Coll 29/77 'Appointment of an RAF Liaison Officer for the Persian Gulf, with headquarters at Bahrain'
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The file concerns the proposed appointment of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Liaison Officer for the Persian Gulf, with headquarters at Bahrain, 1935-1937. The file is composed of correspondence between the Air Ministry, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the Air Headquarters for the Bri...
Report by Mr G P Tate, Extra Assistant Superintendent, Survey of India, in charge of the survey detachment with the Seistan mission, 1903-05.
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This file contains a report by Mr George Passman Tate, the Extra Assistant Superintendent for the Survey of India, about the Seistan [Sistan] Mission. Tate details the ways in which the fieldwork was undertaken, and difficulties that were encountered. He also provides notes on communications (roa...
‘Memorandum of information received during the month of July 1912, regarding affairs in Arabia, the North-East Frontier and Burma.’
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This volume consists of the monthly memorandum of information by the Government of India’s Foreign Department in relation to affairs in Arabia, the North-East Frontier of India, and Burma [Burma/Myanmar] for July 1912. The memorandum is divided into sections: ‘Arabia’, ‘Tibet’ and ‘Assam’. The ...
‘Sketch of route to Jabal Al Huria from Al Kasha.’
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Reproduction of a map in black ink indicating the route to Jabal Al Huria [Jabal Ḩūrīyah] from Al Kasha [Al Qash‘ah]. The map indicates: the contours of the landscape; villages; rivers and other water sources; and a dotted line indicating the route. Lettered annotations (A-E) indicate villages i...
Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB
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The sketch map shows approaches to Kuwait [Kuwait] Harbour and Shatt Al Arab. An Admiralty sea map, it states it is compiled from various authorities, and is found in the volume 'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf', 1911....
Sirchum, in Lachen Valley (11,200 [feet]), with Chomiomo to right. Photographer: Macaulay, Colman Patrick Louis
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Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted facing p. 33. View towards river, with houses on left: 'At Sirchum (11,200) got photograph above flat with Chomiomo in distance...' (p. 34).
Tallum Samdong, with Lachen to right, looking south (11,480 [feet]). Photographer: Macaulay, Colman Patrick Louis
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Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted facing p. 34. View along the valley, with mountains rising on either side: 'Tents pitched on fine flat above river. Took photograph looking south' (p. 34).
Tungu, summer quarters of Lachen Valley (12,750 [feet]). Photographer: Macaulay, Colman Patrick Louis
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Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 35. View along the snow-covered valley towards village and mountains, with two European figures in foreground: 'Took a photograph of the village after I came down, including the huge rock which Hooker considers must have dropped through a crevice in the gl...
Afghanistan Affairs Including the Fall of Herat to Persia
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 3 of 1857, dated 8 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 5-28 December 1856. The enclosures consist of two letters...
