It includes papers regarding: the position of the Sultan of Muscat in the event of the outbreak of war (since he was an independent sovereign and therefore his state would not automatically be on the side of the British Empire in war)...
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 ...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows Muscat Town. Inscriptions: To the left of the image, in pen: ‘1. Sultan’s Palace’, ‘2. R.A.F. Rest House & W.T. [Wireless Telegraph] Station’, ‘3. British Political Agency’, and ‘4. Old Portuguese Forts, now manned by Local Polic...
Coll 30/197 ‘Persian Gulf. Special War Measures – Allocation of war-time expenditure. Appt. of Political Officer on Trucial Coast & addtl staff in the Gulf. Inc. Censorship (staff) Arrangements’
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The file contains papers relating to special measures, mainly consisting of the recruitment of extra staff, taken by British authorities in the Persian Gulf in the event of war and during the Second World War. These special measures included the appointment of a Political Officer for the Trucial...
The file contains papers mostly relating to the defence of Abadan (and to a lesser extent other areas of Persia [Iran] and Bahrein [Bahrain]) during the Second World War. It includes papers concerning the following: the defence of oil installations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) at Ab...
Coll 30/200 ‘Persian Gulf. Tour of Political Resident from Bahrein to Muscat in L. T. Nearchus.’
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The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to: a tour of Muscat by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Consul-General, Bushire, in February 1940; his journey from Muscat to Bahrein [Bahrain] in the ship LT [Lighthouse Tender] Ne...
‘No.1. Bedouin tent showing guest compartment on right.’
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Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows a Bedouin tent in Kuwait, with a man standing in the sand in the foreground in front of the tent, a sheep to the left behind the man, a boy to the right behind the man, and the man’s wife behind the boy. The compartment on the right of...