Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows a Bedouin tent in Kuwait, with a boy, a man, the man’s wife, and another man standing in front of it. Inscriptions: Printed label on the reverse of the image: ‘No.2. Bedouin tent.
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows the fort at Birkah [Barka], in the Batineh [Al Bāţinah] region of Oman, with a tree in the foreground in front of the fort. Inscriptions: Printed label on the reverse of the image: ‘No.7. Birkah Fort, Batineh.’
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows one part of the walls of Hazam Fort in Oman, from the outside. Several men in traditional Omani dress are standing on the roof of the fort, and there is another man in Omani dress standing in the bottom left corner of the image. The wi...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows a view of Hazam Fort in Oman from the south. The fort is surrounded by palm trees, and a group of men are standing in front of the fort, behind the palm trees. Inscriptions: Printed label on the reverse of the image: ‘No.12. Hazam F...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows Muscat from one side of the bay, with Jiwani Fort on the left hand side of the image, and on the right hand side of the image the British Political Agency, the hospital and Assistant Surgeon’s quarters, and the Telegraphs and Customs b...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows Hazam Fort in Oman from the outside, with trees on either side of the fort. In front of the fort are three groups of men in traditional Omani dress standing in detachments with Omani flags. Two other men are also visible on the ground,...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph, taken from a window in Hazam Fort in Oman, shows the courtyard of the fort, and the sandplain behind it. In the foreground of the photograph are several men in traditional Omani dress, carrying rifles or swords, walking through the courtyar...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows the square tower of Sohar Fort in Oman. Inscriptions: Printed label on the reverse of the image: ‘No.13. SOHAR Fort. Height 102 ft.’
‘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...
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...
