View of Little Quoin, proposed landing place from the sea. The photograph was part of a Report by David W. Hood, Supplementary to that of a Committee of Enquiry on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf.
'Map of the Telegraph Lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Dept and Connected Systems'.
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The blueprint map, marked as India Store Depot, Drawing N 9890, represents the wide area surrounding the Persian Gulf and indicates all telegraph lines.
Map to illustrate the telegraph lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and Connected System
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The map, created by the Indo-European Telegraph Department, shows the telegraph lines in the Persian Gulf area and in the surrounding countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. The city of Bampur [Iran] is indicated in ink.
A diagram of a salt water distillation plant that was proposed for construction in Kuwait by Strick, Scott and Company Limited. The diagram is not drawn to scale.
‘FLIGHT OF THE NESTORIANS – URMIA TO BAQUBAH – SEPTEMBER 2018. BIVOUACKED FOR THE NIGHT.’
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Black and white photograph of a camp in the desert. A note describes those featured as Nestorians [members of the Assyrian Church of the East] in flight from Urmia [Orumiyeh, Iran] and heading to Baqubah. Photograph attributed to C C Garbett (possibly Colin Campbell Garbett).
THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY CO. LTD. PRODUCING DEPARTMENT - SITRA TERMINAL TANK LINK-UP
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This technical diagram illustrates the correct connections between tanks at the Sitra Terminal giving information on gates, size of crude oil tanks, drains and sumps. It includes an insert diagram 'DETAILS OF VALVES, RELIEF VALVES, ETC ON MAIN TANKS'. Both diagrams contain the note 'SCALE - NO S...
Plan of a proposed site for a generating station in Basra, with the ground to be acquired outlined in red. The plan indicates settlements and roads. The scale is given as '24 inches = 1 mile.'
MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS PLAN SHEWING PRESENT & PROPOSED RAILWAY LAY OUT FOR BAGHDAD
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Plan indicating the present and proposed railway layout for Baghdad. The plan indicates railway lines, settlements, roads, hydrology and vegetation, and provides some indication of relief. Below the plan is a list of references for the various lines and markings. Scale not given.
The volume concerns the payment of loans by the Government of India to Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Viceroy of India; the Shaikh of Kuwait; and senior...