Coll 7/23 'Afghanistan: sale of 5000 rifles with 3 million rounds of ammunition to the Afghan Government by the Government of India, 1935'
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The file contains correspondence and minutes regarding requests by the Afghan Government for arms, ammunition and aircraft to be supplied by either the British or Indian Governments. The material predominantly consists of telegrams sent to the India Office by HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr F...
Coll 25/21 'Orders in Council: Muscat: Muscat King's Regulation no 1 of 1918 - repeal of; Kings Regulation no 1 of 1937'
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Correspondence and memoranda relating to the repeal of Muscat 'King's Regulation, No. 1 of 1918'. Copies of 'King's Regulation, No. 1 of 1937', which repealed the original one, are included (folios 9-12). The correspondence is between officials at the Foreign Office, India Office, Political Res...
Coll 29/98(2) 'Ahwaz: Consulate-General; transfer from GOI to FO establishment; question of allowances'
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The file concerns the transfer of the British Vice-Consulate at Ahwaz from the Government of India to the Foreign Office, and the Vice-Consul's allowances. The file contains internal correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Bri...
‘View from near ‘As Sueda’ in Uzlat of the Mafari, looking west.’
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Reproduction of a black-and-white illustration depicting a mountainous landscape near the village of As Sueda [As Suwaydā’] in the Mafārī Uzlat. Various peaks are annotated. The illustration is signed Major J K Tod.
‘Musemir looking North from below camp of the Hants Regt. January and February 1904.’
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Reproduction of a black-ink illustration of a landscape, with a plain in the foreground and mountains in the background. Tents, forming part of the Commissariat Camp can be seen to the right of the illustration. Buildings comprising the village of Musemir [Al Musaymīr] can be seen towards the ce...
‘Gorge and stream in Wadi Ziyak. (near Haushabi, N.W. border).’
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Reproduction of a black-and-white illustration of a gorge and stream in Wadi Ziyak [Ziyaq], near Haushabi [Ḩawshabī], Yemen. Two camels and a human figure, drawn at the bottom of the gorge, provide a sense of scale to the illustration.
‘The Wadi ’Ubil at Mijza (Shumaya) from high ground on the right bank.’
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Reproduction of a black-and-white illustration depicting the view across the Wadi ’Ubil at Mijza [Al Mijza‘]. Notable features of the landscape (hills, buildings, streams, boundary crossings) are annotated.
‘Narrow strait of Bab-Al-Mandab and Shekh Said Hills taken from Obstruction Point Perim.’
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Reproduction of a black ink illustration of the coastline at Bab-Al-Mandab [Ra’s Bāb al Mandab], with the Shekh Said [Shaikh Sa’id] hills in the background, as seen from Obstruction Point on Perim Island. Headlands and prominent hills are annotated.
Yun-nan [Kunming] city, No. 1. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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View across the rooftops of Kunming towards distant mountains. This and following views are presumably taken from the point described in the report as Wu-hua-Shan: 'From the south gate the ground gradually rises within the walls to the Wu-hua-Shan, which is nearly in the centre of the city, and ...
