An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Gilgit to Risalpur on 8 November 1934 at 10:56 at approximately 11,600 feet. This photograph shows a view of Haramosh from Chichuboi with three RAF Hawker Hart aircraft visible towards the top right corner of the print; the t...
APPENDIX C. MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WAHABI AND OF MUSCAT POWER, 1865.
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A map of the Arabian Peninsula, showing principal regions and settlements, and indicating with red and blue outlines the extents of Wahabi and of Muscat power respectively. The map is a printed copy of an enclosure from Bushire Despatch to Bombay No. 11 of 14th February 1865, which was created by...
Coll 6/62 'Saudi-Arabia: National and provincial boundaries of –'
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This file concerns a request, made by the Army Headquarters, India, to the British Embassy at Baghdad, for a map of Arabia showing the national and provincial boundaries of Saudi Arabia. The correspondence discusses the difficulties associated with marking out the various boundaries, owing to th...
Coll 30/83 'QATAR OIL CONCESSION, POLICY AND PROTECTION.'
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The volume concerns British Government policy towards Qatar in the light of the bid by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) to obtain a concession from the Shaikh of Qatar (Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī]) to produce oil in the country. The British Government were keen...
Response of the Ottoman Authorities following the Murder of a Messenger at Bahrain
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The papers concern the response to the seizure and execution at Bahrein [Bahrain] of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarek, who wished to communicate with Guttur [Qatar], and the seizure of letters the...
Intelligence Forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes Relating to Progress of the British Invasion of Afghanistan (First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842)
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Copies of intelligence despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat [Kalat, also spelled Khelat in this volume], to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at Shah Shoojah’s Camp [Shah Shuja ul-Mulk], (copied to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, ...
Removal of the Embargo Placed on the Vessels of the Shaikh of Kishm Visiting India
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This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 1 of 1841, dated 28 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 15 November 1840 to 27 January 1841. The enclosures mainly consist of cop...
