File 619/1907 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic:- Muscat dhows. "Kadra" case.'
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The volume discusses an alleged arms trafficking incident which occurred in December 1908. The El Khadra, a dhow owned by Mubarak bin Khamis, a subject of Muscat, was seized by Italian authorities off the coast of Ras Hafun [Raas Xaafuun] on charges of arms trafficking. The volume includes the...
File 2877/1914 'Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia: survey operations of RIMS Palinurus'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the survey of the Persian Gulf by RIMS Palinurus. The discussion in the volume relates to the objectives, route, and associated costs of the survey of the Persian Gulf. Further discussion surrounds t...
File 2976/1916 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Bunder Abbas Kerman Telegraph and Road'
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The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 both contain papers relating to the construction of a telegraph line and road from Bandar Abbas (or Bunder Abbas or Bander Abbas) [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] to Kerman in Persia [Iran]; Part 2 also includes some papers relating to the development of road...
This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence notes that since 1911 the cost of the service, which is carried out by the Royal Indian Marine, has been shared between ...
‘Panorama looking west over Turkish territory from the pass at the head of the Wadi Hilhal.’
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Reproduction of a black-and-white illustration of a mountainous landscape, looking west towards Turkish territory from a pass at the head of the Wadi Hilhal. The map is annotated with various features, such as mountain peaks, valleys, hills and villages. The illustration is signed Major A Crawfo...
‘Road sketch from Khalla (Muflahai tribe) through Awabil (Shaibi tribe) to the upper plateau of the Rubaitein Tribe’
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Reproduction of a black and white map, with illustrations, which is subtitled ‘Executed during movements of the Shaibi column between 31 August and 20 September 1903.’ The map shows the route taken by the Shaibi column through the tribal areas of the Muflahai [Maflaḩī], Shaibi [Shaybī] and Rube’...
Enclosure nos. 2-161 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 20 August 1841. The enclosures are dated 5 June-20 August 1841, and contain for reference material dated 5 September 1840-4 June 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the Fi...
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 64 of 1856, dated 22 December 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-23 and are dated 31 October to 19 December 1856. They consist of corres...
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 267 of 1869, dated 19 August 1869, containingenclosures dated 21 May-28 July 1869. The enclosures consist of copies ofcorrespondence relating to events in Muscat and Oman, particularly relating t...
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 31 of 1870, dated 27 May 1870, containing enclosures dated 3 March-26 May 1870. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to events in Muscat and Oman, particularly relating to...
