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91. IOR/R/15/1/606, f 78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/606, f 78
Title:
‘Qasr Al Salwa looking S’
Scope & Content:
Aerial photograph of the settlement of Qasr al Salwa, situated in a desert landscape near the coast, on the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The photograph was taken during a Royal Air Force reconnaissance flight on 14 October 1935. On the rear of the photograph is a red date stamp, mark...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1935-16 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 black and white photograph

92. IOR/R/15/1/653, f 333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/653, f 333
Title:
‘Bahrain Island, Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by form lines at 5 meters intervals. Depth shown by isolines and soundings recorded in feet. Map of the Bahrain islands produced on 10 April 1933, showing the positions of BAPCO’s oil installations and infrastructures including camps and roads with locatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1933
Extent:

1 map

93. IOR/R/15/1/689, f 169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/689, f 169
Title:
'PROPOSED CONCESSION AREA'
Scope & Content:
Tracing paper map affixed to a page of minute paper showing the proposed concession area which Petroleum Concessions Limited hope to acquire from the Shaikh of Bahrain. The areas which the Company hope to acquire are marked with red dotted lines and the principal islands within each area are n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 map sheet

94. IOR/R/15/1/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/202
Title:
‘File 5/104 II,III Miscellaneous slave trade correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers related to miscellaneous slave trade correspondence: Correspondence between the Deputy Political Resident and the Political Agent in Muscat (Major Lionel Haworth) relating to an incident in June 1917, in which a pearl diver sought refuge at the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1913-27 Jan 1935
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

95. IOR/R/15/1/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/390
Title:
File 33/11 VII Naval Base at Jufair
Scope & Content:
The file contains the following title deeds: title deed in Arabic, with plan on reverse, and accompanying translation in English, recording exchange of land by the British Government of a piece of land at Ghosaibia, Manamah [Manama] with the Government of Bahrain, for a plot of land situated at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1944-15 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

96. IOR/R/15/1/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/391
Title:
File 35/10 Attack on Muscat by Shaikh Salih, 1895
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the attack on Muscat in1895 when Shaikh Abdullah bin Salih took control of the town with the Sultan of Muscat holding Fort Jalali. The correspondence discusses the Political Agent's desire to protect British subjects and property and his inability to order intervention ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1895-22 Jun 1895
Extent:
1 volume (119 folios)

97. IOR/R/15/1/416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/416
Title:
Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis
Scope & Content:
Correspondence covers debts of the Sultan of Muscat, reforms to increase revenues, and negotiations with Omani rebels. Topics include: Budget for 1919; Currency and customs; The desire of the Sultan [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] to abdicate; Terms of negotiations with tribes from the interior of Oman; Pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1919-15 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

98. IOR/R/15/1/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/514
Title:
File 53/54 I (D 32) Koweit [Kuwait] Blockade
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to enforce a blockade of Kuwait and to regulate all of its imports and exports. Much of the correspondence also relates more broadly to British-Kuwaiti relations and to the attitude of the ruler of Kuwait, Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1917-5 Feb 1919
Extent:
1 volume (153 folios)

99. IOR/R/15/1/257, f 200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/257, f 200
Title:
‘Abu-Musa Island. Sketch A’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings with anchorage marked. Tracing of sketch map showing location of mineral deposits with settlements and wells marked, includes a key to symbols and an explanatory note dated 19th June 1909. Island’s highest point, length ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 map

100. IOR/R/15/1/378, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/378, f 33
Title:
Plan of Gwadar District
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map is lettered for reference with a key and explanatory note provided in accompanying text (folio 34). The area over which a prospecting license is required by the Burmah Oil Company Limited is coloured pink. Shows the Agency House and Teleg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914?
Extent:
1 map