The Muntafik. Al Sa'dun, Bani Malik, Ajwad, Bani Sa'id, Bani Huchaim
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This volume contains details of the Muntafik [Muntafiq], a confederacy of tribes in the Middle East, which is made up of tribal groups including the Bani Malik, Ajwad and Bani Sa'id. The volume opens with a historical outline of the development of the group before providing further details about...
'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. II. Geographical and Statistical. J G Lorimer. 1908'
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This volume is Volume II of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1908) compiled by John Gordon Lorimer. The volume is a geographical dictionary with a series of alphabetically arranged articles relating to the physical and political conditions of the ...
‘Compass sketch With Cavalry Sketching case from camp at Wadi Haban up the old Himiaritic road to Jabal Harir and return by footpath from Al Masna’s’
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Reproduction of a map in black ink showing the landscape between Wadi Haban [Wādī Ḩabbān] and Jabal Harir [Jabal Ḩarīr], Yemen. The map is signed by Major Crawford, Royal Artillery, and dated 17-20 December 1903. It indicates an ascent of approximately 2,000 feet, and is marked with form lines (...
Note (with envelope) from the Commander-in-Chief in India, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, to Colonel Wilfrid Malleson
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Handwritten note (with envelope) addressed to Colonel [Wilfrid] Malleson (of the Intelligence Branch, Indian Army Headquarters), written by the Commander-in-Chief in India, Horatio Herbert Kitchener. The note refers to the ‘state of the army’, and a disagreement between Kitchener and an individu...
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1862. The letters are dated 3 January 1862-31 December 1862. The abstracts are numbered 1-140 and each have one of the fo...