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 ...
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the plan for the British occupation of Bushire. The volume covers: Measures to be taken at the Persian Gulf Ports in case of armed intervention against Persia, issued by the Admiralty to the Commander-in-C...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1916-17. Topics discussed include: the activities of the German Vice-Consul, Bushire, Wilhelm Wassmuss, including reports of an atta...
The volume consists of letters telegrams, and memoranda comprising miscellaneous correspondence from the Government of India. A number of topics are covered in the correspondence including: use of aeroplanes in South Persia a note by General Douglas on policy in Fars the view of the General Of...
The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject ‘Hodeidah and Jeddah Consulates’. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/86/1) concerns the expenditure of the Hodeidah Consulate. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/86/2) concerns the expenditure of the Jeddah Consulate. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and par...
File 252/1910 Pt 2 Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; buoyage of Shatt al-Arab
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This volume contains letters, reports and memoranda concerning the lighting and buoyage of the Shatt al-Arab. Correspondence discusses the poor state of the buoys and need for repainting; a re-survey of the Shatt al-Arab in order the prevent the Germans from gaining influence. Also discussed is ...
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Company's (APOC) oilfields and pipelines in south-western Persia. The volume covers: Defence of APOC property. Notes on oilfields in Arabistan [Khuzestan]. Water supply ...
The volume contains papers relating to the prolongation of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between Great Britain and Maskat (Muscat), signed on 19 March 1891. It mostly consists of correspondence regarding the extension of the Treaty for a further year for each year between ...
The Number of Vessels Required for a Blockade of Kateef, Sohat and Ajeer
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 53 of 1840, dated 23 July 1840. The enclosure consists of a letter from the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel Hennell, to the Chief ...
The Trade in Enslaved People on the Red Sea and Arabian Coasts
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 99 of 1848, dated 15 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 5 October to 14 November 1848. The enclosures consis...
